Self-watering rectangular planter (with optional labels)
Rectangular planter with a water reservoir and a water level indicator that can be printed without any supports.
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Self-watering rectangular planter (with optional labels)
The siphons are printed separately and then simply pushed into place. I did it this way to avoid using supports.Water level indicatorThe floating water level indicator is a bit tricky. Print the indicator (1 perimeter, no infill), insert it into the port and use a tiny bit of super glue to attach it to the floater.However, printing the floater super light, yet waterproof is not easy. I had to seal some of the holes with super glue. If you have a piece of leftover styrofoam or something similar (leftover packaging material) you can very easily use that to lift the indicator instead - and it will probably produce more lift anyway, so that would be my recommendation.The water in the reservoir is enough for at least a week for most of my plants, it's surprisingly big.LabelsYou can either print the normal outside shell or one of the version with embossed labels. I've included ones for Basil, Mint and Chilli. But you can easily modify the simple one to have your own text in any 3D editor.Featured in this video: Print instructionsNone of the parts need supports ;)Commercial licenseDo…
Demo listing for layout testing. Original design by Mikolas Zuza on Printables, licensed Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial.