Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Skewer

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It's almost Valentine's Day and you're making Chocolate-Covered Strawberries for your sweetheart. You melt the chocolate in a double boiler, then carefully dip each berry into it. But they fall in, the leaves get coated, break off, and your fingers get sticky and covered with chocolate. Frustration sets in, but there's a solution. Simply pluck off the leaves, skewer the berry, and twist and dip away with ease. Keep your fingers clean and neat by using a Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Skewer. Technical notes: The design was developed in FreeCAD. Print the Handle section and Screw section pieces separately. Apply glue and fit the handle section into the screw section. Remove skewers from strawberries before eating. Wash skewers by hand. See "Is 3D Printed PLA Food Safe?" (https://reprage.com/post/36869678168/is-3d-printed-pla-food-safe) which states that PLA is Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) when used in contact with food. Samples were printed on a Prusa i3 MK3 in PLA at 0.2 mm layer height. Update 2018-02-18: A hole was made in the screw section to allow the handle section to slide in more easily, eliminating the need for a press fit and requiring glue instead. Update 2019-02-14: A photo of a tray of skewered strawberries shows the skewers working perfectly. The chocolate used was Hershey's Milk Chocolate, melted in a double boiler. For each strawberry, leaves were pinched off, skewers screwed into place where the leaves had been, and then dipped into chocolate while holding onto the handle. The skewer was twirled clockwise to cover with chocolate and placed on a wax paper sheet on a tray. When all coated, the tray was placed in the refrigerator to cool and harden.