Space Alert Reactor Fuel Rod Holder

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A tiny printed accessory for Vlaada Chvátil's fast-paced board game "Space Alert." At the start of each mission, your spaceship has three fuel rods to spend for additional power cubes. Left on their own, these fuel rods tend to roll away, so I quickly created this small spaceship reactor print to keep them in one spot. There's a space underneath to glue or attach a US 5c coin or similar to add extra weight to the piece. The original version gripped the fuel rods too tightly when printed on my machine, so I uploaded a revised model with slightly enlarged holes. A FreeCAD file is included for any further adjustments needed on your printer. If your fuel rods are like mine, they're just barely wider at one end than the other, so keep that in mind to avoid fumbling while the timer counts down.