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Garden & outdoor
Rain gauge with fence bracket
Knowing how much rain fell overnight tells you whether to water, and a printed rain gauge costs less than a coffee. The gauge is a 40 mm inner diameter tube 150 mm tall with an 80 mm funnel top that concentrates rainfall for easier reading, embossed millimetre marks calibrated to the funnel ratio, and a snap-on bracket with two screw holes for a fence post. Print the tube upright in clear PETG with 0.12 mm layers so the marks stay legible. Open the ready-made model free, resize it on your phone or computer, then download a print-ready STL, 3MF or G-code sliced for your printer, free.Opening the ready-made model and downloading it as STL or 3MF are free, no card; AI changes use credits, from Maker at $7.99 a month.No printer? We print this part and ship it to your door. See its priceUpdated
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Change its numbers in the viewer for free, or ask the AI in the chat: wall thickness, hole size, the thing it clips onto. AI changes use 2 credits per request (1 for a quick edit, 3 for a redesign), paid with a plan from Maker at $7.99 a month.3Print
Download a watertight STL or 3MF free, with your numbers and hand edits, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price. After an AI change the download is included in every plan (4 credits without one).
Dimensions of the ready-made model (editable)
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| inner diameter of collection tube | 40 mm |
| wall thickness | 2 mm |
| tube height | 150 mm |
| closed base thickness | 3 mm |
| funnel top opening diameter | 80 mm |
| funnel height | 40 mm |
| every 5mm rainfall = longer tick | 5 mm |
| raised height (emboss) | 0.8 mm |
| tick width (circumferential) | 1.2 mm |
| length along vertical? actually ticks are horizontal bands | 4 mm |
| fence rail thickness the clip snaps onto | 12 mm |
Example prompt
Create a rain gauge: a 40 mm inner diameter tube 150 mm tall with 2 mm walls and closed base, an 80 mm funnel top, embossed graduation marks per 1 mm of rainfall scaled for the 4:1 area ratio, and a snap-on fence bracket with two 5 mm screw holes.
Fit notes
SpeakCAD calculates the scale for whatever funnel and tube diameters you choose so the marks are truly in millimetres, and sizes the bracket to your post. Ask for a larger capacity or a magnetic mount and preview the result in your browser.
Questions people ask about a rain gauge with fence bracket
Knowing how much rain fell overnight tells you whether to water, and a printed rain gauge costs less than a coffee. The gauge is a 40 mm inner diameter tube 150 mm tall with an 80 mm funnel top that concentrates rainfall for easier reading, embossed millimetre marks calibrated to the funnel ratio, and a snap-on bracket with two screw holes for a fence post. Print the tube upright in clear PETG with 0.12 mm layers so the marks stay legible.
Click Open it free on this page and create a free account (no card): the ready-made model opens in your browser, on your phone or computer, nothing to install. Change its numbers in the viewer for free and download a watertight STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price. An AI change in the chat uses 2 credits per request (3 for a redesign), and the download after it is included in every plan (4 credits without one). Start with Maker: 50 credits a month for $7.99, cancel anytime.
On this page: open the ready-made model free in a SpeakCAD account (no card), change any dimension in the viewer, then download the STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price.
A shared STL is modelled for someone else's measurements. Here you open the ready-made model free, change it to your measurements in the viewer, then download a file sized for the part you actually own, free as STL or 3MF.
Yes. SpeakCAD slices the part on its servers with OrcaSlicer and your printer's official profile (380+ printers, including Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality and Elegoo), and you download the G-code (a sliced .gcode.3mf for Bambu Lab printers). G-code sliced for your printer costs the same as the STL: included in every plan, free for a part you shaped by hand, 4 credits without a plan for a part with AI work in it. Pick your printer on the printers page to see its profile.
No. SpeakCAD runs in the browser on your phone or computer: the chat, the 3D engine and the live viewer load in the tab. The only file you download is the finished STL, 3MF or sliced G-code.
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