Cartoon Style Spiral Soap Holder

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This is a simple soap holder in a cartoon spiral shape for our kid's bathroom. They love it! Print Settings Printer Brand: RepRap Printer: Prusa I3 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: The higher the better. Infill: 25% Notes: Don't go under 25% because the soap holder needs a minimum weight to be effective, or it will slip as easily as the soap itself on the sink top. How I Designed This I first printed http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:701355. But I was very disappointed because that holder was too thin and too light to hold a soap heavier than the one used in this design. On the other hand, that model wasted a lot of support material when printing. The oval shape was also too large for our purpose. So I kept the cartoon's spiral idea, which is great, and redesigned the soap holder entirely. My main goal was to create a model that can be printed anywhere on the bed, using an amount of plastic comparable to what was wasted in support material, but providing the extra weight and footprint needed to hold the soap securely. It's also faster to print. The spiral lays flat on the bed with a V-profile, reducing the amount of plastic used.