I guess I kind of let this blog thing die. It has been a year since I posted with the fourth cage I got. That one was a nice one since it was so expensive. The only problem was that they only had standard sizes for the price point and for a custom size, their price went up significantly. So I continued to search elsewhere.
I bought a 3d printer and tried various designs to try to make my own cage. Had this worked, I would have modified my printer to print nylon(I got a ender 3, highly modifiable). Unfortunately all the designs I could find online were terrible. There was a reason the design was free. So I continued my search.
Then I came across josielynns body shop on shapeways. Shapeways is a commercial 3d printing company that creators can upload their designs for people to buy. When they are bought, the company has it printed, and shipped to the consumer. This is where I found the cage I still wear today. the prices are much more forgiving for not picking the exact right size, and it took me a few to get the one that fits.
the one that I wear now is the Cherry Keeper Custom - CKC-1ZFUBF-20 cage with a 50mm ring with a -6 degree bend in the stud. the dimensions are:
Total Length: 86mm
Head inside diameter: 38mm
Head length: 32mm
Shaft inside diameter: 36mm
Ring to Cage Gap: 8.5mm
Bar Profile: Circular, 4mm diameter
it fits pretty well and it is extremely light. it has some flex, and I'm sure I could break it if I bent hard enough. I think soon I may have to become a big boy and finally get me a mature metal cage and be done with it. I would have saved so much money by this point if I had done that long ago. lol
anyway. here is what the cage looks like. pics from the site, not my personal one.
