Drop seeder for quick seeding/sowing [Lasercut]

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Tool for speeding plant seeding up. It's simple and works well.
We also have other open-source tools for farming in the pipeline, such as drop seeders, dibblers, vacuum seeders etc:https://www.thingiverse.com/AquaponicsLab/designshttps://www.facebook.com/aquaponicslabhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3866898
Bill Of Materials [BOM:
-Laser Cutter [Can be made on eplilog mini, but more sheets than below will be required]
-3mm plywood [4 of 700x500mm]
-3mm Acrylic for scraper plate [1 of 700x500mm]
-Wood Glue
-25mm Length m3 bolts and nuts [Stainless button head preferred]
-4x circle magnets 10mm x 3mm
Laser-cut recommendations:
Lens Type: 2" for perfect size holes
Putting the thing together:
This tool is made to be two parts that are bolted together, do not glue the whole assembly together or you won't be able to open it up to replace the handle or sliding plate.
Step 1:
-Push nuts into the wooden plate with rectangle holes for them, glue the top three plates together up to the plate that says no glue.
-glue together the second part of the seeder plates [so it is now two halves].
Wait for the glue to set.
-Glue the handle together
Step2:
-Bolt the whole assembly together before the glue has time to set
Step3:
-using super glue or similar glue the magnets into the seed plate and the main housing so that they attract, the magnets hold the seed plate and unit together.
-Once the wood glue has set you can insert the handle and acrylic seed plate, then start using the thing. Line the handle and plate gears up so that the handle bottoms out both ways before the slide plate bottoms so that the gears cannot try to push the plate into the side of the housing.
Using the thing video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmCsHBgv9K8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cne_d4afV4
The seeder plate is designed to slide in and out, so changing seed type and hole side is quicker. Suited ideally to round seeds or pelleted seeds.
Licensing Info:
Creative commons non commercial
We are releasing useful farming tools open source because most commercial ones don't fit our needs or are too expensive. If you're using this thing for yourself please feel free to download and use the hell out of it. Please give us a tip a few bucks ( reward us a cup of coffee) the tool is helpful for you.
However, if you are downloading to sell these parts then we believe we should both make some profit, these usually sell for around $300. If you want to make these and sell them there is a flat fee/charge of $15 per unit and for this, we can customise the size, spacing, depth and logo for you etc.
For more info contact: mike@aquaponicslab.org