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Tiny Duck Army Magnetic Assembly Press
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Hello! I work in a machine shop and one of our favorite pranks on the floor is leaving strange things in unexpected places. I needed something fun (and harmless) to boost morale around and it NEEDED to be safe for the environment. If you can imagine a thousand tiny grey ducks hidden behind every drawer and under every loose vee-block in a massive metal shop, annoying and unexpected, yet safe for everyone 5+. Only problem being that loose-plastic bits rolling around a precision machine isn't a great idea for anybody involved.. I took the liberty of adding press-fit magnet holes for some button magnets i had laying around (5mm x 2mm rounds). the fit was tight so i also made a little press kit with a self locating magnetic base and a snap fit punch to make assembly easy (and much faster than you would expect). The base is self-locating so all you do is drop in a magnet, load a bird and press. So after a few iterations, re-scaling to match magnet size and post-print dimensions, adding
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