Intex Pump to Summer Escapes Adapter

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This is an adapter to connect an Intex pool pump outlet to a summer escapes connector that discharges filtered water back to the pool. Bought a new Summer Escapes pool, and found that the included pump & filter were grossly undersized for the pool. Thankfully, my old pool's pump still worked fine, and it was MUCH more powerful (2500 GPH vs. 1000 GPH). Naturally, since they were made by different companies, their fittings weren't compatible. 3D printing to the rescue!! I chose to add the shutoff valves from my old pool, as well (another feature that was lacking in the Summer Escapes design). I've included the SolidWorks 2016 source files if people want to tweak things to their liking. The inlet adapters I was able to buy off of Amazon, so I chose not to design this side. Print Settings Printer: Custom FlexMendel Derivative Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.2mm Infill: 20-30% Notes: Printed in ABS with 4 walls for strength and to be leak-tight under pump pressure. Post-Printing Tried my first attempt at vapor smoothing to minimize any water leaking out. Sealed it in a jar with acetone in some paper towels for about an hour. Just a little smoothing occurred, did not want to overdo it. How I Designed This I used SolidWorks 2016 to design this, with some iterations involved.