Multi part planter
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[PROJECT IN PROGRESS] [OBJECTIVE] My main aims for this project are to design a planter that can function with my carnivorous plants, while also experimenting with Fusion360, and providing functional objects to 3D print (which I am also learning and experimenting with). [CONTEXT] The plants requre a watering scheme that flows from the bottom, upwards to the roots. However, overwatering can increase the liklihood of root-rot. My previous watering system (a Bog Garden) consisted of a large planter (fake; looks like 1/4 of a whiskey barrel, but platsic), with a pot in the center acting as a resevoir. Then the potter is filled in with peat, and the plants are arranged around the resevoir in a circle. Imagine a doughnut, except the hole is a "pond" and the doughnut is the "garden" (a bog-like environment). [ISSUES] While this scheme works, and looks nice, I need to repot some of my plants, toss some others, and I am moving, so I am looking to make relocating them easier. [SOLUTIONS] I will upload versions (on V1.4, as of writing this) so I can chart my progress, critique my thought process in hindsight, and perhapse, gain some help from others who may remix any of these files at will. * V 1.1 - 1.4 I started by looking at self-watering potters. When I was doing my initial research (3 years ago), self-watering potters were an option I was considering. However, their price and availability were obstacles. And buying a fake barrel potter from a hardwear store seemed easier. At present, I am taking a more hands-on DIY approach. I printed a small 2-part planter by Parallelgoods, consisting of a cylinder with an open top and a conacle, extended bottome (perforated with drainage holes). It resembles a fat crayon with a swiss-cheese point. That planter sits within a cylindrical resevoir and has a verticle tube through a section of the wall, which you use to fill the resevoir. The water level floats the planter, which sinks over time as the water is consumed/evaporated. Functioning both to water, and provide a visual output of the water level. By all means, a wonderful design. I am currently printing a larger scale version by user kdrummer. V1.1 - 1.4 are influenced heavily by those designs (although rectangular, not cylindrical). Again, [WORK IN PROGRESS], and I cannot garuntee that any of these print (will change as I experiment). Treat them as "theoretical", although, I would love to hear if you were successful in printing them, or have any issues you would like to point out. [DESIGN PROCESS] I began my design as a large, single component planter (V 1.1 -1.3), and went from rectangular (V1.1 - V1.2; aimed at horizontal layout), but returned to a perfect square (V1.3) for the X & Y dimensions, set to fit within my build plate (300mm x 300mm x 400mm). Realizing this print would take forever, and be prone to failure should I run into a clog or filament knot, I decided to split the planter horizontally in half, and began to experiment with how to fit the two halves so the "lock" into each other, resulting in V1.4. The fill tube has filets that (again, theoretically) should lock into each other. One would probably use a water-tight sealant and/or gasket to keep keep the halves together. I also plan to create a pyramid insert with drainage holes to allow for a higher rock layer with less peat (providing more area of the planter to pool water. That will come later, or maybe one of you will design it. Feel free ! [V2] I haven't even completed V1, let alone printed it, and I alread know what I want to try starting with V2. I plan to return to my Bog Garden watering CONCEPT, but downsize it, design it to be 3D printed, and also design it to be modular so I can make changes / have different planters for different plants. Stay tuned for that!
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