December 18, 2020
Description
Tips are appreciated and go towards creating new designs
I got a good deal on a used Manfrotto 175 Spring Clamp, but half of the rubber pads (part R175,05) were missing, and the other half was badly worn. With official replacements being either nigh-unavailable or crazy expensive to get I was looking for an alternative solution. As I had been wanting to experiment with TPU / flexible filament for a while I figured this was a nice, simple project to give TPU a try.
The print is super simple and should be done in 20-30 minutes, depending on what printing speed you're using. And while I haven't put the replacements through their paces yet, the shore 94A TPU filament I've used grips a piece of paper pretty tightly and you need to use quite a bit of force to get it out of the clamps' jaws. They fit great, too.
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike