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Compostable Pot Mold w/ Draft Angles & Pulp Tamper

by KO9G · Garden
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Based on Jacc's Compostible Planter Mold I've added a draft angle to both the mold and the core with fillets to aid in extracting the wet pulp from the core and the core from the wet pulp. I also eliminated the need for the ring to hold the plastic wrap by including a groove in the core so that you can attach the plastic wrap with a rubber band (aka an elastic band). The core also has finger grips to assist in it's extraction by giving it a gentle twist while pulling it out. To keep everything together a slot for the tamper was added to the mold body.The slot also helps in removing the wet pot by giving a place to hook a finger while pushing the core out. The material needed was reduced by changing the infill to 10% gyroid. I've not had any problems with producing pots with my print settings; it is plenty strong. The print profile contains slim tree supports for the finger grips but on my initial print I found that I did not need them. It will look a little rough on the
Category
Garden
Source
MakerWorld
Published
Updated
What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Single piece
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 0/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Min. bed size
50 mm (Small)
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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