coffee carafe replacement top cap - distiller enhancement

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So I left the pot of water boiling too long, with a low flame being fortunate in the end, but all the water had disappeared and the appliance heated up until the top melted, as shown in the photo. Thankfully, three-dimensional printing came to my rescue - buying that plastic replacement part and waiting for shipping is a task I highly doubt I would undertake. I managed to break away and carefully maneuver the melted plastic ring at the top using great caution after realizing it was stuck. This required some considerable prying effort with a plastic lever, however. It soon became apparent to me that my current distillation setup leaves much to be desired due to its tiny 500 milliliter boiler size. However, I am now able to multiply by four times and have a 2 liter boiler at my disposal - this was truly the main reason behind my desire to print out Distil v3 in the first place. With the addition of some recycled items such as an old golf ball serving as a stopper in the center, water can boil vigorously with steam spewing out through the sides. Surprisingly enough, I never imagined that PLA would hold up so well - and it turns out to be ABS after all. As my distillation rig's latest model - v3 dated 17 December 15 - demonstrates, not everything about height is crucial, as evidenced by a significant reduction in material used purely for functionality. Notably, however, the PLA parts tend to soften and work their way into any grooves within approximately five minutes of continuous boiling time due to an inherent property where it becomes soft around sixty degrees Celsius, naturally expected given we are operating at a hundred degree Celsius range. The v2 model's experiment featured minimal internal infill structure - roughly two or three layers. Utilizing 30 grams of material and maintaining only a three percent solid fill seemed somewhat insufficient. Therefore, I strongly suggest raising that number up to five or ten and avoid collapse issues when the boil time gets extended significantly longer periods. Incorporating more substantial PLA as opposed to ABS is undoubtedly wiser due to environmental factors since organic substances always offer greater eco-friendly solutions compared to synthetic materials such as ABS used heavily during manufacturing processes. Not forgetting other considerations such as maintaining relatively low heat input while minimizing potential meltdowns would keep those melting concerns under check without requiring extensive use of heavy-duty components and keeping walls a decent thickness could significantly strengthen the parts. Finally, the test we'll face down is allowing one whole hour to go by before boiling commences once more - at this stage we'll discover just how strong the PLA printed Distil v3 design truly turns out.