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Sinking-floating diver toy

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This is not a cartesian diver. This diver toy works on a similar principle as the ballast tanks inside a submarine, although the air is not compressed inside. When you suck the air out of the tube, the diver will fill up with water and sink. If you blow air into the tube, the diver fills up with air and rises back to the surface.

See it in action : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBiFN7ZPzk

The pla is quite light, so it needs a little weight to make sure it sinks. Place a pebble stone of about 2cm (20mm) in "diameter" into the diver body before the head is printed. You can pause the print on the printer, but it is better to set it into the Gcode and also enable the function to reprint layer after the pause, to prevent layer separation.

As a hose you can use any flexible tubing as long as it has the appropriate diameter, length, and it's clean enough. Fuel line, surgical tubing, fish tank air lines, valve rubber, anything, the more flexible, the better. In case of a thinner ho
Source
Thingiverse
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
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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