My friend @whangster79 got himself a new tool recently, a 3D printer. He was wondering if I was in need of anything made by one. So I went searching on 3D object websites and came across some designs when I searched for "Mason Bee". Someone designed boxes to place the cocoons in for when its time for them to emerge. They will crawl out of the doors and start the cycle of a solitary bee.
It all started on Discord, I sent him a link to the object that I was curious about. On the website you can download the .STL file for which the printer uses to make the object.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/mason-bee-incubation-box
The 3D object was imported into his software he uses to make objects with his printer. Print time was a little over six hours.
The machine gets to work overnight, extruding resin layer by layer it builds the object over time.
Hours later the form that has been printed can be recognized as what was seen in the .STL file.
Once done a closer look at it inside, the cocoons are placed in the large chamber and the lid is placed on. When out in the sun the chamber gets warm and triggers the solitary Bees to emerge through the two doors.
Loving the debossed design included in the 3D object, gives the boxes a nice touch of style.
Its small enough to be held in one hand, maybe bigger ones can be made in the future. But these should be great for testing in about a month when its time for the Mason Bees to emerge.
He noticed the lids do not fit on very well, so he imported the .STL file into a Solid app and reworked the design to get a better fit.
Once brought into the application changes can be made to the design. NX by Siemens was used in this case for modification of the 3D object.
The Mason Bee incubation box is about the size of a Raspberry Pi. I really like how the design came out, hope it works well for the Bees.
Over a week he made me four of these boxes! I am very thankful him making me so many. Ill return the favor to him.
Not sure how many cocoons to place in each box. I could probably fit at least thirty a box but that may be too dense with cocoons. Ill try out different amounts and see if any fail to emerge from one that may be too densely packed. And for next year ill have a much better idea of the cocoon density.
Many thanks to @whangster79 for the machine time building me these boxes. And for making improvements on the lid to have a better fit.
I have included him a 50% beneficiary for the rewards on this post. These are all photos taken by him that I am sharing with the community. I will take some macro photos of these boxes soon and post them as well for a much closer look at the final designs.
Bonus video clip of printer in action
Addresses below to help me buy better camera equipment and support me to travel to locations to do photo and video and overall great blogs in new places. I would be happy to list some of the contributors in my posts for donations that help me along the way.
| Coin | Address |
|---|---|
 BTC: | bc1qhfmvd2gywg4fvrgy2kkkkyqta0g86whkt7j8r7 |
 LTC: | ltc1qdyzm5cwgt8e2373prx67yye6y9ewk0l8jf3ys9 |
 DASH: | XkSqR5DxQL3wy4kNbjqDbgbMYNih3a7ZcM |
 ETH: | 0x045f409dAe14338669730078201888636B047DC3 |
 DOGE: | DSoekC21AKSZHAcV9vqR8yYefrh8XcX92Z |
 ZEN: | znW9mh62WDSCeBXxnVLCETMx59Ho446HJgq |
!trdo
!coffeea
!marlians
Nicely done
Congratulations @sinlg, you successfuly trended the post shared by @solominer!
@solominer will receive 0.00276413 TRDO & @sinlg will get 0.00184275 TRDO curation in 3 Days from Post Created Date!
"Call TRDO, Your Comment Worth Something!"
To view or trade TRDO go to steem-engine.com
Join TRDO Discord Channel or Join TRDO Web Site
Ah thanks alot for the tokens.. much appreciated.
That is so cool..... Your imagination ...IMAGINED :-)
That is the awesome thing about 3d printers.. it really is just up to imagination.
That is so cool! Very neat houses :) Hope it all works well with the bees.
I agree, was real happy when i found some 3d objects for Bees.
Hi @solominer!
Your post was upvoted by @steem-ua, new Steem dApp, using UserAuthority for algorithmic post curation!
Your UA account score is currently 3.634 which ranks you at #6086 across all Steem accounts.
Your rank has not changed in the last three days.
In our last Algorithmic Curation Round, consisting of 81 contributions, your post is ranked at #17.
Evaluation of your UA score:
Feel free to join our @steem-ua Discord server
Wow! Very cool. Let us know if the bees are happy there!!!
Thanks alot and will do, ill try to get pictures of them emerging from it.
Awesome post! So awesome we resteemed it and gave it a 100% upvote, including our Steemauto fanbase. Follow @theresteemer5000 for a higher chance to be resteemed and upvoted more often.
Hi, thanks for the post, and thank you for showcasing a way that Steem can be used to reward collaboration!
I have included a link to your post and a short description in my daily Science and technology digest, and you'll receive a 10% share of that post's rewards, and so will @whangster79.
Oh very nice, thanks for sharing our post and listing him as a beneficiary.
Congratulations @solominer, your post successfully recieved 0.00276413 TRDO from below listed TRENDO callers:
To view or trade TRDO go to steem-engine.com
Join TRDO Discord Channel or Join TRDO Web Site
Hey! @solominer!!
This is a very interesting post!
Great job! I wish I had a 3-D printer too! Haha!
Best
Aakash
Thanks alot, yeah they are real cool to play with. Hope you get one.