Finished! Hopefully the plants like them and thrive in their new permanent homes

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I went back to my self-watering design with the new thread and had something workable in no time. So after a weekend of printing, and forgetting to get any dirt, I'm super pleased with how they came out and how easy it will be to swap water reservoirs when they are low.

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I got tired of the trial and error approach and found a post on Thingiverse with some Python that generates an STL file that fit really ok, so I converted it into an OpenSCAD script with the help of some AI and after fiddling with the fitting, I was able to work out an absolutely rock solid thread. This fits PERFECTLY.

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This is how you reverse engineer when you're an idiot like myself. 😅

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TIL if you have a clockwise thread you need to make your matching thread counter-clockwise... 🤦

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I hated how bad this thing looked once I got it into the slicer so I tried splitting it up and still am very unsatisfied. Since we love Ball jars in this house, I have decided that I am going to work out my own modular Ball jar system. The first piece, the most critical, is going to be the jar mount. I have included a glue slot and the whole thing can be printed upside down without supports!

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Working next on a self watering planter insert for 16oz ball jars. I'm fixing to have a lot of window herbs and these are also awesome for starting seeds!

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I printed a few of these as gifts and then just kept printing them with matching dice for portable Farkle and beyond.

I hate how the latch works so there's a future where I model something like this myself, but for now these guys are nearly perfect.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3529112

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Ohh!! I found a voronoi face generator for Onshape!!! I love 3D printing stuff that can't be manufactured easily so generating voronoi patterns is huge!

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