Would love to see some of your prints on here! When I was younger my dad and I built a 3D printer, and I loved it. Since then I haven’t had the funds/time/space to get back into it but as that was like 12 years ago, I know 3D printing has gotten much higher tech.

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    4 days ago

    found a 90 year old design for a cactus watering can from a local designer and had to print it for myself… tried out multiple sizes and colours

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      3 days ago

      Can you share the STL? I would be interested in this.

      Do you have any problems with water leaking? People always warn about prints not being water tight, but I don’t know if that’s old advice or not.

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        as soon as i fix a few small problems i’ll share it here :D

        the two red ones are painted with red car paint and a clearcoat, they are totally water tight, a black and a pink one are only coated with clearcoat, they don’t leak as well, but i tested them before coating and both dripped a bit at the joints… i’m correcting some parts now and will use more glue… i think that’ll fix it but i’d still recommend to use" ironing" in your slicer and clearcoating it after assembly… i didn’t let the water in the can for multiple hours, so i’m not sure yet whether water will penetrate through the plastic…