UPDATED V4 (5/31/2024)

I add a new version with very slightly softened shape on the inside of the “catching” part, to make it even sharper where it matters with very low layer printing height. Please read the recommended print settings for the best result.

DESCRIPTION

I found a tick on my dog today and, of course, my first though was “has anybody designed a tick remover?”. They did, and I printed a great design I found by @override2231, simple and fast to print, but I struggled a bit to remove it because the narrow path to trap the tick was too short and the walls at the same place were too tall, so I decided to copy the same concept, but elongating the narrow path, and making the slope sharper, so it should slide better and closer to the tick's head (that's what vets recommend).

Recommended print settings:

• Material: Whatever you want. PLA and PETG should work great.
• Layer height: the lowest possible. My Bambu X1 allows 0.08mm and I used that one. The thinnest height on the slope is 0.16mm height, so I recommend that one as the thickest recommended layer height. Let me insist in recommending the lowest layer height possible as it's critical for the tool to work properly.
• Walls: Not relevant here I think, I just made two and works great.
• Elephant foot compensation: 0. Thanks to @rocketboy_778482 for the idea. By disabling it, the middle hole will be as thin as possible to grab the tick with less resistance. 

I hope you like it and find it useful. Any recommendations to even improve it further are welcome. It's my first upload here, I hope I did everything right. Apologises if not.