Moss pole
A stackable moss pole for climbing plants. Change the settings and the model renders again.
Moss pole
Add-on pipe
Lid
Test piece
Defaults
Moss pole
Pole count
Number of poles: 3 for a triangle, 4 for a square, and so on
Fit dia
mm
Everything fits inside a circle this wide
Pole height
mm
Overall height, heads included
Pole dia base
mm
Pole diameter at the base
Pole dia top
mm
Pole diameter at the top; below the base for a taper
Twist
°
How far the poles turn around the centre between their ends, in steps of 360 / pole_count, so that each head comes back over a pole's place; 0 for straight poles
Struts and nodes
Strut angle
°
Angle between the struts and the vertical, along their arc
Strut bow
mm
Bow of each strut at mid-span, along the pole circle
Joint fillet
mm
Fillet radius where struts meet the poles; only keeps the struts clear of the ring above here
Node swell
mm
Extra pole radius at each strut joint and at the top
Node length
mm
Length of each swelling
Columns
Omit bottom
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
0
1
2
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5
6
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8
3
0
1
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5
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8
4
0
1
2
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5
6
7
8
Struts to leave out at the bottom of each column, for columns 1 to 8. A column is the zigzag between two neighbouring poles; column 1 has the watering pipe, and the others follow anticlockwise seen from above
Omit top
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
0
1
2
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5
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8
3
0
1
2
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8
4
0
1
2
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8
Struts to leave out at the top of each column, for columns 1 to 8
Close columns
1
2
3
4
Close each column with a thin wall on the inside of its struts, from the ring to the shoulders, for columns 1 to 8
Column wall
mm
Thickness of the walls that close columns
Close with lid
Close those columns with a separate lid that clips onto the struts (the lid page, mosspole-lid.scad), printed on its own, instead of walls printed with the moss pole
Ring and bayonet
Ring fillet
mm
Fillet radius where the poles meet the ring
Lock lip
mm
Thickness of the ring's lip, held between the shoulders and heads below
Lock clearance
mm
Play around the necks and heads in the keyholes
Lock detent
mm
How much narrower than a neck the slot gets at the detent
Watering pipe
Watering pipe
Build the watering pipe
Pipe outlets
Openings at the foot of the pipe, to let the water out into the soil
Water pipe
mm
Inner diameter of the watering pipe
Test piece
Test piece
Build a short piece to test the bayonet: the ring, short straight poles and heads