3D-printed Star – A Star Trek: The Original Series-inspired hose sprayer—built from 3D-printed parts and assembled onto a standard Orbit “Pro Flo” model 56516—has surfaced with assembly diagrams and a build video for anyone who wants to “phaser” their yard into submission.
Warming weather has a way of pulling people back into their yards. For some, it’s just chores. For others, it’s an excuse to treat the garden like a strange new world.
That’s where Curt Turner’s Star Trek: The Original Series hose sprayer comes in. The design looks like the kind of prop you’d expect to see on-screen—except it actually hooks up to a real garden sprayer, ready to do the everyday work that won’t wait while the crew “gears up.”
The key detail is also the most clever one: the project doesn’t involve 3D printing a complete. pressurized sprayer from scratch. Instead. Turner 3D prints the parts for the “Sprayser. ” which then attach to the top of a standard sprayer—specifically the model 56516 “Pro Flo” from Orbit. Without the pressure-containment constraints that would come with trying to store and move pressurized water inside the printed parts. the build can focus on the look. The result is a hose sprayer that wears its Star Trek design openly, right down to its recognizable shape.
Even strapped to a garden variety sprayer, the “Sprayser” still reads as faithful to the source material. It’s not the real deal from the show—but once it’s assembled, it’s hard not to see the connection.
Turner has also put real effort into making the project accessible for others. The documentation includes assembly diagrams that specify which color each of the principle components should be printed in. along with a build video. The video is embedded below, giving viewers a step-by-step view of how the printed parts come together.
Props have long been a playground for builders. and Turner isn’t the first to bring Star Trek aesthetics into practical life. In recent years. makers have even managed officially licensed tricorders that can do some of what the fictional versions did—though Turner’s “Sprayser” takes a more grounded route: it’s a yard tool that just happens to look like it belongs on the bridge.
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So it’s basically a Star Trek themed nozzle? Seems pointless but I kinda want it for my weeds.
Wait I thought 3D printed stuff can’t handle water pressure? Like wouldn’t that blow up on your tomatoes? Also “phaser their yard” is wild marketing lol
Yeah I saw that too, like it’s not actually pressurized in the printed part right? But still, if it looks like a prop maybe it’s stronger than they’re saying? Idk. I’m just glad it’s not a “real deal” phaser because my plants already die for free.
This is why people don’t fix actual stuff. My neighbor has like 12 different 3D printer projects and none of it helps the house. But also… the Orbit Pro Flo model sounds like the important part, not the Star Trek part. So are we praising the printer or praising the garden sprayer they glued a sci-fi cosplay on?