October 22, 2023

Bonus: Hognose Snake Keychain and Fridge Magnets!!

Hey Everyone!

Here are some new Hognose Snake Bonus models.  We have a Baby Keychain and Fridge Magnet (standard glue-in and captive magnet versions)

Cheers!
Matt

Printed in...
Ziro Matcha***
iSanmate Rainbow PLA+***

**Click Here to Download from the Pinned "Current Download Links" post**

3D PRINTING SETTINGS - Magnets

*All magnets use 10mm x 2.3mm-2.6mm magnets like These On Amazon***.

- 0.16mm layer height
- 3 walls with a 0.4mm nozzle (could do 2 walls with a larger nozzle.)
- 10% Lightning infill (lightning infill is great for these because it keeps the weight down and only creates infill where needed. Keeping the weight down helps the magnets be more effective.)
- 5-6 bottom layers (gives a little extra strength to the magnet attachment area.)
- If your printer struggles with bridging, you may need to add support inside the magnet slot.  Give it a try without and see how it goes.

*While it may be possible to safely drop the magnets in without pausing the print, if you are using a faster printer or printing many magnets at once... it would be best to add a pause to your print.  I suggest pausing close to the layer where the magnet slot is nearly done, but not covered (see slice image above).  This is fairly easy to do in most cases, but be aware that some printers do not support this option via gcode, and must be paused manually.  Please research your printer and slicer if you are unsure how to do this.  To add a pause to prints in Cura, follow this Guide.  To add a pause to prints in Bambu Studio and Prusa Slicer, follow this Guide.

*NOTE, be cautious when using steel nozzles, the magnets may want to grab hold of them.  I did not find this to be a problem when using a magnetic bed surface in tandem with the steel nozzle.

**Click Here to Download from the Pinned "Current Download Links" post**

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Comments (15)

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Amanaka · January 7, 2024

Are the snake keychains able to have a pause and place the keychain pieces in place or meant to be fully printed and then the keychain piece is twisted on?

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MatMire Makes · January 7, 2024

I’ve always twisted them on after, but I can’t think of any reason why you couldn’t do it with a pause.

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Janice Frisella · October 29, 2023

First time printing one of your files and am trying the key chain....settings the same as for the magnet?

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MatMire Makes · October 29, 2023

Oh, sorry. I didn’t put settings for the keychain. For that I would use 3 walls, 10% infill (but not lightning, I like gyroid).

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McKenna Thomas · October 22, 2023

Or 🦕 bones

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McKenna Thomas · October 22, 2023

Or a yak flexi

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McKenna Thomas · October 22, 2023

It would be cool for a elephant

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Jessica Hamblen · October 22, 2023

I keep getting a 404 error when I try to click on the link to download the magnet files. They are so cute and can't wait to print! <3

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MatMire Makes · October 22, 2023

I tried a new link. Should be working now!

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Bryan Colburn · October 22, 2023

That makes sense. Thank you for the quick response.

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Bryan Colburn · October 22, 2023

I have seen 10x2.3mm and 10x2.6mm both listed as the size to use. Does it matter which? I've been using 2.3mm and they rattle slightly. I'm guessing 2.6mm may be a better fit and not rattle. Thanks for the new magnets!

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MatMire Makes · October 22, 2023

Either size will work. Turns out 2.6mm is harder to get outside the US, so I started recommending either. Both sizes will probably rattle some. I leave the tolerances pretty loose to accommodate the variations in people's printer accuracy.

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Ryan Weisal · October 22, 2023

Awesome!!! I need to do a bunch of small snake key chains for a reptile expo in a few weeks. So this will definitely help to bring even more attention to my table. Customers love the look of your designs.

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Todd Sipala · October 22, 2023

Was totally hoping for the baby keychain ❤️

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Travis Gilbert · October 22, 2023

Fantastic