OpenForge Modular Plank / Rope Bridges - 28mm

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Created with support from backers for my Kickstarter from EC3D, Forest of Oakenspire. These bridges are highly modular and satisfy all your bridge-building needs. There are three types of bridges included: OpenLOCK, flat bracket, and Oakenspire platform clips. **Print-in-place Hinged Bridges** These bridges have built-in hinges that print as part of the design. They come in 4 lengths and with an optional railing system. They are designed to be printed at exactly .2mm layer height, and once printed you lightly flex/snap each planking section to release the hinge and make them flexible. **Filament Rope Bridge** These bridges are designed to be printed and assembled like jewelry in any length. They use two pieces of filament as "rope" within the planking to provide flexibility. A more flexible filament type works best, such as Hatchbox Wood. To build, you print as many plank sections as you like (with or without railing brackets) and optionally some spacers if you want visible space between your planks. **Flat/fixed Bridge** These bridges print in sections of 4 planks and do not include a railing option. There is a connector bracket that you can also print to glue/connect multiple sections together to make longer lengths, and these bridge use the same ends as the print-in-place flexible bridges. These work great for ramps and other kind of fixed bridges. **Railing System** As mentioned above the bridges include options to make a railing system. This is the same railing system used in the Forest of Oakenspire Kickstarter, and includes brackets w/ holes in the prints. To build the railing system you cut toothpicks to length and super glue them in the holes, then use twine or waxed string to create the actual railing.