Download Free 3D Model 3″ Pool Chlorinatior with Tourist Duck Lid 3D Print Model

Summary
I needed a chlorinator for use with 3″ tablets, but Tixhyl’s version is designed for the smaller (1″?) tablets. I liked the design, though, so… why reinvent the wheel? Simply rescaling the existing model wouldn’t work, though, because that would have changed the size and shape of the holes. So… I loaded Sketchup and redrew the design from scratch, with the adjusted dimensions.
Not being satisfied with that, though, I thought this needed a lid, and nothing looks better floating in the pool than a rubber duck. Unfortunately, I am not too good at organic modeling yet, so I borrowed 3DprinterOS’s totally awesome Tourist Duck. I did the merge for this in Blender, just because blender imports, and works with, existing STLs a lot easier than does Sketchup.
After printing, I painted the colored portions of the duck with Plaid Folk Art Multi-Surface acrylic paints.
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Print Settings
Printer Brand:
TEVO
Printer:
Tarantula
Supports:
Yes
Resolution:
0.2 – 0.3
Infill:
5-10%
Notes:
This needs to be able to float, so it is best to print the chlorinator with about 5% infill to make it as light as possible. The lid needs supports enabled and can be printed with between 5-10% infill. I printed every thing at 0.3mm layer height, simply because I wasn’t too concerned about overall appearance, but of course 0.2mm for the lid would look much better. As for supports, I used Cura’s “tree supports” just because they looked like hands holding the duck’s head. Of course, for large flat areas, like the underside of the lid, “tree supports” are not ideal, unless maybe you turn on “support interface” as well. If I did it again, I’d stick with standard support settings.
For the lid, I printed the lower half in white and then switched to yellow as soon as the duck portion started. At the 0.3mm layer height I used, this was at layer 111, but your mileage may vary, so you may want to double check that layer view before deciding where to swap colors.