Apollo Style Switch Guard, Infinitely Scalable

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For the Affordable 6mm Switches Quick Instruction ================== Print the Plate you need, make your own length if required. Print the Bending Jig Bend something fitting into shape. Works for 2.85mm filament or anything similar sized like 10AWG wire and 6mm². Assemble together/possibly drill out holes to fit, glue, done. There's no limit to the amount of Switches you can put in a row. You will just have to assemble them, all files needed are supplied. I used Microsoft's 3D Builder. Due to the nature of FDM printing I decided not to print the guard rails, but to bend them out of PLA. I have some 2.85mm filament from another printer that I bent using the Bending Jig supplied in the files. The holes are technically the right size, but my calibration isn't 100% correct so I quickly drilled them out with a Dremel tool. Glued the pieces in place and gave them a quick coat of paint. The small switches fit perfectly, the hole in the Plate making sure they won't turn once inserted. I am a bit of a space enthusiast, and the Apollo capsules had those Switch Guards that I really like. I found a great model already, this one here https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3514462. But I tend to use smaller switches than the ones in that example so I made my own one.