Models Showcase: free 3D-printable organizers

By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

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MAIN PURPOSE: Gather plant stems round a cane without tying

A support for floppy stems that coils like a tendril. Slide the hub down a garden cane to the right height, then feed the stems of peonies, tomatoes or tall herbs into the open end of the spiral and slide them round into its turns. Nothing needs tying, and each stem keeps its own channel.

Printing notes

14.3 cm³

Volume

17.7 g

Est. weight

1,040

Triangles

PETG or ASA outdoors. Print flat.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Advanced

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Solar Pavilion

MAIN PURPOSE: House a solar stake light in a glowing pavilion

A garden pavilion for a cheap solar stake light. Drop the solar head into the roof: its panel sits on top in the sun, its LED shines down inside, and at night the four columns and low sill glow like a lit tea house on the border. The stake passes through the floor into the soil.

Printing notes

127.2 cm³

Volume

157.7 g

Est. weight

468

Triangles

PETG or ASA outdoors. Fits solar heads 58 to 70 mm wide. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports. Stacked parts are fused into one print.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

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Arbour Stake

MAIN PURPOSE: Train a climbing houseplant over an arch

A round-headed garden arch for a houseplant pot. Push the pointed legs into the compost until the flanges stop at the soil, then wind a hoya, jasmine or climbing pothos round the hoop: the little inward spurs hold the ties so the plant grows into an arbour instead of a tangle.

Printing notes

23.4 cm³

Volume

29.1 g

Est. weight

636

Triangles

Print flat in PETG; green or terracotta suits most pots.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

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Barbican

MAIN PURPOSE: Guard a seedling from slugs with a water moat

A castle moat for one precious seedling. Set the ring on the soil round the plant and fill the outer channel with water: slugs and snails will not cross it, while the plant grows up through the open centre and the inner wall keeps soil out of the moat.

Printing notes

66.2 cm³

Volume

82.1 g

Est. weight

1,176

Triangles

PETG outdoors; top up the moat after hot days. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

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Tunnel Cloche

MAIN PURPOSE: Shelter a row of seedlings under a vault

A miniature polytunnel for seedlings on a windowsill or raised bed. The barrel vault is a single 3 mm shell that is stiff only because it is curved, the foot flanges stop it rocking, and the open ends let air through so seedlings stay warm without damping off.

Printing notes

123.3 cm³

Volume

152.9 g

Est. weight

1,300

Triangles

Print standing on one end in translucent PETG, vase-like.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple

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Cribwork

MAIN PURPOSE: Stack notched bars into a log-cabin pot cover

One log of a log-cabin crib. Every bar has half-depth notches top and bottom near both ends, so bars laid crosswise interlock course by course like a cabin corner. Stack sixteen into a cachepot round a nursery pot, a lantern round an LED candle or a crib for pens, as tall as you like.

Printing notes

11.9 cm³

Volume

14.7 g

Est. weight

480

Triangles

Print sixteen flat as shown; bars come out solid. Prints as shown on its outline, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Multi-part assembly

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Seedvault

MAIN PURPOSE: Archive saved seeds in three labelled drawers

A Brutalist seed archive inspired by the vaults that store the world's crops. Three drawers sized for seed packets sit behind a heavy 130 mm block with chamfered edges, the side is engraved with the vault name and the year, and vent slots on the back let the packets breathe. Drop a sachet of silica gel in each drawer.

Printing notes

204.9 cm³

Volume

254.1 g

Est. weight

23,264

Triangles

Print in a stone grey. Silica gel sachets keep seeds dry. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports. The 3 drawers print separately from the case.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Medium

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Wardcase

MAIN PURPOSE: Frame a moss garden in a miniature glasshouse

A tabletop Wardian case, the Victorian glasshouse that invented the terrarium. Its four walls are a lattice of square panes; press thin acetate inside and it becomes a closed moss garden, or leave it open as a frame round a succulent. A plinth foot lifts it off the table.

Printing notes

24.1 cm³

Volume

29.9 g

Est. weight

3,148

Triangles

Print in white or dark green. Line with 0.3 mm acetate for a closed case. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Multi-part assembly

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Shedrow

MAIN PURPOSE: Start seedlings in four beds beside a tool shed

An allotment for the windowsill. Four raised beds hold seed-starting compost, each with its own drainage, and a garden shed with a lift-off roof and a real door stores plant labels and the dibber. Start four crops at once and the plot front shows the plot number.

Printing notes

75.2 cm³

Volume

93.2 g

Est. weight

3,604

Triangles

Stand it on a drip saucer. Print in green and timber brown. Prints as shown on its floor, no supports. Large holes in the walls may need supports or good bridging. The added base's lid prints separately.

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By Krypto

Complexity

Simple (set)

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Air-layering root pod

MAIN PURPOSE: Root a new plant on the parent branch

Strip a ring of bark from a branch, slide two pods round it through their slots, tape them rim to rim and pack them with damp sphagnum moss: in six to ten weeks roots fill the pod and you cut off a new plant that is already rooted. Works for figs, citrus, rubber plants and roses.

Printing notes

46.9 cm³

Volume

58.2 g

Est. weight

1,084

Triangles

Print two in PETG. Prints as shown on its outline, no supports.

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