Grappling Hook for Fisher Price

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My young son has a tendency to be rough with his toys, which means he's constantly destroying them. The grappling hook from this particular ship is one of those fragile toys that my wife's three brothers, being older and wiser, have successfully survived - but it didn't make it a week in the presence of my son. Given this experience, when I finally got my hands on a Printrbot Simple Metal printer, I thought to myself, "This is the perfect opportunity for me to give that ship's grappling hook another try." While it looks a bit rough around the edges, it actually works surprisingly well. If everything had gone according to plan, I would have printed this grappling hook using high-quality ABS plastic - but, since I still need to acquire a heated bed, PLA will be the material of choice for now. To be honest, I don't expect it to withstand my son's treatment for too long, but this exercise was more about figuring out whether or not such a project could be done at all. Some modifications have been made for the vertical version 2, with one significant alteration being a shortened bottom cylindrical portion - designed to make it much easier to click into place. As an added bonus, I've also uploaded the Sketchup file to this project, in case anyone is interested in tinkering and making some adjustments on their own. To replicate these prints: 1. You will need a Printrbot Simple Metal 3D printer, which is relatively easy to find these days. 2. Once you have the Simple Slow config file downloaded from the official Printrbot website, it's just a matter of selecting your supports using slic3r - no further modifications are needed on your part.