Customizable One-piece Watch Band

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A one-piece watch band that simplifies wear. It works seamlessly with most traditional pin connector watches. The continuous strap printed with flexible filament provides more comfort than universal watch bands. The custom size fits perfectly around the wrist and it is still easy to put on and take off by hand. **Installation steps:** 1. Measure the total length of your watch band in regular wear position, removing any previous watch band first with a tool if necessary. 2. Measure the length and diameter of previous spring bar inside the band, ignoring any setback at the bar, then purchase suitable quick release spring bars that fit. 3. After receiving the spring bars, verify the position of peg, enter all measurements in the customizer or scad file, generate stl file, and proceed with printing. 4. Print the stl with flexible filament using a printer. 5. Place the spring bar into the printed band and push the pegged bar inside the window opening with a tiny screwdriver. 6. Install the end of band without window on the outside to the top socket of the watch. 7. Wrap the watch around the wrist and put on the other end, which may seem a bit tricky at first but becomes convenient once you get used to it. **Recommended band thickness according to shore hardness of filament:** - <90A: 2mm - 95A: 1.6mm - 98A: 1.2mm **Materials required:** - Flexible or semi-flexible filament - 2 x quick release spring bar at the size for your watch - Watch band pin remover or similar tool **Credit:** - The Partial_rotate_extrude command is written by 3DCentralVA (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:34027). The code can replace rotate_extrude with angle in v2016 without hassle.