A cool-looking, but also practical print - That's what I wanted to design to take part at the Pursa-Gardening-Contest. So I came up with this idea. A honeycomb pot-design, which can be configured in two ways:
Furthermore, this design has interchangeable pot-inlays with holes. This is very important, because otherwise mold would start growing in the pot, which isn't beneficial for the plants health.
Filament: PLA and/or PETG
Soil, plants/seeds ;-)
Configuration 1: nothing special needed
Configuration 2:
material | perimeters | layer-height | support-structures? | |
middle segment; pots | PLA | 3 | 0.3mm | no |
inlays | PLA | not important (very thin) | 0.3mm | no |
water-distribution-plate | PLA | 2 (not important) | 0.3mm | yes (only part) |
rod-clamp | PETG | 4-5 | 0.3mm | no |
rod-holder | PETG | 4-5 | 0.3 | no |
The printer I used is a Prusa i3 MK3S, but all the parts should fit on the Mini's print-bed.
I tried to make the assembly-process as easy as possible. Therefore it is realy straight forward and doesn't require a lot of tools, post-processing or special parts.
For configuration 1 (table) you just have to hook the pots into the slots in the middle segment. The inlays can be filled with soil and planted. They just slide into the pots.
If you like, you can place the distrubution-plate on top of the whole contraption.
For configuration 2 (rod) you perform the same steps, just without the distribution-plate. You'll also have to screw the rod-holder to a piece of wood or similar. A regular 20mm curtain rod should fit right in. After that, you can mount the first clamping-ring on the rod. If you decide to use the printed one, you will have to put in a M5 screw and corresponding nut. If you decide to buy and use a metall one, you will just have to assemble that. Then you can slide one group on the rod until it rests on the clamping ring.
The author hasn't provided the model origin yet.