Gecko egg incubation tray

An updated, more versatile version of my last egg tray (https://www.printables.com/model/520482-gecko-egg-holder)

Like the previous version, this one is meant to deal with eggs flipping in my incubator as I slid it around, and as an alternative to the round ones I'd have to pay for.

I took more inspiration from that model, and made the new one...somewhat stackable, and added more slots for eggs, and better ventilation. I also removed the slot for index cards, as my paper was getting soggy and moldy (obvious in hindsight)

Printing size

If your slicing software resizes it, and you're wanting this for crested gecko eggs, print so that the size is X = 82mm, Y = 95mm and Z = 14mm.

That way, there's plenty of room for a young egg to expand, and large enough to hold an egg that's ready to hatch.

In the picture, the egg in the top left is 1 day from hatching( its sibling hatched the night before in my other tray model) and the egg in the bottom right is 7 days old (laid on 12/16/20) and undersized, so it really can hold all sizes. Last pic is of the baby that was one day from hatching.

Future versions

In the future, I'm going to improve the stacking, increase the height and make the sides a bit thicker.

Print Settings

Printer:

Artillery Sidewinder X1 V4

Rafts: 

Doesn't Matter

Supports:

Doesn't Matter

Resolution: 

0.16

Infill:

20%

Filament:

YSF PLA 

Black

Notes:

While I haven't tried printing it without supports, it seems entirely possible since the slopes of the slots for the eggs are so slight.

I've had some issue with rafts not coming off easily, and causing the edges to break, so that's a thing to keep in mind, and may just require tweaking on my part.

For crested geckos, this should be printed so that the size is X = 82mm, Y = 95mm and Z = 14mm. If using for other eggs, you may have to tweak the size.

Took about 3.7 hours to print, likely because I was using Hilbert curves as my infill pattern, and all the circles require precision that slows down the print.

If you choose not to use supports, most of the print comes out fine, there may be some hanging filament at the bottom of the egg slots that will need to be cleaned but otherwise it's perfectly fine.

Removing supports and changing the infill type lessened my print time to just 3 hours.

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