**3D printed flower pot holder (hook) “Cranny”**
Read it on my blog, it has a nicer image/text layout.
I had some pots planted with strawberries and wanted them to hang them to the side of raised beds. I ran out of metallic hooks.
So I designed and 3d printed it.
The final result (flower/strawberry pots hanged at the side of the raised beds):
The first version (without the ‘crane’ structure) was too bendy to hold the pot in place.
Printed:
While printing (Prusa’s PETG, rough mode – 0.3mm layer height, speed: 100mm/s, fan: 50%, flow: 105%). The printer bed was just big enough (22x22cm):
TinkerCad design:
You can download .STL from Printables.
Printing issues
First 2 tries were a mess. My printer just didn’t want to print PETG properly anymore. It made zits, skipped lines, … ugly in one word.
Then I replaced the nozzle (after 2 years!), re-calibrated the bed, Z-height, tightened the screws and it made all the difference. I can push the speed of my poor Sovol SV06 up to 100mms again. Only the outer layer I print with 30 mm/s.
You can see how worn was the nozzle (it supposed to be pointy, not flat):
The next issue was warping. The left edge of the magnetic metallic print bed raised a bit when PETG was cooling down. So I made this to keep it in place:
Tags: #3dprinting #garden #flower #pot
