Spiralize (or Vase Mode) Trays

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These .STL files are solid 3D objects that require using "spiralize" setting in Cura or "Vase mode" in other slicers to create the trays. These very thin, easily breakable trays are useful for a variety of purposes and take some time to make but use minimal material. When my printer is not busy, I plan to make another one of these trays that I use on my shelves to sort & store all my 3D printed items & keep a few memorable failures. I may not be very skilled at this, but my printer has been extremely active since I got it in February 2018. I also use them to organize small parts for assembly and other tasks. They are even useful for non-3D print related projects! All of mine have .2mm layers with 3 layers on the bottom for a .6mm bottom. Maybe they would be fine at .3mm layers? I'm not sure, probably. I found something that works for me & sticking to it. I use a .4mm nozzle and if I ever get a larger size maybe they would be more durable with thicker walls? They are stackable and can easily be scaled up in the Z direction to make a taller/deeper tray more ADDED 1-8-19 Spiralize square tray 140x140x30 Spiralize square tray 140x60x20 Spiralize square tray 140x60x40 & Spiralize flower tray 140x140x30 An early spiralize experiment made with Tinkercad "flower" shape, consisting of 15 flowers stacked & grouped into one object. Not very useful for storage but still kinda neat. ———— more ADDED 1-13-19 Spiralize square tray 175x40x40 vcut edge Spiralize square tray 175x40x30 vcut edge Spiralize square tray 175x40x20 vcut edge These are turned at a 45 degree angle to fit on my 140x140 build plate ———— 4-8-19 added by request Spiralize square tray 200x40x20 vcut edge For taller trays, just scale the Z direction. I hope it works; this is too big for my printer. ———— 5-11-19 They also work great in TPU but you must turn off the fan after printing the bottom or the wind from the fan will cause the thin wall to move around while printing, resulting in a bad print. .2mm layers .8mm bottom (4 layers)