static electricity protection knob cover Taz 5... terrible name suggestions welcome

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Protect your Taz5 and other conductive-knobbed printers from electrical shocks by installing a comparably sized control/tune knob. When winter air sets in, static electricity generation becomes a hazard to my printer... and prints. I found that inadvertently shocking my Taz 5 with frozen-in-place prints was becoming a problem. After the incident, I decided to create a solution to protect it from myself. The new Taz 6 comes equipped with a plastic knob, probably designed for this exact reason. However, my metallic knob conducts electricity, so I made a sleeve/cover to insulate it from me and my static-filled self. It has friction grips in place and includes a hole for accessing the set screw, which is a T-6. Mine was printed with T-glase and even allows visibility of the (worthless) little arrow on the knob. Slight rescaling may be required due to fine prints, so you may need to adjust your printer settings by +/- 1%. If you love this knob cover, I've included an arbitrary file for covering other knobs without the set screw hole. Protecting your printer is a happy endeavor!