Yoooo!
Thanks for showing some love for the project! I did not expect for so many people to find a use for these clips...I mean...I knew they worked for my small grow but they've really found a community! I never actually expected for them to be used on larger plants either but, hey...if it works for the shorties....why not show se love to the tall girls?Again...seriously....thank you for showing your support for the project. It really means the world to me. This was intended to be shared freely with the 3D/Cannabis community and by you taking the time to put your experience out there, you're helping make that possible. Much love.
Unfortunately, right now no one can download the Topsy Micro. I released the project for free to the world. An individual has patented MY design and is preventing me from sharing it on Thingiverse. Yeah...you read that right...this person is claiming ALL rights to the project...big bummer....as well...not really much I can do other than continue to give them out for free.
Please continue to share this file. I've got a lot of other projects in the works but...I've got to be a lot more careful as I don't want others profiting off of my hard work.
Again...thank you for the write up. It warms my heart to know that this project has found such an audience.
You rock!
(Edit) Thingiverse will be updated shortly with a new file.
Thank you so much for the kind words and support!
I haven't been very active lately, so I apologize for taking a bit to return a response to your message.
Wow I'm speechless reading this... This is unfortunate that your design was stolen by way of patent.. It doesn't seem like there is much solution to this, and it's probably a good idea to not upload designs without patent unless one doesn't really care if other's use/steal/profit, however it's viewed by the designer.. (there's various opinions and perspectives regarding this topic)
If I designed something and someone made it impossible for me to sell my own design, (or at least claim intellectual ownership over the design work) I would be pretty upset too.
Thank you kindly for creating this and sharing it with the gardening community! Regardless of what happened, you did a great thing for us by creating this for the community!