The Bug Catcher 2000
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<h3>The Bug Catcher 2000</h3><p>We live in a old house with lots of bugs so until I can figure out how they are getting into my house my family wanted a way to take the bugs outside without touching them so I made them the Bug Catcher 2000!</p><p>It turned out really good and was a fun project. It opens and closes just like a pair of scissors! I printed the white parts out of flexible filament which looks really great and ensures your bug doesn't get smushed, but any material would still work.</p><p>This version was awesome but I think the next version will be even more awesomer! I hope to start designing a updated version shortly but I have a whole list of stupid projects to work on so I don't know how quickly it will be until I get to it. Let me know if you have any ideas on how to make it better, or would like to see another version?</p><h3>Printing</h3><p>I printed the legs out of PLA and the dome and tray out of sainsmart tpu so your bug does not get squashed if you accidentally close it one of them. I used a pillar of support in the middle of the dome. The rest of the parts don't require supports. The stl's are in "Inch" sale so scale them 25.4x's or 2540%.</p><h3>Assembly</h3><p>Snap the legs together and use super glue to bond the dome and the tray to the legs. If the legs want to fall off the hinge put a short bit of filament in the center of the hinge to keep the legs together. See the picture with a close up view of the hinge.</p><p>Here are my Amazon affiliate links for filament I used to make it!<br>Sainsmart White TPU used for the dome and the tray: <a href="https://amzn.to/2T89EBk>(hands">https://amzn.to/2T89EBk>(hands</a> down the best TPU)<br>Hatchbox Red PLA used for the arms: <a href="https://amzn.to/2TaB21C">https://amzn.to/2TaB21C</a></p><p><strong>Support and Licensing</strong><br>If you would like to help support more free models, or get permission to sell physical copies of my models, consider joining my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/3dprintingworld">Patreon</a>.</p>
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