Headboard Candle Holder

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I bought some electric candles from World Market (no worries about fires), and I wanted to be able to put them on the top of the shaker headboard of our bed... to create a nice romantic mood. But who wants to be laying there with the possibility of a candle falling and hitting you on the head? I designed this candle holder which fits over the top edge of the headboard and has an inset for the candle. I built in the supports and I am using small helper disks on the corners. There is a small notch at the bottom of one edge. This is to help pry the print off the build platform with something like a screwdriver. Put the notch side of your candle holder facing the wall. It works great! I made this on a Makerbot Replicator 2. Instructions If printing in PLA put down wide blue painters tape on print bed. Sand surface of painters tape. Clean painters tape with alcohol in case any oils from your fingers got on the surface. Does not need you to add supports since they are part of the model. Once the helper disks are finished printing, pick change filament option (to get the print-head out of the way). Make sure to not touch the print head since it will be hot! Put thin blue painters tape over the helper disks across the print bed to help them stay put. Resume the print unit done. Remove helper disks and built-in supports.