Back up design

This Design was mainly inspired by the idea of... Lego's. The parts that I used are basically each made to connect onto one another. I took advantage of that to create a curved simple but efficient design.

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Bens reflection:

• I always wanted to make the planter small and I always wanted to 3d print it. In the end, I 3d printed it. Although it felt like I was in a team on my own because one teammate did nothing and the others started focusing on the backup (which isn’t very good). Some problems I encountered were the drainage, the pump and the reservoir. The drainage was leaking out of the side so I placed a pipe connecting it to the reservoir, problem solved. The second problem was the pump, the hose could not bend enough so Jules and I melted a hole in the top part and connected the hose to the pump through that. The third problem was the reservoir, the reservoir isn’t as big as we would like it to be but it gets the job done (just needs refilling once a day). The next time I will try and print the reservoir just a little bigger. The trouble I faced with my team is that only one other member was helping me. The features include a sleek and modern design, functioning water pump and fits almost anywhere whether it be on a farm or a desk. At first, I thought this would be a lot easier but a few challenges emerged (as told earlier). I used the online 3D modelling software Tinkercad to design the final design. My favourite part of the project was when everything was coming together and when it became the final product that it is now. I found this course interesting because before I knew very little about hydroponics (definitely not enough to build one) and now I know just how many problems can occur during the process of creating a hydroponic planter especially one of the sizes we decided to make.