45/55mm Hydroponic Pot
by vik, published
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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!
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Not clear from this thread; What is the source of the food grade PLA? Would love to have some of that over here in Brooklyn.
It probably does have broken triangles 'cos AoI has boolean issues. Print anyway :)
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Print on a single-layer raft, and cut around the base of the object with scissors to leave the mesh partly covering the bottom of the pot. This will help keep your hydroponic growing medium in.
Should scale to suit systems using other pot diameters.
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Skeinforge 6 says it's got broken triangles.
It probably does have broken triangles 'cos AoI has boolean issues. Print anyway :)
VIk, I live in western australia so the shipping might not be that bad for me, or maybe the company you use has an AU subsiduary. Any chance I can swing some from you
PhillyDee: Bath Uni. Or I can ship a load to your shop.
Suz: Sorry darling, that's the 55mm ones we can't get. I've added those to the files. Unfortunately after printing the first one the RepRap's extruder gearmotor blew again. The new one has a much lower RPM - I'll have to raid one from an old working extruder.
Vik :v)
Wow what a cool idea! PLA is such a cool material...reminds me I need to cut a new extruder for the pla...
we're a month or so away from having PLA in the makerbot store for people in the US.
great ! i'll add to my wish list, but i guess u'll send to south america too?
I've got PLA in New Zealand and can ship it anywhere, but the shipping usually costs as much as the PLA itself! There is a stock in the UK at the University, and I believe (from conversations in #reprap on freenode.net) a batch has just been run off in the US.
Yes, I am going to grow my own food with it. It will be interesting to see if I can grow a crop that can make enough starch to replace the PLA pot I grew it in. I probably won't because that really needs root veg, and they do not do well in hydroponics.
Vik :v)
No, not that kind of hydroponic pot.....?
How disappointing. you realize if people start printing "supplies" suddenly a MakerBot and a ton of ABS will be of "items of interest" to the DEA on the north cal coast. :-D
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Not clear from this thread; What is the source of the food grade PLA? Would love to have some of that over here in Brooklyn.
http://diamondage.co.nz/pla.ht...