Moai Tissue Dispenser - heavy sand filled stand mod

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I was not quite happy about the low weight of the original thing.Sometimes the statue wobbled a bit when pulling tissues out.So i had the idea to pause the print job of the bottom part at the half way up and then put warm sand (=print bed temperature) in it to add some weight. This might be a great idea with a "core xy" printer, but in my opinion not with the bedslinger that i own. The additional weight could cause a precision loss at the higher layers and could stress the printers mechanics, steppers and drivers a lot.The second approach resulted in this remix.I wanted to hollow out the bottom part and add a closable lid so i could put sand in it.Problem: the original files are STL which i can not edit properly. So I created a well functioning Cura workaround:Open the file "cutout polygon" with cura. Modify it's model settings like it is shown in the image.Add the bottom part of the original design to the cura file and you should get the same result as me after slicing.The lid has the same dimensions as the cutout. You may want to print it smaller.It has to be glued to the bottom part.The reason why the lid is wedge-shaped is that cura can't add supports in these cutouts.I was able to add 600g of sand and i glued a thin rubber foam mat under the statue for a better stand.