Parametric Five Gallon Space Bucket

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WARNING: Children can fall into bucket and drown. Keep children away from buckets with even a small amount of liquid. Scale in Customizer by changing "ounces" value. I needed to design some attachments for 5-gallon buckets so I figured I'd go one step further than to duplicate the general shape and tried to make it as accurate as possible. This is a 1:1 scale model. If you wish to make 3D-printable miniature buckets you'll want to tweak the parameters to prevent from losing any detail. Some parts are 1/16th of an inch thick so directly scaling the model down to H0 (1:87) for example would require a printer capable of printing at 18.25 microns ... a printer with a 0.4mm nozzle could theoretically print this bucket scaled down 25.2% without losing the details. If you need to subtract the bucket's external surface in OpenSCAD you can use bucket_space() which will omit the rings and handle attachment parts that bucket() includes which should save you some processing time. Print Settings Printer: Monoprice Select Mini 15365 Rafts: Yes Supports: Yes Resolution: 100um Infill: 100%