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It's a 1 cent item being sold for 22 cents, probably at least 30 cents with shipping. The 3D printer can't compete with the 1 cent but can compete with the 30 cents and definitely with the $15 if you really only need one clip and the "spare parts I may never use" drawer/closet/room is full.


I made some replacement wheel caps for my FIL's car. Nothing structural, just simple plastic press-fit caps that keep gunk from getting in.

They're about 4 cm in diameter and just cover the center of the wheel. They're not full hub caps. The dealer wants $20 for one cap. Yow!

I printed a couple of sets for probably less than $1.00 in filament.




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