pluggable tea light candle, customizable text

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I was searching for a tea light that could be sent in an envelope as a kind of Christmas greeting card. There are plenty of tea lights available, but I couldn't find one that folds or is pluggable. So I thought about how it could work - the parts could be sent inexpensively in a bubble envelope. And here comes my tea light! It's designed for printing with two colours using a dual extruder or multi-material, and can also be printed with one colour and text as a hole. By the way, it seems that the file doesn't work properly in Customizer. I recommend downloading the file and editing it locally. For multi material prints, you need to do two exports - one with "what_to_print" set to "text", and one with "what_to_print" set to "rest". If you're printing only with one colour, set the "fontthickness" higher than the "windowthickness" and export only the "rest". Hint: You can print this also with two colours even if you have only a single extruder. Export both files, text and rest, as you would do for multi material prints. Start with the text file, load it into your slicer but don't move the object on the print plate. Print the text, then remove all from the print bed except the text (for example skirt and prime). Change the filament now, and load the rest file into your slicer. Print the rest. For Prusa MK2/3, bed leveling should work also with this first layer printed on the bed because the distance from nozzle to bed is more than 0.2 mm. If this works for you, please let others know! There's a remix for Christmas that's "ready to print" and also suitable for single extruder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3263965 Please post pictures of your make! The assembly is done by the recipient of the gift, isn't it? Update_v2: I fixed a syntax error at mirroring. Now you can configure different font and font size for each side (for example when using languages like Russian, it's better to use a font like Arial). You can also configure the line spacing. Update_v2.1: I added a small nose to the top. Update_v2.2: I added some slots for better air circulation.