Float (for the parametric self watering planter)

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as the original instructions - 2 perimiters (enough to be waterproof) - 2 or 3 bottom layer (enough to be waterproof) - 2 or 3 top layer (waterproof!) - no infill (needs to float and be light) Make sure to scale it to fit your planter before printing, this means you should measure from the tips of the contact points (triangles) and however far out your slicer fills those contact points (depends on nozzle size and extrusion width). Best method I found was to just compare sliced version to the original float & scale accordingly / eyeball it, then err on the side of too big so I can file it down after. post processing: feel free to smooth the contact points (edges of triangles on top and bottom) with sandpaper and then the smooth end of a nail polisher (can probably use a sheet of paper too) I made this to help hold the original floater upright (prevent it falling at an angle and jamming itself) as well as minimize friction between the floater and the walls of the planter (using the smallest number of stable contact points... 3!).