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Round Soaker Hose Splint

One of two new round rubber soaker hoses arrived with a slight crimp, enough to suggest it would crumble at an inopportune moment. Rather than return the hose for something that’s not an obvious failure, I clamped the crimp:

Round Soaker Hose Splice - top
Round Soaker Hose Splice – top

Unlike the clamps for the punctured flat soaker hoses, this one doesn’t need to withstand much pressure and hold back a major leak, so I made the pieces a bit thicker and dispensed with the aluminum backing plates:

Round Soaker Hose Splice - bottom
Round Soaker Hose Splice – bottom

The solid model is basically the same as for the flat hoses, with a slightly oval cylinder replacing the three channels:

Round Soaker Hose Splice - OpenSCAD model
Round Soaker Hose Splice – OpenSCAD model

The OpenSCAD source code as a GitHub Gist:

// Rubber Soaker Hose Splice
// Ed Nisley KE4ZNU 2020-03
Layout = "Build"; // [Hose,Block,Show,Build]
TestFit = false; // true to build test fit slice from center
//- Extrusion parameters must match reality!
/* [Hidden] */
ThreadThick = 0.25;
ThreadWidth = 0.40;
HoleWindage = 0.2;
Protrusion = 0.1; // make holes end cleanly
inch = 25.4;
function IntegerMultiple(Size,Unit) = Unit * ceil(Size / Unit);
ID = 0;
OD = 1;
LENGTH = 2;
//----------
// Dimensions
// Hose lies along X axis
Hose = [200,14.5,13.6]; // X = longer than anything else
// 8-32 stainless screws
Screw = [4.1,8.0,3.0]; // OD = head LENGTH = head thickness
Washer = [4.4,9.5,1.0];
Nut = [4.1,9.7,6.0];
Block = [50.0,Hose.y + 2*Washer[OD],4.0 + 1.5*Hose.z]; // overall splice block size
echo(str("Block: ",Block));
Kerf = 1.0; // cut through middle to apply compression
CornerRadius = Washer[OD]/2;
NumScrews = 3; // screws along each side of cable
ScrewOC = [(Block.x - 2*CornerRadius) / (NumScrews - 1),
Block.y - 2*CornerRadius,
2*Block.z // ensure complete holes
];
echo(str("Screw OC: x=",ScrewOC.x," y=",ScrewOC.y));
//----------------------
// Useful routines
module PolyCyl(Dia,Height,ForceSides=0) { // based on nophead's polyholes
Sides = (ForceSides != 0) ? ForceSides : (ceil(Dia) + 2);
FixDia = Dia / cos(180/Sides);
cylinder(d=(FixDia + HoleWindage),h=Height,$fn=Sides);
}
// Hose shape
// This includes magic numbers measured from reality
module HoseProfile() {
NumSides = 12*4;
rotate([0,-90,0])
translate([0,0,-Hose.x/2])
resize([Hose.z,Hose.y,0])
cylinder(d=Hose.z,h=Hose.x,$fn=NumSides);
}
// Outside shape of splice Block
// Z centered on hose rim circles, not overall thickness through center ridge
module SpliceBlock() {
difference() {
hull()
for (i=[-1,1], j=[-1,1]) // rounded block
translate([i*(Block.x/2 - CornerRadius),j*(Block.y/2 - CornerRadius),-Block.z/2])
cylinder(r=CornerRadius,h=Block.z,$fn=4*8);
for (i = [0:NumScrews - 1], j=[-1,1]) // screw holes
translate([-(Block.x/2 - CornerRadius) + i*ScrewOC.x,
j*ScrewOC.y/2,
-(Block.z/2 + Protrusion)])
PolyCyl(Screw[ID],Block.z + 2*Protrusion,6);
cube([2*Block.x,2*Block.y,Kerf],center=true); // slice through center
}
}
// Splice block less hose
module ShapedBlock() {
difference() {
SpliceBlock();
HoseProfile();
}
}
//----------
// Build them
if (Layout == "Hose")
HoseProfile();
if (Layout == "Block")
SpliceBlock();
if (Layout == "Show") {
difference() {
SpliceBlock();
HoseProfile();
}
color("Green",0.25)
HoseProfile();
}
if (Layout == "Build") {
SliceOffset = TestFit && !NumScrews%2 ? ScrewOC.x/2 : 0;
intersection() {
translate([SliceOffset,0,Block.z/4])
if (TestFit)
cube([ScrewOC.x/2,4*Block.y,Block.z/2],center=true);
else
cube([4*Block.x,4*Block.y,Block.z/2],center=true);
union() {
translate([0,0.6*Block.y,Block.z/2])
ShapedBlock();
translate([0,-0.6*Block.y,Block.z/2])
rotate([0,180,0])
ShapedBlock();
}
}
}
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