Sometimes it’s the little things, and today it’s low-profile bulldog clips: I never liked how high up the C-shaped “spring” part of my bulldog clips stuck up above the bed: I recently added a new filament cooling fan shroud to my printer (back left of the photo), and based on the design, it would hit the clips on the sides and back (if printing out to the edges). I did a lot of looking and couldn’t find any clip that met my needs… then realized I could probably modify my existing ones. Thought I’d share if anyone else could benefit.
Presuming you have a hammer, two pair of needle-nose pliers, and a vice, it’s pretty easy to pull the tabs out of the springs, smash them into a 45 deg angle, and re-insert. Boom, low-profile bulldog clips. Nothing on the hotend can hit them now, other than the nozzle itself.
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