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Drop Seeder, Put those seeds in the soil quick

Seeding takes time and is relatively boring, this drop seeder will mean I have more time to do fun things.

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Well Im back to making things and have a day a week to work on open source projects just for the fun of it [mainly farming tools]:

As usual the designs are open source, link is below.
You will need a Laser cutter. BOM in the thingiverse files.

Want to Make one:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3911941

Want to Buy one:
Contact mike@aquaponicslab.org
Depending on the size of tray you want to use the price varies from $120-$300

The one showed is £180 as an example

How it works:


This tools works best if your using a dibbler like below:
https://hackaday.io/project/167679-dibbling-plate-put-those-holes-in-the-soil-quick

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andreshinkey wrote 05/04/2020 at 23:03 point

Does that mechanism to slide the bottom plate jamb up ever since its actuated only from the one side? Perhaps when it gets dirty.

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Dan Maloney wrote 10/17/2019 at 16:09 point

Pretty slick! Along with that dibbler you made, this would make seeding flats on a commercial scale pretty painless.

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