Adaptable Plant Clip (Tomato Clip)

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<h4>Overview:</h4><ul><li>Does not slip, even under decent pulling force</li><li>Fits poles with a diameter of 6-~16mm</li><li>Ring for securing the plant has a diameter of ~25mm</li><li>Uses very little material</li></ul><p>I needed a clip to secure my tomatoes to a stick, but all the models available are either not secure enough and might slip (not enough clamping force/completely loose) or have pointy parts towards the plant. My design incorporates a full ring without any gaps that should prevent any plant damage and a clamping part that is adaptable to a decent range of stick/pole diameters (optimized for 6-10mm, up to around 16mm works fine). As it's using a polymer the clamping force is going to decrease over time when the part is under constant compression, but it wont fall off by itself.</p><h4>Printing Instructions:</h4><ul><li>A bit tricky to print, make sure you have your bed adhesion dialed in. I tried using a raft, it is more secure but removal is annoying and it uses 2x as much material.</li><li>PLA works, PETG should be fine too, I don't have any experience with anything else, but any semi-standard material should work (flexibles are most likely too soft, carbon fibre reinforced might be too stiff and break).&nbsp;</li><li>Only 2mm thick, so infill doesn't come into play</li><li>Layer height can be almost anything, I used 0.3mm</li><li>Z-hop is recommended as it prevents the nozzle knocking over/loosening the prints from the bed</li><li>Support is most likely not needed, you have to be able to bridge about 10mm though.</li></ul><h4>Usage Instructions:</h4><ul><li>Slip the clip around your plant</li><li>Cross over the two ends, making sure the two recesses align</li><li>Compress the big loop, opening up the small loop in the process</li><li>Put the small loop around whichever stick happens to be around</li><li>Profit</li></ul>