Minimalistic V-Slot jig for delta rods by theinternal

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Update 2017, Aug. 28th
The stl is not manifold due to the bottom hole and the width of the notch that goes into the extrusion being the same diameter which results in a wall thickness of 0 at this specific point. Repairing the model does not result in a significantly different print result so feel free to print as is or repair it before printing - it doesn't matter.
original post:
While most jigs for Traxxas 5347 rod ends are designed so that you glue the rod ends to the carbon rods before inserting the ball joints and do so for all six rods at once, this design takes a different approach.
One rod at a time and ball joints inserted.
Advantages:
You get to choose the best rod ends before glueing them to the rods. (I had to go through 36 to find 12 acceptable ones.)
The jig stays in place really well all of the time and if your rods were cut to the same length (the place where I ordered mine did an excellent job) you'll end up with a pretty consistent total rod length for all your rods in a single glueing session. (As opposed to 6 at once jigs, where you basically have to manage six different lengths, parallelism, etc.)
Disadvantages:
It potentially takes longer, since you can only glue the rods consecutively. (Please don't work around this by printing more jig parts and glue rods for the same printer on different jigs at the same time. ;))
The holes are for M3 and M4 screws. If you've come this far, you'll figure out the rest by yourself by looking at the pictures.