Phydgt Design

11/25/2021

A pinch point, but the good kind.

11/23/2021

Matchy matchy...

11/22/2021

Printed with three perimeters to last.

I had initially played around with trying to make these cans as lightweight as possible, saving material and print time. However, printing with a single layer tended to leave the cans feeling less than robust and more prone to print issues, and subsequently small leaks. Printing with three perimeters means that they feel better, last longer, and do their job without any pinhole leaks!

11/21/2021

The coloured Pinch watering cans are made in PLA (polylactic acid), which is a plant based plastic. It is a great option for having a variety of colours, easy printing, and for minimizing petroleum input. It's technically compostable, but unfortunately requires specialized facilities to properly break down, in other words it won't disappear in your backyard composter.

For the white cans, I'm working on using HDPE (high density poly ethelene). Although it's a petroleum product, it's also one of the most commonly recyclable plastics in the world. That means when it's no longer needed for hydrating plants it can easily be added back into material streams!

11/21/2021

Sometimes you need to get your houseplants watered fast, sometimes you need precision. The Pinch can gives you both!

11/21/2021

The Pinch Watering Can in Teal makes a great companion for your money tree!

11/14/2021

To celebrate the Etsy shop opening, use coupon code 5OFFPHYDGT to get $5 off your order for the next week!

If you are interested in local pickup to save on shipping please send me a message!

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11/11/2021

Day 2 of the giveaway in preparation for the Etsy store launch on Saturday!

Here's a refresher on the rules in case you missed yesterday:
There will be 3 posts, one yesterday, one today, and one tomorrow. There will be one winner from each post (you can't win more than one, sorry) selected at random on Saturday November 13th. If you win, you can choose which colour you'd like and I'll send one of the new watering cans your way!

To enter, just tag someone in the comments who you think would love to have a new watering can for their plant buddies. Each tag will be considered an additional entry, up until Saturday at 10am EDT.

***AMENDMENT: realized that I didn't specify tagging someone who hasn't already been tagged in my post yesterday! I'll keep yesterday's post the same, but for today and tomorrow I will not be considering multiple tags of the same person, and whoever tags them first will be the one who is counted.***

Good luck!

11/11/2021

Excited to bring a new (old) design to market! To celebrate getting these pinch watering cans on Etsy (live this Saturday) I'm doing a giveaway.

Here's how it will work:
There will be 3 posts, one today, one tomorrow, and one on Friday. There will be one winner from each post (you can't win more than one, sorry) selected at random on Saturday November 13th. If you win, you can choose which colour you'd like and I'll send one of the new watering cans your way!

To enter, just tag someone in the comments who you think would love to have a new watering can for their plant buddies. Each tag will be considered an additional entry, up until Saturday at 10am EDT.

Good luck!

09/10/2021

Some prototypes fresh from the tumbler!

The spoons are heated and then hammered to bend out the bowl, and the bottle openers get a small angle ground into them with a hand file.

If you've got anything that you think I should prototype the next time I cut parts, let me know!

07/28/2021

Fast combs were mailed today! It's in the capable hands of the Canada Post now. Keep an eye on your mailboxes!

For everyone else, I'll be getting the coarse/backordered combs cut shortly, and I'll be putting together shipments for the triples ASAP.

07/27/2021

Getting ready to ship!