Version 1.1 (2016-09-08):
Added three parameters:
- STRAIGHT_PART_HEIGHT: How long should the straight chute be?
- FUNNEL_HEIGHT: How high should the funnel part be?
- HEIGHT_OF_PILLARS: What is the distance between salt outlet bottom and pillar bottom?
Version 1.0
Since mine went KIA, I was looking for a replacement. Unfortunately, the manufacturer wanted 9 EUR + shipping, and thus I created one myself via openscad. It's highly parameterized, so you can adapt a number of settings:
- $fn: As always, the resolution of things.
- SALT_INTAKE_INNER_RADIUS: What is the inner diameter of your salt intake slot? It will be the outer diameter of the straight cylinder "hovering" over intake. Deduct a few mm so that the salt really goes in the slot.
- SALT_INTAKE_OUTER_RADIUS: What is the inner radius of the circle where the pillars touch the ground? Meaning, how far apart should the inner border of the pillars be?
- OUTER_RADIUS: That's the overall funnel diameter.
- WALL_THICKNESS: Self-explanatory, dimension in mm.
- NUMBER_OF_PILLARS: also self-explanatory, how many do you want? They will be aligned in a circle...
- WIDTH_OF_PILLARS: How wide in mm should the pillars be?
- LENGTH_OF_PILLARS: How long (not height!) should the pillars be?
Hope you like it!
