Paracord Weaver Arms

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My son got hooked on making paracord bracelets, so we bought a wooden jig but it wouldn't make anything over about 14 inches. I figured someone must have created one to post in Thingiverse that I liked, but I couldn't find a paracord weaver thing that suited me. So I designed one myself. The thing attached is the final result of several design iterations. The intent of this design is to be used in sets of two. This weaver is designed so you can insert a yardstick through the slot in the base and make a rough measurement for the desired bracelet size. The feet have flat little wings that let you clamp it to your work surface. To complete the build, you'll need the following items (I got them from Lowes Hardware): 1. A yardstick (usually found in the paint department) 2. 4 sheet metal screws (8x32, 1 inch long) - 2 per each arm/leg 3. 2 nuts (8x32) - 2 per each arm 4. 2 additional 8x32 nuts or wing nuts (1 per each arm) 5. 2 plastic cable clamps (1/4 inch wide, from the electrical department - Gardner Bender is the brand they carry) 6. A set of paracord bracelet buckles (sized based on what you're making) The yardstick goes in the long rectangular slot, and you place a screw through the hole perpendicular to the slot. Then, place a nut on the opposite side and tighten the screw, which squeezes the yardstick and keeps the arm in place. On mine, I put super glue around the surface of the hole where the screw goes in to fix it in place - you could optionally glue the nut to the opposite side. Place an 8-32 nut in the small slot near the top of the arm. Slide the end of one plastic wire clamp through one end of the desired paracord buckle. Then, put another 8-32 screw through the plastic wire clamp and insert it through the top of the arm and thread it through the nut you inserted previously into the arm. When I printed one of the early designs, Cura defaulted to adding supports that filled the holes for the 8-32 screws. I highly recommend not including supports in your print settings - I think I broke the print trying to clean out the holes. The SolidWorks model is provided as well as single and double arm STL files.