Practial prints: rear bike light clip
I've previously complained on mastodon about my broken read bike light, and how I manage to fix it with epoxy. The fix did not last for very long.
![A clip for bike light broke again.](/images/2020-04-21/001_broken_bike_light.jpg)
Luckily the part the clip seem to be a replaceable and not a part of housing as I feared. Here is the picture of all the pieces removed --
![A clip for bike light broke again.](/images/2020-04-21/001a_all_pieces.jpg)
The clip itself seem to be a standard part and there is a model of it on thingiverse -- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14504
I printed mine with a rough settings in PLA, with 0.5mm nozzle at 0.4mm layer height and no supports, 3 shells and 15% infill.
![3d printed part next to a broken part](/images/2020-04-21/002_3d_printed_clip.jpg)
In retrospect I should have added some supports, though I'm not going to print another copy that looks better because this one fits perfectly after I cleaned out the dirt where the clips is supposed to go.
![3d printed clip fits the light receptacle](/images/2020-04-21/003_clip_fits.jpg)
The print also fits on the bike side.
![3d printed clip fits the light receptacle](/images/2020-04-21/004_clip_fits_on_bike.jpg)
This model was created in 2011 and there doesn't seem to be lots of users making that print, but it did help me save a light that I got for free at the conference 5 years ago. It's the sentimental value that really counts.