No, not that kind of pot. The kind you grow things IN! This hydroponics pot has a grid at the bottom to hold growing medium (perlite, vermiculite,pummice, clay beads etc.) in. If the plant's roots take control of the pot, these ones are made of Diamond Age Solutions' Ivory PLA so the whole lot can go in the compost bin when the growing season is over!

This seals the end of a piece of "100mmx50mm" (which is a metric approximation) rectangular downpipe, closing the ends for a hydroponic run. It is parametric and can be rescaled to suit larger pipes, or indeed anything with a rounded rectangle profile that needs plugging!

This is a small hand rake for gardening. I like the idea of making useful things on 3D printers, and if you like gardening you'll probably find this useful. My first print wasn't great but it proved the idea. I think with more infill it would work great. Try something strong like 70% infill and a few shells it should work great. The part is large (8 inches long) as it was designed for the Ultimaker, but I believe Repraps could do it too? Makerbotters would need to cut and glue for it to work.

This is my first Thing on Thingiverse, which I'm excited about, so even though I want to make some improvements I thought I'd share it. The improvements I'd make are that I'd adjust the spacing of the finger indentations slightly, and increase the length of the tongs a bit. Look for a derivative if I get around to it. Source is Solidworks 2012 and I'll update this with that soon.

I'll also probably make a nice little shovel to go with it soon.

Compatible with the Gardener(TM) system.

This is an OpenSCAD model of a garden hose quick connector.

After I created this model as I need to combine it with other part models.

In the bottom is an indent if you want to glue other parts on to it, remove it and the membrane if you don't need them.

That's F for Flower. A PVA water soluble weapon of mass foliation. Otherwise known as a Seed Bomb deployed by ninja gardeners to sew seeds in hard to reach places. See Also: guerrillagardening.org/ggseedbombs.html

Sure, there are cheaper and more efficient ways to do this... but... pfft... The idea is to stuff it with some compost and seeds and then throw it somewhere that you think could use some color, but you either can't get to it or it's where people wouldn't appreciate seeing you digging around. Then wait for mother nature to dissolve the shell and make some magic.

This of course requires water soluble PVA makerbot.com/blog/2011/02/21/makerbot-introduces-water-soluble-3d-printer-filament/ since you don't want to wait a thousand years for ABS to go away. I'm not even sure this will work, however PVA is supposedly bio-degradable eliteanglingproducts.com/PVAEnvironment.asp and is used as a seed coating celvol.com/sekisui/sek_seed-coating.htm so hopefully it's safe. However, I will assume it's not safe, I'm stupid, and advise you not to do this. Also, I am not responsible if you get arrested for defacing someone's private property with beautiful flowers. :)

However, I'm going to test it anyway (did I mention I'm an idiot and you shouldn't do this?). Unfortunately it's not the best time of the year to try it, but I loaded one and sat it in a pot outside. I also sat one in a pot indoors that I'll run some water over whenever I water my other plants to see how it dissolves naturally over time and if anything grows out of it. I also threw some of the seeds into another pot just in case these old seeds are no good and to compare the growth. SCIENCE!

Alternatively, you could print this in something other than PVA and just use it like a little box to store things in...

It appears they are very popular...

This model is parametric and has some built-in decorations.

Hello World,
The last couple of days my life has mostly been revolving around Impact Sprinklers! I think that Impact Sprinklers might be the coolest things since sliced bread. They are also most certainly printable. And, given enough work, probably actually useful.

My fascination started when I saw: thingiverse.com/thing:10127
I have never been in close contact with an actual Impact Sprinkler, but believe me when I tell you that I have seen many YouTube-clips of them in action. I still can’t figure everything* out thou. I have not yet fully understood the concept of how you get the sprinkler to reverse the cycle so this is a 360 degree sprinkler.

This is my first thingiverse upload – it’s a scetchup file of mainly 2 parts: a sprinkler head and a spoon-arm (or whatever the technical term is). In addition to these parts you would need a rubber band** and a bolt. The bolt in order to get the two parts to stick together. And the rubber band to force the spoon-arm against the head (thats what the nob on the arm is for). You will also need the tubing to connect the head to your water.

I do not own a printer yet – so there is no way for me to try printing this. It’s just a raw sketchup file and I imagine that there are lots of tweeks to be done in order to print this – if that is even possible (?) - I have not learned that part yet. Sorry.

On a sidenote – I don’t have a lawn either.

My hope is that someone out there finds this helpful and all comments are welcome!

Links to cool stuff and inspiration:
thingiverse.com/thing:10189
thingiverse.com/thing:9596

Closeup-Slowmo:
youtube.com/watch?v=p6g7OSvI5GQ&NR=1

Commercial 3D Printed Impact Sprinkler in action:
youtube.com/watch?v=suHpg082Tc0
(Please note, this is not my design, only a link to someone who have successfully printed a Impact Sprinkler)


*not entirely sure that I have understood anything..
**Strong I imagine. (or a spring)

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Updates:
Some stuff you learn the hard way: makerbot.com/blog/2011/07/22/google-sketchup-design-tip-fix-flipped-faces/

So, I have reverced the facets and touched up the head and arm and cleand off that other stuff and saved to two separet files (they still dont render - here on thingiverse - dont know if they are supposed to - being sketchup files.

Anyone concidering printing probebly want to redsign the neck before doing so.

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Mark 2 in progress.
Realising now that im not going to have time to finish it anytime soon. so here is a flat image for your inspiration! See attached preview.

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This is a female fitting for attaching to a threaded garden hose. The thread is an attempt at the 3/4" GHT. Thanks to thingiverse.com/billybob for the thread profile information. thingiverse.com/bluemetal took the plunge and reported that the threads do work. There is provision for a rubber washer (up to 2.5mm thick) to create the seal. Explanation for each of the files is given below.

In itself, this is fairly useless. I created it so that it can be merged with other objects. Maybe make a plant sprayer. My ultimate goal would be to create a printable lawn sprinkler, as thingiverse.com/supermange proposed in thingiverse.com/thing:10127.

These were created in SolidEdge, so I can upload native or other file formats per requests. If there is a particular adaptation that you would like to see, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Solid: This is a basic cap. It was created to allow for the testing of the seal under pressure. It also can be modified to have any desired outlet.
Status:
v2 Untested (7/20/11)
v3 Untested (7/21/11) New thread profile

10mm: This fitting has a 10mm outlet, with a 5mm chamfer at the upstream end.
Status:
v2 Untested (7/20/11)
v3 Untested (7/21/11) New thread profile

.5 PVC: This fitting has a hole for 1/2 inch PVC pipe, slightly tapered so the pipe should bottom out.
Status:
v2 Untested (7/20/11)
v3 Untested (7/21/11) New thread profile

My wife planted a small garden in pots in our backyard. This is a replacement plastic clip for the wire frames.

Show how much you love your garden, wear your tools with pride on the end of your pocketful of pens.

inspired by thingiverse.com/thing:9603

This device couples to a standard plastic garden hose quick-connector. It should work with most brands (I've found that these things are actually pretty universal, US design is the same as in in Europe! Major surprise).

What does it do? It connects. That's all. You'll have to mod it to make something useful out of it.

I'm anxiously awaiting images of people watering their lawn with a Bre or Colbert nozzle.

And if you really want to print something that would totally warrant your ultimaker or makerbot investment, why not create a spray nozzle or sprinkler system that _exactly_ waters the shape of your lawn.

This is a watering spout for a 2L bottle.

I originally designed this so that a bottle cap could be press fit onto the sprinkler once it was done printing. However (at least on my printer) the plastic came out a little bit too small. This meant that I could screw it onto the bottle without the addition of a hollowed out bottle cap.

But if yours prints the right size then you'll probably have to do this. You'll just need to drill a hole in a bottle cap and press it into the sprinkler head. The addition of hot water would make this easier.

My thoughts behind this were mostly recycling - oriented. If you're saving the bottle, you might as well save the bottle cap, too, and this way you know you have something with a water tight cap (though this isn't important as leaking is kind of the point)

Also, I know this uses more plastic than is necessary. But that's kind of the point of a 3D printer. This technology lets us make things that aren't cheap pieces of crap. So enjoy the 1/8"-thick walls on a piece of plastic. You can't get that in the store.

Edit: Check out thingiverse.com/thing:10600 for ljudmila's version with threads.

This might not be all that interesting for people living anywhere else than in Norway but I add it all the same. Its a handle for the external valves we have here in Norway for our garden hoses. This one is designed for a 8x8mm center and I do believe there are other sizes.

A cutbag contest entry. A hanging planter that grows upside down tomatoes or strawberries etc. These planters have been around for quite some time. They have recently been sold at drugstores and such in the "as seen on TV" section under various brands. You may have seen "Topsy Turvy" planters or "Bottoms Up" planters around. Here are some links to more information.

containergardening.about.com/od/vegetablesandherbs/a/UpsideDownTomatoes.htm

instructables.com/id/how-to-plant-hanging-upsidedown-tomatoes/

oklahomahistory.net/tomatos.html

howdididoit.com/home-garden/how-to-grow-hanging-tomato-plants/

My wife wanted a skinny pot and we also need a new orchid pot, so I modified hathawsh's design to be parametric.
This is a work in progress because I haven't actually printed it so I don't know how it will work.

Cabbage white butterflies are antisocial when they're laying their eggs. So if you stick up decoy butterflies, you can scare them off your crops. It's slightly oversize so it looks more intimidating to butterflies. Feel free to evolve the design.

Ignore butterflies attempting to mate with your decoy. They are stupid males and will not be laying eggs.

Another little thing for the herb garden, a small reusable set of pots for starting seedlings off.

I've included a water reservoir and made the walls 2mm thick to help them be water tight. Each cup has 2 drain holes (might need to increase that...)

Quickie design for my wives herb garden...

This is just a little plastic spike with a "fork" arrangement at the top designed to grip cards (or empty seed packets) so you can display a label in a pot while waiting for the seeds to germinate.

No, not that kind of hydroponic pot. This is just a little plastic tub with a mesh bottom that you fill with vermiculite, perlite, clay balls etc. and plant hydroponic plants in. The pots then go into 45mm or 55mm holes drilled in a piece of 100x50mm rectangular downpipe to form a [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient_film_technique ] Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) hydroponic system. I grow a lot of tomatoes, beans, lettuce, brassica, celery, basil etc. in my NFT runs but the pots keep on breaking.

Now I don't need to worry. Even if the plant bursts the pot, at the end of the growing season I'll just throw the whole lot in the compost heap and print another one. They should stack, so you can keep a few ready to hand. It's cool using your RepRap to help grow food!

A device for picking out of reach fruit, e.g. pears. A pair of secateurs is clamped to the end of a pipe and operated remotely by a string threaded through an eyelet by pulling on a handle. See hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2009/09/pear-shaped.html.

A simple flower pot with a drainage hole.

The default dimensions are 5.6 cm top diameter and 5 cm tall, but you can scale it to whatever you want.

The gcode was produced using the default ReplicatorG skeinforge settings.

Update Aug 28 2009:
Fixed up mesh in blender.

Update Aug 27 2009:
I've found that Tower seems to cause problems when generating gcode with skeinforge.
If you have problems, try turning Tower off.

Update July 10 2009:
Increased the wall thickness from 2 mm to 3 mm.

Fits on the end of a pole to support the overladen branches of a fruit tree. More details in my blog: hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2008/08/bearing-fruit.html