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Dowel plant stand with swivel pot rings, 12.7–28 mm dowel

A tiered floor plant stand that slides onto a hardware-store wooden dowel (12.7–28 mm) and holds 80–160 mm pots in rings that swivel 360°. Each ring is a single print: a 15 × 12 mm ring on top of a tube that slides down the dowel. The tubes stack on each other, so tube length sets tier spacing and every ring turns on the one below. Three printed legs plug into a three-lobed PETG hub that grips the dowel with six ribs. Checked in the Loftsmith engine: at the default 280 mm leg spread, with three 1 kg pots all swung to one side, the stand has to lean 12.8° before it tips (24.4° with the pots spr

7 parts · 367 g · 209 × 363 × 210 mm

by Loftsmith Workshop

Dowel plant stand with swivel pot rings, 12.7–28 mm dowel
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Parts

  • hub · PETG · Upright on its flat bottom, as it stands

    ~65 g, ~93 min at 2 walls/15%. The leg pockets have 50° sloped roofs and the dowel socket opens upward, so no supports. Six round ribs inside the socket give a snug push fit on the dowel diameter you enter.

  • leg ×3 · PETG · On its side, chamfered face down, laid diagonally on the bed

    ~39 g, ~55 min each. About 274 mm long at the default 280 mm spread, so it has to lie diagonally on a 256 mm bed. Printed on its side so the bending load runs along the layers. Press an M3 heat-set insert into the hole under the tenon.

  • pot ring ×3 · PETG · Ring flat on the bed, tube rising from it (upside down from how it is used)

    ~62 g, ~96 min each, one per tier (the Tiers slider sets the count). 174 × 142 × 140 mm at the defaults, with a 15 × 12 mm ring band. The pot seat is a tapered bore that matches nursery-pot walls.

Print settings

Layer height
0.2 mm
Walls
2 walls (the page default). Use 3 walls for pots over 2 kg each: about 489 g and 12 h 8 min for the default set.
Infill
15% (gyroid or grid)
Supports
None
Notes
PETG because the stand stands where it gets watered and PETG tolerates damp better than PLA. Default set at 2 walls/15%: about 378 g and 9 h 22 min in total (hub 65 g/93 min, each leg 39 g/55 min, each ring 62 g/96 min). The legs need a 256 mm bed (A1, P1S, X1 and similar). The hub and rings also fi

Hardware

  • Round wooden dowel, solid hardwood or straight-grained pine · Diameter set by the Dowel diameter slider (12.7–28 mm; default 25.4 mm / 1 in). Cut length = 57 mm + tiers × (pot height + leaf room): 477 mm at the defaults. Measure the dowel with calipers before pr
  • 3 × M3 heat-set insert (5.7 mm long) · One in the underside of each leg tenon.
  • 3 × M3 × 8 socket head screw · Driven up through the hub floor into each leg's insert. The heads sit hidden under the hub.
  • 3 × Self-adhesive felt or rubber pads, 12 mm (optional) · For the foot soles on hard floors.

Assembly

  1. Press an M3 heat-set insert into the hole under each leg's tenon.
  2. Push the three legs into the hub pockets. The tenon's sloped top only fits one way. Turn the base over and drive an M3 × 8 screw up through the hub floor into each leg.
  3. Cut the dowel to length (477 mm at the defaults; the formula is under Hardware) and chamfer its bottom edge. Stand the base upright and press the dowel down into the hub socket past the ribs until it bottoms out.
  4. Slide the pot rings down the dowel, ring end up. Each tube sits on the one below, so no glue or clamps are needed.
  5. Drop the pots into the rings. Swing each ring around the dowel to spread the pots out. Spread out, the stand is much more stable than with every pot on one side.
  6. The dowel is a push fit in the hub. Lift and move the stand by the hub or legs, not by the dowel or the rings.

Good to know

  • The dowel is a push fit in the hub. Lift and move the stand by the hub or legs, not by the dowel or the rings.
  • Tipping was checked in the engine, not tested on a real floor. At the default 280 mm spread, with three 1 kg pots all turned to the same side, the stand leans 12.8° before it tips. The rings swivel freely with no detent, so a bump can swing them round. Keep the pots spread around the dowel. Near chi
  • Not for pots over 3 kg each (wet). The dowel check assumes a solid, knot-free dowel that breaks at 60 MPa or more and allows a third of that. Dowels thinner than 12.7 mm (1/2 in) are not supported because they fail that check.
  • The ring's inner diameter is the pot's top diameter minus 8 mm, with a tapered seat for nursery pots. Straight-sided pots need a rim at least 4 mm wide to hang on.
  • Dowel sizes vary from shop to shop. Measure yours and print one ring first to check that it slides. If it is tight or loose, adjust the Slide clearance slider (0.3–1.0 mm).
  • The legs are about 274 mm long at the default spread and have to print diagonally on a 256 mm bed. They do not fit an A1 mini.
  • No drip trays are included. Put saucers under the pots, or use pots with sealed bottoms, to keep water off the floor and the PETG parts.
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