Small Rain Barrel

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I successfully detonated RobagoN's Gloomhaven barrel 200% (far too large), then carefully hollowed it out and attached a pipe connector to the bottom. I encountered numerous adhesion issues with a right-angle pipe, so I decided to build it into a cube, which proved to be an effective solution to this problem. I printed the barrel connector upside down with some supports to hold it in place. It's possible that it could work without supports, but I haven't tried it yet. Everything is currently oriented for optimal printing. The pipes feature an inner diameter of 6mm and an outer diameter of 8mm. The female end of the connectors measures 8mm in diameter internally and 10mm externally, while the male end is 3mm long with a 5% taper. I may shorten it to make it more efficient, reducing the taper to 2mm and increasing the female end to 3mm so that there's a full mm of contact. Next steps: adding pipes to connect everything together, constructing additional cisterns.