Nespresso Krups lowered drip tray

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I found that I couldn't place my favourite big mug under my Nespresso Krups coffee machine. Off course, I could use a smaller coffee mug, but that wasn't really the solution I wanted. Instead I designed this somewhat lower drip tray, which still cathes any spilled coffee, but enables you to use your favourite mug at the same time. Initially, the drip tray wasn't a nice and easy to print file at all while it was one big part, so I splitted the drip tray up in two pieces which you can connect using 2 pins and preferably some glue. That turned out to work really well! I recommend to print the 'hangthingy' upside down. For the other parts, it's very obvious in which orientation you should print them. You'll also have to decide yourself whether you use a brim/supports or not. That depends just on your printer. In my case, supports wheren't definitely needed, but especially for the drip tray itself, a brim was really handy while I don't have a heated bed on my printer. In a 3d-model, everything fits really nice together, but that's probably not the case with your 3d-printed part. I had to heat the holes for the pins up with a creme brulee torch before I could insert the pins. There are a lot of other ways to insert those pins, just do what you think is best to do. Don't forget to use some glue though! Anyways, if you have any questions, please ask me! And if you made this, please share a 'make'! EDIT: 3-1-2018; Added 'Drip tray cover 2.0. This 'thing' has a hole right underneath the nozzle of the coffee machine, so that when there's no cup under the coffee machine, the coffee would fall directly into the drip tray, unlike with the last design...