Dino-Clip Mechanical CAM Chip-Clip (PRINT-IN-PLACE)

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I am so totally impressed with Andrei's Bag Clip.  It is one of the most clever designs I have ever printed.   From the moment I took it off the printer, I wanted to completely understand how it worked and how Andrei designed it.  I spent weeks building his design up in Solidworks, trying to understand the math involved in the CAM mechanism.  Once I had his model rebuilt, I then started playing and having fun with tweaks and changes.  You will notice the v3.04 on the inside of the lever; there were a LOT of versions. 

In addition to the obvious change of giving the clip a dinosaur theme, I also:

• Designed a Break-Away support tab (Easier to slice and remove supports after printing)
• Increased the two post sizes to 8.5mm (Stronger clip is harder to break)
• Added a chamfer to the base/top of the posts (Makes breaking parts loose easier after printing)
• Added a completely different ‘teeth’ design (aesthetics and gripping the bag better)

Printing: I print these clips with a .2mm layer thickness at 20% and they are very strong.  I've included two GCODE files for PLA which is what I print all mine in.  

Tips: 

• After printing, break off the support, and squeeze the entire print like you are closing a nutcracker.
• The further you put the bag into the Dino's mouth, the harder it is to shut.  If you have a really thick bag, don't put it all the way in. Finding the right jaw strength was one of the causes of many versions.
• The best materials I've found to use are matte PLA's - My favorite is Joel's High Five Blue (pictured) from Proto Pasta.

Update 04/25/21:  I have uploaded the STL's for multi-color, the MK3S-MMU2 .gcode, and the SLIC3R Project files for both a single print and printing a lot of five clips.  The MMU2 uses the first three positions.  Have a look at the attached image for reference of which color is where: Purple MMU2 position #1, Blue MMU2 position #2, Orange MMU2 position #3 

 IMPORTANT NOTES: The Multi-Color STLs are only for multi-color printers.  They can not be printed separately and assembled.  This design is PRINT-IN-PLACE only.  Secondly, I have had a lot of issues printing multi-color.  Make sure your print bed is very clean.  Whatever your cleaning process, I suggest you do it before this print.