Minisaurs

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Minisaurs are an absolute blast and pack a powerful punch with jaws that shut with lightning speed! Well-printed Minisaurs have jaws that snap closed when you grasp the tail and flick the legs, making them fantastic little helpers around home or in the workshop/office as a peg/clip/clamp. They have an enormous bite relative to their size! At standard scale, Minisaurs will print at 75mm long... so they're really tiny! This makes them just the right size to use as a fun key fob that can even be clipped onto things to hold your keys up. Well-set-up/precise machines will print Minisaurs well at this size and should let them bite and snap their jaws straight off the build plate. If not, uniformly scale the Minisaur's file up a small amount (which will increase clearances) and the jaws will be free to move. If in doubt, scale up uniformly by 5-10%... it will still be a small print. Scale them up! The posted file is the smallest size recommended for printing.... and they scale up great. 125...150...200% all work really well, and the bigger you print them, the stronger the bite and louder they snap their jaws. Make sure to always scale uniformly. Minisaurs are a fully enclosed print that has an internal spring section. To make the spring action 'snap' use higher than usual shells and infill. At standard scale 3 shells/35% or more infill is recommended. As you increase the size, infill can be reduced. Great fun to fidget with yourself... make the jaws snap... useful as a clip/clamp/peg... and also a novel gift. Print in your favorite colors... and print lots! The Minisaur age has begun! Refer to the print settings and images for additional information. And please post photos of your Minisaurs for other members to see. Note: If you like this, check out the rest of my fun and practical designs. Tips: Tips are not expected but are appreciated as they help offset my filament costs as much as anything else. However, as I live outside the USA, tips cannot be sent to me via PayPal.Me as that service is not supported in my region, and this is beyond Thingverse's control. If you feel like sending a tip, please use regular PayPal and send it to muzz64nz@gmail.com, and to those who do, thanks in advance!