OpenForge 2.0 OpenLock Mezzanine Support

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Human: A beam support for a second floor overhang, watchtower, catwalk, or mezzanine. Kudos to Printablesceneryhttp://www.printablescenery.com/product-category/rampage-system/ Rampagehttp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1821631 OpenLock 4.0http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1833963 DevonJoneshttp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1882294 Design: Using Devon Jones cut stone walls offers several advantages. The key is a consistent width and coursing. Having seen his OpenForge Multi-Floor concept (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1078471), I was looking in another direction. The OpenLock Clips allow a greater span, but until Printablescenery released their wall design spec for second floors, there were no other options. However, to utilize their design, you need the nubs on top of your walls. It just doesn't fit aesthetically. Thus, I created a concept beam one-sided wall clip. (Shown) It was "fat" but the concept of single-side overhang "clip" worked. Still needs rework to allow side clips as the second floor just sets upon the beam and skids. 2nd Gen (shown) was really co-designed with the single-side clip, one cross-beam to support the second floor/mezz/overhang and kept in place with 2 braces. 2nd gen added holes to put in 3mm filament and spaced the holes to allow perpendicular floor spans in addition to wall overhang spans. Put the pins in the holes to match the base holes. This keeps the second floor from skidding around. Once the pins are in place, it becomes easy to set up and remove. 3rd gen was an attempt to remove the "gap" created and was to use a half-clip and glue into the side of the support. It would create an odd spacing of floor clips and is only included to offer an idea for someone else in creating a specific/special design. 4th gen is the 2nd gen design with a 2mm gap spacing. I have not printed it, but I think 2mm would be the smallest feasible gap as the support may not "hold". 5th Gen is a stand-alone mezzanine. No gap and clips to additional floor tiles or walls. The negative with this design is printing upside down. (Printing the other designs upside down does not make a difference in print quality) I have not printed it, but it may need more space between the beams to fit on the wall, opposed to the "snap clip" that you get with V2 Support.