Last night I moved my goldfish aquarium to my new home. During reassembly of the pump a small clip that secures the sealing bracket on my “EHEIM eco pro” aquarium filter broke. I had to quickly fix this since the fishes were waiting in their transport container and urgently needed some fresh and circulated water.
A great opportunity to test my RepRap workflow!
I removed the broken part, took some measurements, drafted a replacement in OpenSCAD and printed it on my RepStrap in ABS. From idea to completion in 45 minutes. I suspect that it would have taken longer to even find a spare part supplier. Order and delivery not included.
I published all files on thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16119
Tagged: aquarium, household, Open Hardware, Open Source, repair, replacement, RepRap