Functional Mini Tape Gun

I modified the tape gun body to accept a small section of 6 inch hacksaw blade. with this modification the tape gun becomes fully functional. additionally supports are no longer needed

Post-Printing
you will need to cut a small section of a mini hacksaw blade and superglue it to the channel that has been added to the tape gun body. After gluing the blade, superglue the blade cap for aesthetics.
Two different caps are provided a flat one, and, one with a 0.25mm indent. Because some blades are thicker than others just print the one that fits your blade the best

NOTE:

the tolerances for the nut are very tight i found scaling the nut to 102% on my printer made it possible to assemble. ALso as noted below, the screw threads are left HANDED.


Recommended hacksaw blade:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-Hack-Saw-Blades-5-Pack-STHT14038/311326773
I found that cutting the hacksaw blade is easily done with a good pair of side cutters.


ORIGINAL LISTING BELOW

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