Nested Plant Pot with Drainage

A nested plant pot box. Includes a nice looking inner pot, a draining platform, and a draining box to put them in.
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updated June 24, 2024

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This is a plant pot with drainage underneath that can hold two smaller pots. You can print the inner pot included in the stls or use a 3.5inch nursery pot like the one in the picture.

This design was inspired by 0ToCheekiBreeki's design. I've redesigned it so it's smaller and will fit on printer beds while including most of the features.

Should be pretty easy to design some grow light holders onto this if you want to try.

---Printing---

This print takes up the whole bed. For easier printing you can scale it a few mm smaller to better fit onto the bed.
Having a level bed is essential for this print because it takes up so much of the bed. If your bed isn't very level, the first layer will print poorly and ruin the rest of the print.

I had minor warping on the corners of the large pot probably because of difference in bed temperature and cooling at the edges of the bed.

Bridging - There is a 100mm bridge where the water drains out. This wasn't a problem for my printer but may be for yours.

Perimeters - I printed with 2 perimeters and 10% infill. This takes longer but uses less filament. For a shorter print without visible infill when light shines through you can use 3 perimeters.

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Model origin

The author remixed this model.

Small Plant Pot With Drainage
by 0ToCheekiBreeki (thingiverse.com)
 

Differences of the remix compared to the original

I took inspiration from the original design and included many features from it. 

I've redesigned the pot to fit on normal sized printer beds which required changing shape and drainage port.

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