Create Custom Planter Saucers with Blender

Every plant pot seems to come with a saucer that’s almost the right size — too small, too big, wrong color, or just plain ugly. I got tired of that, so I built one I can resize on demand.

It’s a parametric planter saucer, designed in Blender with Geometry Nodes. Eleven inputs control the shape: side length, height, corner roundness (crank it up and the square becomes a circle), wall taper, material thickness, and the little ribs underneath that lift it off the surface so water can drain out of the pot. Same base file, infinite variations.

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Thingiverse: Diamond Cutter Box

I purchased a set of diamond wheels from Harbor Freight. Spent less than $10. In order to protect my investment, I 3D printed a box to hold the arbor and wheels.

The first iteration held the arbor but I didn’t make a slot at the end of the arbor. This oversight means I would have had to disassemble the wheel from the arbor to put it away. I know me, and I know that means eventually this would keep me from putting the pieces back in the box. I reprinted the box for the final design and released it to Thingiverse this morning.

Link to Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6476550

The design was created in Blender and processed for printing with the Prusa Slicer.