Yet Another Zipper

Work in Progress. Your ideas and comments are welcomed!

June 2017:

I Made it easier to print and added an end stop. No need for support. If you use the new model and you print in ABS, increase the size by 10% to make it less likely to break. The size, as is, is fine for nylon.

My goal is an actual zipper, that you could iron onto cotton tape and actually sew into something.


May 2017:

I too felt the urge to see how close I could get to a real zipper. Why? Because it seemed like it would be hard to do. It works pretty well, but I had to go through about a dozen iterations.

I am quickly learning the limits of tiny FDM printed parts. Make something too thin, it breaks too easily, make it too thick and the zipper is not flexible enough.

I have made it possible to sew it onto cloth. Or maybe even ironing it onto cloth. I am not at the point of trying that yet.

There are many caveats about this model. Mostly, the dimensions are too thin in places. You can