Modular Seedling Starter

Watch your plants grow in this modular seedling starter!
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I have uprgaded this cool box with temperature control

I modified this print so that the lid would be solid with a hole for the Arduino Opla kit casing, which holds the MKR wifi 1010 + the IOT carrier with built in sensors and LED display. For light I’m using adhesive grow light strips. To save filament I also added some negative space with words on the solid lid top.
I had to make a lot of adjustments to suit my use case and because for some reason when I imported the lid to tinkercad to make modifications it threw all the frame holders off by a millimeter. I have no idea why but I’m chalking it up to file import/export senescence if that’s a thing…
I also had to print the 4 posts separately because the lid bottom print warped and wouldn’t align with the top. I initially tried to sand and chemically smooth it out because I don’t like wasting filament but it was a messy process that ended up making it worse.
My final issue was with the base… I rescaled the vertical measurements in PrusaSlicer so it would be deeper and it somehow spaghetti’d in the middle and broke apart. File senescence again maybe? Tried to repair with resin and more filing and smoothing which didn’t work so I gave up and resized a print from a different model (https://www.printables.com/model/241942-self-watering-pot)

After that it worked out. I used 4x6 acrylic sheets that I bought from Michael’s and filed down the sides, then filled the gaps with rtv silicone and UV resin because I printed the posts too short (my fault).

I had to modify to fit some 100mm by 150mm slides (standard photo size?) I had from some broken picture frames. I cant wait to see my little seeds grow! Thanks!

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