Magnetic levitation vase - The easy way!

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Human: (Updated October 25th) Important note: This project will be updated soon with a complete step-by-step guide, including better LED support and induction instructions in English. Here's a project to levitate plants using an electromagnetic levitation system. It's plug-and-play! It's based on a long video I made, but unfortunately, it's in French. You can at least watch it to see the result and some steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PReFCGeL9M8 You'll find two groups of STL files: one is the nice vase with base, and another one is a simple cap for the levitation device and associated magnet. The first group has two different bases - one that can host the ring LED and the same without the ring LED support. This last one can be printed up-side-down without supports at all. If you don't have a 3D printer yet, as you can see with the kind of grass plant, you can just work with some existing vases and holders to create some cool stuff! Keep in mind that levitation is not hard to handle, but it's not easy. It's very important to consider the center of gravity aspect. Your center of gravity needs to be centered with the magnet and as low as possible. You'll need some hardware that you can buy on Aliexpress, especially the levitation device (~$40). The LED ring is optional and will require an additional power supply or a stronger power supply for the electromagnetic device + LED (2A is not enough). Hardware: Levitation device, for 500g, the same in the video: http://bit.ly/2OHXOjb You can find a similar one for 800-1000g, but which will not fit my 3D files: http://bit.ly/33kPsBu Take care about these levitation devices; they are unstable (at least for me): http://bit.ly/2M7IMkT In the video, I tried applying some light through induction. A failure: http://bit.ly/2lWUCT8 Circular LED ring, diameter 100mm + driver 12V: http://bit.ly/2lXzhZN Printing advises: The vase doesn't need support or raft. Resolution and speed are up to you, depending on the quality you want to achieve. Same for infill. For the base, you will need supports under the location where you screw the electromagnetic device and also around the opening for the cables. See the photos with the arrows. These models are for both SLA and FDM, however, you will need a large SLA printer. Changelog: Sept 20th: initial release Sept 21st: replaced the main vase with a slightly increased thickness, which was problematic on FDM printers. Added a variation of the base, without LED support and which can be printed up-side-down, without supports. Oct 25th: added Ikea vase, which can be used with the fake plant from Ikea Fejka : https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/fejka-artificial-potted-plant-indoor-outdoor-grass-00433942/ Also updated the base to have a hole fitting the electromagnet power plug. You can follow me on social media: - YouTube (Mainly French): https://www.youtube.com/polyworkshop - Instagram (english): https://www.instagram.com/lecaramel/ - Instagram (french): https://www.instagram.com/polyworkshop/ - Instagram, figurine, (english): https://www.instagram.com/darkfigurines/ - Twitter (english): https://twitter.com/lecaramel - Twitter (french): https://twitter.com/polyworkshop