Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-33092097-20190409173816/@comment-26431461-20190418213053

ZunaLegend wrote: yeah, probably.

do something similar to the z-strike jolt optic. That's kind of what he did with the clamp, albeit covering a little bit more area.

You might want to consider Pedroh's advice for making it designed to be printed vertically: that way the printing "grains" will be perpendicular to the Jolt's barrel, and be able to take much more stress (if the clamp is printed horizontally like it is now, it will be parallel to the Jolt's barrel, and handle much less stress when you try and attach it to a Jolt. If this is confusing just read Pedroh's wording because he did a better explanation about why it is best that the clamp is printed vertically instead of horizontally). The downsides to this are that it will take longer to print (more layers, albeit each covering a small area).

But while the clamp part is best to be printed vertically, I don't think the rest of it should be printed horizontally because of how long it will take to print the whole thing, not to mention that parts like the rail segments would be much better printed horizontally than vertically (idk how to explain that part).

So what I propose is that, if it's not too much to ask for, maybe separate the clamp part and the rest of the kit. The clamp will be printed vertically while the rest can be printed horizontally. Then, the clamp can be glued to the underside of the kit. If you want to be fancy, you can figure out a way to interlock the clamp to the rest of the kit, maybe like a dovetail thing or whatever those are called that the user can slide the clamp part into the kit without needing to use glue.

It's not the best solution but it's the only one I can come up with that remedies that problem.