3D printed transplanter units for tobacco

[ihred4me]

I posted these on the other site but I wanted to share them here. I am trying to paint them now. These are mechanical units like the ones we use to set tobacco. They have the clips and two people per row rather than the cups and one person per row like the carousel planters. I am planning to do some carousel units as well as some with plant boxes instead of trays for sweet potatoes. Let me know what you guys think.

[black93z]

Very nice. Very clean n neat

[Quinton DeDecker]

ill take a bunch of them, probally some of each type

Quinton

[Southern]

I would like to see the sweat potatoes one when your done. We grow some of that in my area.

[ihred4me]

Here it is finally painted and mounted. It was a little challenging painting all the small details but all in all I am happy. The other variations are still in the works.

[Southern]

I wonder if these can be used on other crops? Like watermelon and cantaloupe? I been looking for a planter similar to this for those crops.

[ihred4me]

Yes. A lot of vegetable people use these to plant plug transplants. This exact planter is used for watermelons by a neighbor.

[Jen]

would you sell one of these my son wants one really play to play with

[miniskfarm]

Just a suggestion, I have found it is easier to have a better finished product to print pieces in more individual parts and do them in FUD of FXD (they do not charge by the piece in those materials) Just keep them in a tighter box to save on machine space charges. You can also get finer detail and smoother finish.
The way you have painted that I would have had the wheels, seat and the rest of it as separate parts. Something to consider.

Looks like an interesting rig. How many acres per hour can you seed like that?

[ihred4me]

Thanks for the input Clayton. This was my first go at 3D printing and painting so my newer ones are much smoother and refined. The second round of units I adopted a different paint strategy to get a better finished project rather than trying to brush paint it all with shaky hands. I have tried some stuff in FUD but evidently I didn't design for that material because I run into some weaknesses and fragility on some of the more intricate details. I think I need to revise some areas of my design to get a more consistent print with the FUD materials.

That being said, with a four row transplanter in tobacco which is relatively long in row spacing at 22-24" between plants we can do about 2 acres per hour average. We may get just a little over that depending on field size and row length. Because all of the plants are placed by hand we only run 1.4 mph. Thanks again for the input. I am playing with the FUD materials but the cost is hard to justify sometimes for such small items.

[Annie]

Hi! My son would love this! Are you selling them?