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A pair of plant stands from a friend’s collection ended up in Mary’s care and cried out for feet to keep their welded steel wire legs from scratching the floor:

Wire plant stand feet - indoor stand — Wire plant stand feet – indoor stand

Admittedly, it’s not the prettiest stand you can imagine, but the sentimental value outweighs all other considerations.

The feet are shrink-wrapped around the legs with enough curviness to look good:

Wire plant stand feet - show side view — Wire plant stand feet – show side view

With a drain hole in the bottom to prevent water from rusting the wires any more than they already are:

Wire plant stand feet - show bottom view — Wire plant stand feet – show bottom view

I briefly considered a flat bottom at the proper angle to sit on the floor, but came to my senses; it would never sit at the proper angle.

The end results snapped into place:

Wire plant stand feet - indoor detail — Wire plant stand feet – indoor detail

Of course the other stand, at first glance identical to the one above, has a different wire size and slightly different geometry, which I only discovered after printing another trio of feet. Changing the appropriate constants in the OpenSCAD program and waiting an hour produced a better outcome:

Wire plant stand feet - outdoor stand — Wire plant stand feet – outdoor stand

Living in the future is good, all things considered.

The OpenSCAD code as a GitHub Gist:

	// Wire plant stand feet
	// Ed Nisley KE4ZNU
	// 2024-11-06

	Layout = "Show"; // [Show,Build,Leg,LegPair,FootShell,Foot,Section]

	/* [Hidden] */

	ID = 0;
	OD = 1;
	LENGTH = 2;

	TOP = 0;
	BOT = 1;

	FootLength = 30.0; // vertical foot length

	LegRings = // [255.0,350.0,300.0]; // top dia, bottom dia, vertical height
	[260.0,312.0,300.0];

	WireOD = //4.6 + 0.4; // oversize to handle bent legs
	5.7 + 1.0;

	DrainOD = 4.0; // drain hole in the bottom

	LegWidth = // [65.0,9.7]; // outer width at top & bottom
	[95.0, 12.0];

	LegAngle = atan((LegWidth[TOP] – LegWidth[BOT])/(2*LegRings[LENGTH]));

	StandAngle = atan((LegRings[TOP] – LegRings[BOT])/(2*LegRings[LENGTH]));

	WallThick = 3.0;

	FootWidth = 2*[WallThick,WallThick] +
	[LegWidth[BOT] + LegWidth[TOP]*FootLength/LegRings[LENGTH],LegWidth[BOT]];
	echo(FootWidth=FootWidth);

	NumSides = 234;

	Protrusion = 0.1;

	//—– Set up pieces

	module Leg() {

	hull()
	for (k = [0,1])
	translate([0,0,k*LegRings[LENGTH]])
	sphere(d=WireOD,$fn=NumSides);
	}

	module LegPair() {

	for (i = [-1,1])
	translate([i*(LegWidth[BOT] – WireOD)/2,0,0])
	rotate([0,i*LegAngle,0])
	rotate(180/NumSides)
	Leg();
	hull() // simulate weld for flat bottom
	for (i = [-1,1])
	translate([i*(LegWidth[BOT] – WireOD)/2,0,0])
	rotate([0,i*LegAngle,0])
	rotate(180/NumSides)
	sphere(d=WireOD,$fn=NumSides);
	}

	module FootShell() {

	difference() {
	hull() {
	for (i = [-1,1]) {
	translate([i*((FootWidth[BOT] – WireOD)/2 – WallThick),0,0])
	rotate(180/NumSides)
	sphere(d=(WireOD + 2*WallThick),$fn=NumSides);

	translate([i*((FootWidth[TOP] – WireOD)/2 – WallThick),0,FootLength – WireOD/2])
	rotate(180/NumSides)
	sphere(d=(WireOD + 2*WallThick),$fn=NumSides);
	}
	}
	translate([0,0,FootLength + FootLength/2])
	cube([2FootWidth[TOP],10WallThick,FootLength],center=true);
	rotate(180/NumSides)
	cylinder(d=DrainOD,h=4*FootLength,center=true,$fn=NumSides);
	}
	}

	module Foot() {

	difference() {

	FootShell();
	hull()
	LegPair();

	}

	}

	//—– Build it

	if (Layout == "Leg")
	Leg();

	if (Layout == "LegPair")
	LegPair();

	if (Layout == "FootShell")
	FootShell();

	if (Layout == "Foot")
	Foot();

	if (Layout == "Section")
	difference() {
	Foot();
	cube([FootWidth[TOP],(WireOD + 2WallThick),2FootLength],center=false);
	}

	if (Layout == "Show") {
	rotate([StandAngle,0,0]) {
	Foot();
	color("Green",0.5)
	LegPair();
	}
	}

	if (Layout == "Build")
	translate([0,0,FootLength])
	rotate([0*(90-StandAngle),180,0])
	Foot();

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