Bulldog clips in conflict with extruder fan?

Hello,
It seems that it is hard to find a way to adjust the level of the extruder fan and the bulldog clips on the glass plate, so that they don't crash into each other. Yet, I only had nice and small prints, when this is not a problem. But If I want to use the whole xy plane, then I guess it is a problem.
Any tips how to deal with it? Right now my fan is hanging down a bit, so I can adjust it a few mm's. But that won't suffice. At least the margins are very small in that case.
Alternatives to the bulldog clips?
I thought that I can trim the clips, and remove the upper handles, as well as flattening the clips upper "loops" by pressing it flat in a vice. It will be more difficult to put the glass plate on and off the bed then, but maybe it is still better. Or one could design a 3D printed clip tailored for this task, with a small crooked piece of sheet metal as part of it, to grip the glass plate from underneath.

/David

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2013 06:27AM by dawa.

If you remove the top handles the fan duct should clear the rest of the clip.

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As long as you don't need the entire build surface you can just flip the top handle forward onto the glass. This has been working for me so far since I haven't printed a really large object.

Thanks! Good points!

I have found this on Thingiverse :

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It looks interesting, but there is a risk to melt the part (specially in PLA), isn't there ?

If you print it in ABS and then only print PLA it might be ok. I would print it vertically though, printing it horizontally looks like an invitation for layer seperation.

Or head to your 'dollar store'. I bought a pack of 10 bulldog clips, with 5 tiny ones that fit perfectly with their clips for 59p from Home Bargains in the UK...