grow planter collection (vase mode)

prusaprinters

<p>A quick weekend project – I got these adorable little grow kits, but they came with steel planters that did not have any drainage. This is a no-no. So I thought, why not take this opportunity to design more cute little planters (as if I needed a reason to design more planter). The are quick and easy to print (1.5 to 2.5 hours each) in vase mode!</p><h3>Print instructions</h3><p>While these model are designed to be printed with a 0.4mm nozzle, they will also work just fine with a 0.6mm or 0.8mm, so everyone can print them!</p><p>Here are some recommended settings and information about the design, to help you get the best print:</p><ul><li>Spiral vase mode / Spiralize outer contour: turn this on, this is how the whole magic works</li><li>Line Width: 0.8mm (<i>this is important, and yes, you can do it with a 0.4mm nozzle</i>)</li><li>Layer Height: 0.3mm (<i>not necessarily required, but anything more and the curves don't work as well</i>)</li><li>Bottom Thickness / Bottom Layers: 1.2mm (e.g. 4 layers at 0.3mm layer height) (<i>this is important to get the best quality bottom with this model</i>)</li><li>Wall speed: 30mm/s (<i>you are pushing a lot of plastic, so a slower speed is best, though if you are confident in your hot end you can go faster</i>)</li><li>Printing Temperature: +10 to +15 degrees hotter than your usual temperature (<i>for example, I usually print PLA at 200, but print this model at 210</i>)</li><li>Flow: 110% (<i>because why not</i>)</li></ul><p><i>Special note for Prusa Slicer</i>: Under <strong>Print Settings &gt; Advanced</strong>, there is a <strong>"Slice gap closing radius"</strong> setting. You need to set this to 0. This is very important.</p><h3>Notes</h3><p>The prints in the photos were printed on a largely unmodified Elegoo Neptune 2 with a 0.4mm nozzle in Overture Matte yellow PLA, purple PLA, and turquoise rock PLA.</p><p>Besides the 6 original patterns you see in the photos, there is a <a href="https://media.printables.com/media/prints/177192/stls/1996843_ed27f996-c14d-4e3e-b2f0-17ccba8cb9b5/grow-planter-smooth-catdad-workshot.stl#_ga=2.64217711.1949260185.1654128430-1874700937.1648674736">7th smooth model</a>. This model makes for a pretty boring planter, but might be useful for folks looking to create a remix using their own patterns!</p>