Water pot plants slowly while you are away
Turns a 28 mm drinks bottle into a slow plant waterer: fill the bottle, push it into the cup, turn it over and press the spike into the pot; water seeps out of the small holes over a day or two.
Print floor-down as shown, then turn it over to use it.
Filament: at most about 9.6 g of PLA printed solid (roughly $0.19 at $20 per kg); normal infill uses less.
To get the files, open it in the generator and choose File › Download STL (one file per part) or Download 3MF (every part on one plate).
The bottle-top plant watering spike model measures 14 × 14 × 90 mm (width × depth × height). That is Base A; one more base is built on. You can change every size in the free SO3D.xyz generator before you download it.
Usually not. Print floor-down as shown, then turn it over to use it.
At most about 9.6 g of PLA (7.7 cm³ printed solid), roughly $0.19 of filament at $20 per kg. Normal infill uses less.
Yes. Open it in the SO3D.xyz generator (free, in your browser), change the size, walls, dividers, holes, text or anything else, then download it as STL or 3MF for your slicer.
Change the size, walls, dividers, holes and labels of the bottle-top plant watering spike model in your browser, then download it for your printer. Free, no CAD needed.
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