Slim Vase designed for Lego Cherry Blossom Set (and real flowers....)

prusaprinters

This vase was designed to be used to display the completed LEGO Cherry blossom set, though certainly could be used for “real” flowers or other artificial blooms.    Two versions are available:  A version to be printed in spiral vase mode.   Using a 0.8mm nozzle, and with a 1.6 mm thick base, this required only about 27 gms PLA filament.      Its not really heavy enough to support the lego flowers, being too easy to tip over, so I dropped about 15 pennies in the vase to add some weight.    Using a 0.8mm nozzle results in a vase that is light weight, but fairly sturdy, only flexes a little when grabbing the vase.     Pebbles or sand would probably be better option for adding a little weight.     This version is NOT water tight.    Recommended vase mode print settings are a 0.8 mm nozzle, layer height about 0.4mm, with at 4 bottom layers (or a bit more if you want).     Printing with  a 0.4mm nozzle works, though the vase becomes a little more lighter and “flexible” than I prefer.   A water tight version, with 2.5 mm thick walls.   I printed this version with a 0.15 layer height using a 0.4 mm nozzle, and using 6 perimeters/walls to help ensure it would hold water.   Using silk PLA, this version weighed 73 gms, and takes about 3 times as long to print, depending on your settings, printer, etc.        These were created using the Bambu MakerWorld Make My Vase tool.   The vase is 137 mm (5.4") tall, and 81 mm (3.19") wide at the base/widest point.     Pink Silk PLA seems to work well with the lego set.