Self - Watering Planter

3D Printed Self - Watering Planter

Was pretty unsatisfied with the water capacity and sizes available for existing planters that I saw online and my mint plants DRAIN water so opted to design my own.

Printed in translucent PETG to provide a simple way to see the water level. Thanks to ADDMAN's interfill3D capability in our ADDCAAM software I was able to achieve a watertight print on the bottom half without post processing (at least so far).

For printing with a normal slicer you will definitely want to use some form of waterproofing solution on the bottom tank half, epoxy, flexseal, etc.
 

First iteration I had a channel / spout for pouring water in through the top, but I found it kind of a pain and much easier to just lift the whole top half up and dump a bunch of water in. There are no locks or anything, the weight of the soil holds it nicely together, and avoids the pitfall of the bottom falling off it is only loosely connected to the top like many storebought models.

Both parts take around 4-5 hours to print with a .6mm nozzle and don't need support.