C9 Christmas Light Nail Hanger

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<p>Designed this as a replacement for old C9 strands we had that hooked onto nails placed under the eves of our house. &nbsp;The old strands were at the end of their life and a lot were broken. &nbsp;The nail system used is fairly nice, requiring a bit of work one year to put it all up, but after that, it's really easy to pop lights on and off the nails.</p><p>The hooks I printed with Prusament PETG settings and 0.2mm quality settings with 4 perimeters and detect bridging perimeters. &nbsp;Atomic Pine Green PETG is the color I used for these in the pictures.</p><p>The receiver cup I printed with Prusament PETG settings and 0.2mm quality settings with 5 perimeters, 10 solid top layers, 7 solid bottom layers, 1mm top shell thickness, and 0.7mm bottom shell thickness.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Using the cup the bottom clips on the C9 sockets can be removed using a stubby flat blade screwdriver to pop them out. &nbsp;Then the replacement printed clips can be put in.</p><p>I used 1 ½" 8d (0.131") hot-dipped galvanized joist hanger nails for ones I needed to replace from what we had existing. &nbsp;<a href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-Strong-Drive-1-1-2-in-x-0-131-in-SCN-Smooth-Shank-HDG-Connector-Nail-150-Pack-N8DHDG-R/206101778">#N8DHDG</a> <a href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/206101778">https://www.homedepot.com/p/206101778</a> &nbsp;I also can recommend the excellent nail holder here <a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/59261-nail-guide-finger-guard">https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/59261-nail-guide-finger-guard</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>