Compliant Claw Gripper Grabber

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So, I was disappointed in the "grabbers"/"claws" I've printed so far. Many are "over engineered"--which is fun--but most were too fragile and had crummy gripping strength. So I tried to make an un-sexy and very utilitarian design that worked with the strengths of 3d printing instead of against them. It's a pain to hold a spring in place while trying to glue a push button on, so this design has an outer casing that screws apart, allowing you to assemble the thing and then set your desired spring compression after. As a result you can set this to have impressive grip strength.