Bases for transporting or exhibiting insects. Entomology

The model includes bases of different sizes to expose insects and tweezers to be able to move these bases from one place to another without touching them. The assembly can be seen step by step in the pictures, the mechanisms work thanks to a rubber band for the hair, brown rubber bands can also be used.

The rectangular shaped piece is fixed by double-sided tape and/or superglue in the place where we want to keep the insect. The bases are attached to that rectangle by means of a mechanism that is opened and closed with the tweezers.

IMPORTANT: do not stop pressing the pizas while moving the base from place or it will fall off.

The bulkier piece of the clamp file requires reinforcing its two hooks with super glue, the two smaller ones are attached to each other with two pieces of filament after being put in place.

The bases also require super glue when the last piece is placed to remain tightly closed.

You can also see how they are mounted in both a shoebox and a wooden briefcase, this is because the project is intended to be carried out at school with my students so that everyone can start their own insect collection (the number of students is very small).

The insects have mostly been found lifeless, except for those that are invasive species. Some of the insects in the image have not been properly dissected because I found them at a time when I did not yet know how it was done.

The first few times it takes a while to remove the mount, but once you figure out the best way to do it, it's quick. Any questions about the assembly will be answered in the comments.

It is printed at 0.2 mm on an Anycubic mega X. The material used is PLA. Some pieces require support and 8 line border for better adhesion. The bases require using the support option everywhere.

Time: up to 3 hours for larger pieces.

Backfill used: 10%.