Today was planned to test the PETG components with the new collar to verify strength. That did not happen. What did happen was a frustrating series of failed prints even though no configurations had changed between the two print times. After struggling with it for a couple hours, I decided to return to PLA prints. While not ideal in strength, it does actually print. 

Once this component has finished printing (80% infill this time) I will run tests to verify strength and find its limit. Once I find that, I can determine the prototype's limits for experimentation.