Slimblade Pro Travel Clip
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Printer-friendly clip to retain the 55mm marble preventing it from fall damage.
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This is my quick kludge for Kensington Slimblade Pro trackball travel clip.
For work I travel between my home and the office frequently, and I always get a little nervous transporting my trackball. The beautiful smooth marble only sits in there by gravity – tipping it even a little sends the marble bouncing painfully to the ground…
…which is exactly what happened at a TSA checkpoint. The agent took the trackball out and the marble went bouncing on the ground and rolled about 40 feet. I was… not happy. Sure enough, the marble got a few nicks and it was not at all a smooth surface afterwards, feeling bumpy and janky when I tried to use it. So, hello marble #2.
And I realized, there has to be a holder out there to print. Not finding one, I cracked my knuckles, grabbed a contour copier, and started modeling.
It isn't pretty, but it does the job. It is built to be printer-friendly, needs no supports or brim. The arms clip in pretty securely into the retainer ring and don't give a lot of flex.
Well, now I don't need to worry about a surprise marble/basketball pickup, I hope this is useful to others. Feel free to improve as needed!
NOTES:
- Typical print: .2 layers, no supports/brim, pick your infill, I used all the defaults
- The arms, although there are two on the build plate, are identical. If you have bed adhesion issues, the arms may pop off during print.
- The clips grip tightly, I don't have any scratches yet; but depending on your printer/material tolerances, it may be too tight, so I'm including step files in case you want to tweak
- BONUS FEATURE: if you have an extra 55mm marble like me, print just the ring out, set it on your mousepad or deskpad, and put the marble in it. It glides around super nice like a little fidget toy! (Discovered this completely on accident, and now it's a part of my desk!)