dishwasher strainer remix

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This is a remix, based on the strainer basket by Horstage. The pro-tip, where the basket is placed upside-down was meant to hold the cutlery separated. To me it seemed that it would be useful and to save material to print struts to the side, to prevent the basket from dropping in. In this scad file, you can set whether to print struts and how long distance from the edge you want them printed. Obviously if used with struts, the cell-diameter should be made large enough to hold the stems of the cutlery. After trying this I don't think it's a good idea to do this. Don't use PLA, it sags under pressure from the cutlery, especially when it's hanging from the small struts. PETG or ABS should be more stable in a dishwasher. ABS may be undesirable as it contains food-unsafe chemicals. Nylon if you can print with it seems to work ok if it stays in one piece. UPDATE (Jan 10, 2017): I modified the scad file to allow for different diameter cells for bottom and sides as the sides need to support the edge they can't be too large whereas the bottom/top needs large holes for the stems. So far the practical test was with PLA and too small cells and as a result quite disappointing. I'm currently more satisfied with the no-struts version on the bottom of the rack (small cells ~6mm). Please leave a comment if you have interesting experiences. UPDATE (Feb 22, 2017): The PLA prints have been doing ok until now but the baskets are starting to fall apart now not something you'd wish to end up in the wrong areas of the dishwasher.