Sink hole cap holder

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I needed to replace the original cap holder, because it wasn't letting the water drain fast enough. It's design was a bit strange (a bolt was used to fix the cap to the holder) and on one of the sides it had a cap with diameter very close to the sink hole, thus the water couldn't drain. I believe this was to stop accidentally dropped items to go down the drain. I don't need this, because the sink cap is already close enough to the sink hole, so this won't be an issue. I designed the new holder by taking measurements of the original holder with my digital caliper and transferred them to SketchUp. I redesigned the holder a bit and removed the holder cap, so that the water can easily flow in between the fins, I also made it longer so that no bolt was required to hold the cap. Now the cap is inserted into the holder and is laying on top of it. I had one failed attempt, since this is my first try designing and printing something from scratch, I didn't know that the measurements in the SketchUp won't be the actual printed. The inner hole was smaller with about 10%, the fins were thicker, etc. Also I tried to change the filament mid-print (I knew I won't have enough), and decided to give it a try, but this failed, because when I resumed the print after changing the filament, it printed with 2 mm X offset. Anyway I glad that it failed at about 30% of the print, because I saw the flaws in my first design, so I took the chance to correct them. The revised version printed successfully and was 100% match to the sink hole and cap. I'm glad with the result, the time will tell if this design is good. I am using Cura 4.0 BETA and have attached my printer settings. Modify the design to your needs using the SketchUP file.