As you can see, I made the base of the design taller to better accommodate pens and eventually, I got rid of the rods altogether since they weren't printing out properly. Instead, I used metal rods of about the same size that I took from an old car set my brother had. I attached it to my arm with velcro wraps that I bought in A.C.Moore and I took the spring from my pen and attached it to the switch. Sadly, I still needed to make adjustments for it to work properly, but it printed out in this awesome bright red color, so I can't be too disappointed in the way it turned out.
I could have printed it out a final time, but instead of that, I asked my little brother, who's a high school junior, what he wanted me to print for him. I showed him Thingiverse and eventually, after hours of looking, he decided he wanted this:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:22115
A Squirrel Guardian that he only picked because it had a cool name and he hoped it would bring him luck on his AP exams. So despite my confusion, I printed it anyway. Surprisingly, it turned out far better than I could have possibly imagined. We had it printed in his favorite color: blue, and it stands at about 3 inches high. Here's a picture of the finished product- the perfect guardian squirrel:
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