Queen Honey Bee Rearing Cell Cup Holder

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The JZ-BZ cell cup holders slide into cell bars, but have no queen cage. The Nicot queen system has nice hair rollers to contain the queen when she emerges, but you have to nail 4 tiny nails onto the cell bar to affix the queen cup holders (it's actually 2 parts, but you get the point). So, I modeled a cell cup holder that slides into the cell bar holder similar to the JZ-BZ cell cups that allows you insert a Nicot cell cup and you can slide a hair roller over it. I have a new design and have added the files. Basically you need to use 95A durometer TPU. I tried with 85A (Ninjaflex) and it didn't work. The brand I've used so far is Sainsmart, and it seems to be working pretty well. You can print it either with the large nub up or down, but you need supports. I have attached a Simplify3D factory file that should work. Also, I don't think this 95A TPU requires modifying the extruder like if you use Ninjaflex (though it doesn't hurt to modify the extruder). Here's some info on modifying and printing flexible with the Ender 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az7pysnV_MY