Honeybee Hoffman Spacing Adapter

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Earlier, I'd made up a simple 3D printed spacer to slip on the end of the frames in a beehive to provide an even spacing between the frames. I've used these for literally years and they work great! My original frame spacer is here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3884636 But, I decided that, where some frames (mostly SN1 Honey Super Frames) come with side bars that are flush with the frames top bar, I wanted to be able to adapt those frames to add the Hoffman spacing. I sketched up this simple adapter which hopefully everyone finds useful. I printed these in black PLA, but for anyone who uses colour coding to distinguish between their individual hives these can be printed using any colour. When printing, it's recommended to print in pairs (or multiples of pairs as they only take 11 minutes to print 1 pair).