Sous Vide Immersion Heater Support

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The Sous Vide rig described in Make: 25 http://makezine.com/25/sousvide mounts the immersion heaters permanently to the bottom of the control box, and then the whole works sits up on top of the water bath. Many have built modular versions, with an outlet on the control box to power immersion heaters, or some other heat source. This Thing is designed to mount three immersion heaters atop the ceramic insert (crock?) of my oval shaped Crock Pot. I split it into two pieces for printing on my Ultimaker. This first print was intended to be a prototype, but it works fine for now. The attached Solidworks 2011 file and STL files are updated with a couple of fixes that I would implement if I made it again. Most notably, when I split the part in half, I gave the split line a width of 1mm so there will (theoretically) be some clearance between the two halves when they come together. But I'll probably redesign it completely before printing again, with the heaters in more of a triangular arrangement. And/or perhaps for a larger bath, bucket, or something like that. This was designed for the "Crock-Pot SCVT650-PS 6-1/2-Quart Programmable Touch Screen Slow Cooker" that I already own. Instructions Order an Ultimaker. Wait about 6 weeks. Build it and make a few things Why are you building a Sous Vide cooker when you can be making things with your Ultimaker? Oh right, why not do both. Design this Thing. Start printing the first half. Go away for 3 hour 10 minutes. Print the other half. Go away for 3 hours 10 minutes. Simply snap the two halves together with the immersion heater placed in the holes, and you're done. Oh, they don't even remotely fit together? But they fit perfectly on the screen! Dremel the daylights out of the notches until the two halves fit together. Think about doing a more careful job calibrating 3D printing profile settings. OK, stop thinking about that now, and continue. Wrap a long shoelace around the two halves, twist a pencil or something around in the lace to crank the two halves together tightly. Cyanoacrylate (crazy-glue) the halves together. Go away for a while to avoid the fumes. Better idea: use a hot-glue gun to pave in all the dremel gouges, seal up the gaps, and position the immersion heaters. Win More details of the build here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbonsig/sets/72157628184626549/