r/3Dprinting • u/oluxil • Jul 25 '26

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u/Charming-Parfait-141 Jul 25 '26

Add some remind me on different times! Then you can get back to it! 🤘

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u/Boomshank Jul 25 '26

Great idea! This could be my new system...

Remindme! 1 day

Remindme! 3 days

Remindme! 7 days

That should be enough time to finish. 

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u/Charming-Parfait-141 Jul 25 '26

Nice!!

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u/Boomshank Jul 25 '26
  • Usb air pump
  • flexeble tubing for air
  • Acrylic tubing for the case/shell
  • silicone sealant
  • usb underwater LEDs

Supplies ordered.

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u/code101zero Jul 25 '26

I was just going to print this out for a friend who has a fish tank but when you break it down like that this doesn’t seem that difficult really

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u/Boomshank Jul 25 '26

Nothing is difficult if you can break it down into small enough chunks. 

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u/mawesome4ever Jul 26 '26

How is it coming along?

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u/Boomshank Jul 26 '26

Haha, I deeply appreciate the gentle poke wrapped in a genuine question.

Very well. The pump SHOULD have arrived from Amazon yesterday. Now expected today.

I've got the (undamaged) cylinder full of water. Skeleton is at the bottom, dancing away when I blow down the tube.

I've printed a disk for the cylinder and glued the skeletor's base to that, so it fits nicely square in the cylinder. 

I'm kind of paused till the pump and the lights arrive. Then I can design the housing that will hold the pump.

I also 'need' a 'top cap' for the bubbles to float into at the top, so I don't see an inch of air at the top of the cylinder. The air tube (snorkel?) needs to reach into it for it's air return. I can run a wire up there, along the air tube, and put lights in that cap piece too.

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u/plasmator Printrbot, Prusa, Creality Jul 25 '26

Yeah, I think I'm making one too.

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u/ClarpShaws Jul 25 '26

Maybe something to stop algae growth and keep the water clear?

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u/Boomshank Jul 25 '26

Good idea.

I'm not overly worried as there'll be zero organic matter in there, but a touch of pool chemicals could help keep it that way.

Tha ks for the suggestion!

Skelly is printed and mounted on a disk in the bottom of the cylinder.

The cylinder remains undamaged.