Customizable parametric plant tray by dchauran

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

Parametric drip tray for houseplants
For some reason, terra cotta pots are in steady supply, but their drip trays are not. Moreover, I have a lot of plants in standard 4" square nursery pots, other randomly sized pots, 3d printed pots, etc. Finding trays to fit them all was becoming tiresome, so I decided to deign a try that I could easily customize to suit eacvh pot.
Features
Customizable shape. Make square planter trays, round planter trays, or hexagons that fit nicely into a grid. You can even make an oblong tray!
Customizable size and wall taper. Make a giant tray to hold 4 pots, or a deep tray for bottom watering.
Add a lip for aesthetics and ease of handling
Make it taller! You can add thickness to the base to make that second row of pots stand a bit taller than the first.
Make it thicker - add wall thickness to make a chunkier try, or make it thin to save filament (1mm recommended).
Technically, you could even make a matching pot and planter set, though there is no drain hole in this design.
If making with a lip, or a very long taper, I recommend printing with supports.