static electricity protection knob cover Taz 5... terrible name suggestions welcome

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Protect your Taz5 and possibly other conducting-knobbed printers with comparably sized control/tune knob before you shock the bajezus out of your printer again! So when the winter air hit, I found that the generation of static electricity was becoming a hazard to my printer... and prints. After I inadvertently delivered a few shocks to my Taz 5 with subsequent frozen-in-place prints, I decided to make something to protect it from myself. The new Taz 6 comes with a plastic knob, probably for this exact reason, but my knob is metallic and conducts electricity. Its a good sturdy knob and I didn't wanna go out purchasing new hardware (set screws and such) so I just made a sleeve/cover to insulate it from me and my static covered self. It friction grips in place and has a hole to access your set screw which is a T-6 btw. Mine came out great with T-glase and even allows for visibility of the (yes worthless) little arrow on the knob. May require ever so slight rescaling on your printer as we've all seen with fine prints so +/- 1% or so probably max. If you love this knob cover so much you wanna cover all the other knobs in your life with one and dont want the set screw hole, ive included an arbitrary knob cover file as well. happy printer protecting! Print Settings Printer Brand: LulzBot Printer: TAZ 5 Rafts: No Supports: Doesn't Matter Resolution: 0.18 Infill: doesnt matter Notes: I have a 0.5mm nozzle on my taz and it still made the teeth inside nicely and took about 20-25 min total print. if you dont mind pausing prints, I'd say let it get to about z=5 and GENTLY test fit the knob into the print. Custom Section