Bat Clothespeg
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Published on September 15, 2012
Derived from
Clothespeg / Clothespin
by alanretentive
Description
It's the hero your underwear deserves. It's a guardian. A watchful protector.
Saw a picture of this, wanted one, made one.
Saw a picture of this, wanted one, made one.
Instructions
Print, add spring, protect your drying clothes from wind and other hazards.
Might have the opposite effect on cats.
The back of the wings are only 1.2mm thick to get a translucent effect. You can easily change this in the SCAD file by changing "height=layer_height*4" on the "wing_back" layer import. You can also change "layer_height=?" to fit your setup.
SVG file is supplied if you want larger/smaller or different designed wings. I use this method to export it to dxf: repraprip.blogspot.no/2011/05/inkscape-to-openscad-dxf-tutorial.html
The base design is the same as alanretentives, and it works fine. It might need a small tap to keep the parts aligned though.
Might have the opposite effect on cats.
The back of the wings are only 1.2mm thick to get a translucent effect. You can easily change this in the SCAD file by changing "height=layer_height*4" on the "wing_back" layer import. You can also change "layer_height=?" to fit your setup.
SVG file is supplied if you want larger/smaller or different designed wings. I use this method to export it to dxf: repraprip.blogspot.no/2011/05/inkscape-to-openscad-dxf-tutorial.html
The base design is the same as alanretentives, and it works fine. It might need a small tap to keep the parts aligned though.
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Bat Clothespeg by Nudel_P is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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I'm sorry but I must say that doing a direct copy of an actual product this blatant will get this community shut down for fear of copyrights and patent protection. Please be more careful with things that you copy and not post them publicly, and at the very least, site the actual product these are copied off of so people can still buy the product without having a printer.
Sincerely,
A concerned 3D enthusiast
It's no more blatant than any LEGO(TM) brick you can find on thingiverse.
A quick google image search shows there are several variants of this kind of clothespeg available. It also seem to be a popular DIY object people make themselves. My design (apart from what it's a derivative of) is my own original creation. So there is no a single commercial product this could hav
e any copyright infringement on whatsoever, unless there's a worldwide patent on bat wings on clothespegs. ;) European copyright laws states I can make a copy of anything for my own use anyway. Sharing the source files might be considered a "gray zone" though, and it's interesting to see how it unfo
lds.
Some say it's bad to copy, and I strongly disagree with that. Copyright is an ancient relic we would be better off without, and FOSS is where the future is. There is a lot of bumps in the road and conflict about copyright ahead for the 3D printing community, but it's impossible to shut us down
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That said, I am not against posting a link to a page where you can buy one. I think shapeways will make on for you if you ask. ;)