My parents wanted to have a stand for one of our fibreglass planters, but didn’t want to spend $100 on buying one. So I got to work designing one to suit that specific planter on CAD, which would then be 3D printed and painted.
The initial formation.
Adding the spheres.
Giving them a bit of a fillet.
Revolving out a little pool on the inside for the water to be able to sit in.
The revolved top.
What the wooden legs should look like.
Filetted the bottom section to give a nice and smooth look.
I created a canvas with an image of our actual planter, to make sure that the curves of my design would suit the planter. With a little bit of fine tuning I got it to line up pretty good.
Close enough.
Another view.
Slightly odd looking.
3D printing the stand.
Finished product.
One coat of grey paint to give it a stony concrete look.
Done.
I cut the wooden lengths to around 450mm.
Looks cool!
On but not fully aligned yet.
Great success.