Tripod-heptode tealights holders v2

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Printing experience was really tedious, so I added four more legs designs to my previous version https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3089517 to minimize support needs. While I liked the tripod appearance aesthetically better, this approach has its own technical drawbacks, particularly finishing threads is really tricky. Now there is a choice. The toppings are in fact taken unchanged from the previous version and are interchangeable. To make the first legs design, you need three 'legs1' parts (may require some support during printing) or three pairs of 'legs1in' and 'legs1out' parts (I printed them without any support), along with three nuts. To make the second legs design, you need three pairs of 'legs2in' and 'legs2out' parts, one 'node' part, and six nuts. To make the third legs design, you need three 'legs3' pairs and three nuts (the 'legs3s' file contains additional manually encoded support that was helpful in my case). The final assembly is somewhat tricky and seems to be impossible with a rigid material and smaller tolerance values. This design should probably be revised if you're using these specifications. If you plan to glue parts, think about the proper assembly order. The fourth design is the most close to what I have been trying to achieve from the very beginning, even before https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3064653. It may require printing some support, though. To make it, you need three left and three right halves of legs, along with three nuts. The 'nuts' files contain the nuts design in ideal sizes, while the 'xnuts' have a small extra addition to the thread diameter to compensate thermal shrinkage and simplify thread finishing. This extra depends on material, printer, print settings, etc., in the general case.