Phone holder with gears - Without supports

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The orginal model is well made and very useful except when you print, you would need to give supports to the part named as clamps and frame. Being a small part, it was a torture test for my 3d printer so I decided to remix the part to reduce and in one case avoid supports completely. I have modified the clamps file to include plugs so that we can avoid supports and use any glue. Also I am sharing the step files of the model so that anyone with modeling software can customize it without openscad. There are two methods of printing But both these methods requires the same part files and the difference is in the orientation of the clamps while slicing. A) Minimal Support:- Download files : 1) phoneholder-clamps-simplified-all.3mf 2) phoneholder-pins.stl 3) phoneholder-gears.stl 4) phoneholder- frame-cut.3mf Arrange the clamps in slicer horizontally as shown in minimal-support.png. Enable auto generate support everywhere. This will generate support for overhanging parts of clamp. After printing you can glue the top and bottom part of the clamps using super glue. The frame file has also been cut to minimize support but it still needs support in the pin so print it also with enable support from buildplate. A) No Support:- Download files : 1) phoneholder-clamps-simplified-all.3mf 2) phoneholder-pins.stl 3) phoneholder-gears.stl 4) phoneholder- frame-cut.3mf This is a risky method as we have to arrange parts vertically as in image no-support.png. You can print with with no support. But make sure you provide additiional footing to part if felt needed. The frame file has also been cut to minimize support but it still needs support in the pin so print it also with enable support from buildplate.