I have this cheap binder clip from Amazon, which wasn’t actually cheap imo, but whatever. I like the cat. I’d like to keep using it, but the “brass” paint is rubbing off, and it smells like metal. I think it reacts with the oils in my hands or something. I’ve only been using it for a few weeks.

Is there something I can do to keep it looking nice and perhaps prevent it from wearing down so quickly?

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    8 hours ago

    How does it clip?

    It it’s simple, and you want, take a picture with a zoom lens from a decent distance away, straight on, with no angle at all. Then measure the height, width at widest point, and thickness.

    If I have time after the holiday, I could craft that into a 3D model that you could provide to a place like PCBWay to have printed, or even machined in actual brass.

    Posting that in a 3D Printing or CAD community might also find you a volunteer that could do this for you with a more definitive timeframe.

    That being said, thats easy with a flat piece, but I’m not sure what I’m looking at as a “clip”.