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Posted November 11 2014 - 1:52 PM
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Is this your new design completely finished now? I would like to see ants in that!
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Posted November 11 2014 - 2:30 PM
Not finished yet, but mostly. I had my ants in it, but I think one of the materials I used killed some of them, so I took them out. I have since removed that material, and will be moving them back in once I confirm that the problem is solved.
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Posted November 12 2014 - 3:40 PM
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What was the material? Share the care mate! 😀
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Posted November 12 2014 - 4:05 PM
Oh sorry. I went into detail about it on my thread. It was Plasti Dip.
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Posted November 13 2014 - 10:55 AM
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The previous hub was rather large and could be used as a formicarium itself with a few modifications. This hub is modular and made to be easy to print on a home 3d printer.You can attach multiple hubs together to make a larger setup. Top is designed for 3mm 45mm x 45mm laser cut acrylic.
First print
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Posted November 13 2014 - 3:56 PM
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It's finally finished! Credits to Drew for cutting the block of ytong for me and letting me steal his automatic hydration method. 
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Posted November 13 2014 - 4:06 PM
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It is quite beautiful, and looks pretty space efficient.
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Posted November 13 2014 - 4:15 PM
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That does look awesome. I'm sure whatever colony gets it will be happy.
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Posted November 13 2014 - 4:33 PM
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That is indeed a spacious outworld. Ants will love it.
And worship you in progress.
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Posted November 14 2014 - 8:20 AM
This was the very first formicarium I ever started working on. I ended up completely destroying it before it was ever complete. I'm mainly posting this because drtrmiller wanted to see it. This was going to have back-lit chambers. You can see the diffused translucent white plastic I had on the backs of the chambers to let the light through. I also colored it with some brown clay dirt and water. The hose fittings were for some sort of hydration system that never, nor would have ever worked right.
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Posted November 14 2014 - 10:39 AM
My third prototype.
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Posted November 14 2014 - 11:39 AM
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I like the black!
Did you let it fully cure before adding anything to it?
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Posted November 17 2014 - 12:28 PM
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Hose hub version 3 with version 2 above. I've simplified the design to use less materials and be faster to print. Its designed for 3/8in / 1cm hose. It's printed with the green PLA I have on hand at the moment. I have a roll of white ABS on order. The tabs on the right print are supports for a test print that I haven't got around to sanding off yet. What high tech method will be used for holding on the acrylic top? A bit of tape on the edges.
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Posted November 17 2014 - 2:46 PM
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What high tech method will be used for holding on the acrylic top? A bit of tape on the edges.
I make my acrylic friction fit in 3D setups. Just adjust your prints until you get a nice fit so ants can't climb through, and leave a tiny groove in the perimeter of the plastic to extract the acrylic with a fingernail or razor blade.
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Posted November 17 2014 - 8:18 PM
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I make my acrylic friction fit in 3D setups. Just adjust your prints until you get a nice fit so ants can't climb through, and leave a tiny groove in the perimeter of the plastic to extract the acrylic with a fingernail or razor blade.
I have a sheet of acrylic on order. I'll have to cut it when it comes in. I can play with tolerances after that. It's made to be inexpensive to print on Shapeways for anyone who should want one. Plastic is about $12. The acrylic top is very inexpensive as well. It's not quite as cheap as printing it yourself but it's an option for people who don't have a printer.
All of my working design files are on Github and final optimized 3d printed items are on my Thingiverse
If you need something 3d printed I'm on 3d Hubs
All of my designs are open source licensed under CC-Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International unless otherwise noted, but it'll be a rare exception.
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Posted November 19 2014 - 3:50 PM
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Seen a lot of test tubes in baskets so I made a horizontal test tube holder. A stacking version will come later.
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All of my working design files are on Github and final optimized 3d printed items are on my Thingiverse
If you need something 3d printed I'm on 3d Hubs
All of my designs are open source licensed under CC-Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International unless otherwise noted, but it'll be a rare exception.
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Posted November 19 2014 - 5:53 PM
Pretty cool, but it looks like they might slide around pretty easily.
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