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# Coaching Buoys

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### Shopping list

1. Top cap - Geberit PE Enddeckel - <https://bit.ly/gerberitenddeckel>
2. Pipe - Geberit PE Pipe 363.000.16.0 - d = 56 mm <https://bit.ly/Geberit_Rohr>&#x20;
3. Screw cap - Geberit PE threaded socket screw cap <https://bit.ly/geberitdeckel>
4. Pipe Isolation (it should fit into the pipe)
5. Sand or gravel
6. Colourful Tape - UV Resistant and removable - [Orafol Neon color tape](https://www.reflexfolie.de/reflexfolien/fluorfolien-fluoreszierende-folien/orafol-oracal-fluoreszierendes-klebeband-7510-premium?number=01150018-046-100)

### Required tools

1. Geberit solder mirror - <https://catalog.geberit.de/de-DE/product/PRO_2155125>
2. Saw to cut the pipe

## Step by step instructions

1. Cut the pipes to your desired length (usually 5m – cutting into three pieces will give you 170 cm each).
2. Ensure the ends are cut flat and smooth for a proper soldering result.
3. Solder the screw cap to the pipe.
4. Attach the BuoyTracker screw caps to the top cap.
5. Insert insulation into the pipe from the top, sealing any hole in the middle.
6. Solder the top cap onto the pipe.
7. Fill the pipe with as much gravel as possible.
8. On your first use in the water, remove some gravel to ensure the buoy stands properly.

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**Done** 🎉

## BuoyTracker Cap

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#### Print Settings

**Material**: <mark style="color:blue;">PETG HF in black</mark>

Start by the default setting for PETG and change the following:

1. **Profile**: <mark style="color:blue;">0.08mm fine</mark>
2. **Support/ Enable:** <mark style="color:blue;">yes</mark>
3. **Support/ Raft interface:** <mark style="color:blue;">PLA</mark>
4. **Support/ Initial layer expansion:** <mark style="color:blue;">8 mm</mark>
5. **Top Z distance:** <mark style="color:blue;">0 mm</mark>
6. **Bottom Z distance:&#x20;**<mark style="color:blue;">**0 mm**</mark>
7. **Base pattern:** <mark style="color:blue;">Rectilinear</mark>
8. **Base pattern spacing:** <mark style="color:blue;">0.05 mm</mark>
9. **Interface pattern:** <mark style="color:blue;">Rectilinear Interlaced</mark>
10. **Top interface spacing:** <mark style="color:blue;">0 mm</mark>

## Transport Cross

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