Tricklaser Hospital

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This is a jig to create and repair Tricklaser rods. Tricklaser no longer sells new rods and rod ends, so if yours breaks you need a way to repair them. The jig could also be used for making new rods if you happen to have some rod ends.
The jig retains the rod ends and rod such that you can glue them back together with epoxy.
There's also a drilling jig if you wish to drill out the center of the rod (with remnants of the rod end remaining) and the rod and insert a pin. I used a m2 screw with the head cut off. The hole in the drill jig is 1mm so you may choose to use a finish nail or other pin. I have one report of someone gluing their rod ends back together using just epoxy and no pin and so far it's working fine, so you may not even need the drill jig.
Print 2 copies of the base and 2 copies of the clamp. 1 copy of the drill jig. Attach them to a piece of 2020 extrusion using tee nuts and m3 screws, spaced the appropriate distance for your rods. By having 2 jigs you can ensure the rod ends cups are aligned properly.
I used PrusaSlicer's filament swap to print the top layers with the medic/laser symbol in red. You shouldn't need supports for the nut inserts.
I used M5 heatserts for the clamp screws as well as for the M5 screw that locates and clamps the tricklaser rod end. You can also use M5 nuts for the clamps, and use a tee nut in the extrusion for the tricklaser screw if you don't have heatserts.
I have had excellent luck with JB-Weld PlasticWeld epoxy (the syringe style, not the hand mix stuff which isn't nearly as strong). Loctite makes a similar plastic epoxy.
You may wish to place a small bit of foil in the valley below the glue joint to catch glue that drips.
F360 archive provided if you wish to remix or mod.