Modular moss pole

What it makes

Binary STLs for a modular moss pole about 100 mm across: an open honeycomb body segment (the part printed most), a watering body whose hexes are shallow recesses so it holds roughly 750 ml, a four-fin spike with a hollow drip hub, a lid with a fill hole, a male and female thread-fit coupon pair, and all four parts in one file. Parts come out in print orientation, flat on the bed, with no supports needed.

How to use it

1. Pick your printer bed; it sets the tallest body that fits (165 mm on a 180 mm tall bed, 230 mm on a 250 mm one).
2. Set how many open body segments you want and read the pole height above soil in the preview.
3. Adjust the diameter, honeycomb openings and struts, thread pitch and clearance, reservoir volume and spike length if you need to, and fix anything the warnings or geometry checks flag.
4. Download and print the thread-fit coupons first; if they bind raise the clearance, if they rattle lower it.
5. Download the body segment, watering body, spike and lid, print them, then screw the stack together: spike, open bodies, watering body, lid.

Build notes

• Designed for a 0.5 mm nozzle at 0.3 mm layers in PETG: every shoulder is a 45-degree cone and the hex openings are flat-topped, so nothing needs support.
• The geometry checks slice and ray-probe the exported meshes and intersect the seated parts; they are the same assertions as the design's original Python verifier.
• A 6 mm cotton or polyester rope through the funnel hole sets the drip rate, so there is no pinhole to clog.
• Works fully offline once opened; nothing is fetched.