Super Hose Flexible Air Hose

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This overdue upgrade brings forth a potent, flexible air hose part that prints with the nozzle pre-attached to the adaptable joint via a screwed connection for the rigid parts of the nozzle. This results in maximum strength and an incredibly tight fit without compromising the structure by snapping the two components together. These components print as one piece connected by a single layer of rafted material inside, which you break after printing is complete. It's helpful to screw them together before breaking free. Additionally, these can be made completely rigid by pulling on them to engage the PLA layers against each other in any orientation (bent or straightened) and they'll maintain their rigidity. To loosen them, simply push them back into place (one joint at a time) and they'll return to being entirely flexible again. A video demonstrates these parts being snapped and freed: https://youtu.be/pHpV-gZo3FQ The screw component is equivalent in size and functionality to an M3 Nut scaled up 325% (or 3.25x), making it suitable for creating nozzles or other adapted components that screw into this part.