BIQU has a PLA-HR that they are marketing specifically for airless basketballs and it looks like you can even order a pre-printed basketball from them. It's expensive, but would love to see how that compares to the filament you've already used.
@tkt546 They sent me a sample of their filament and their basketball file, and I am currently printing it. Hoping it has good results and it will probably be my next video
@@Johan-tz1dj BIGTREETECH supplied me with a model to try with this filament, and so far (with their model) it seems to be similar bounce to the Wisdream FlexiTough filament. I am printing my model with it now to see if it will be any better - more to come!
@@StylishHobo Yeah the other issue I have with it is it only goes up to 50C, but it does the job for me. I will have to look into better options that can hold 2 spools
but why?? we have plenty of polymers that do these tasks. pla is for prototyping and fitting only. can make anything useful with it.. it will just break or deform. pla is for noobs :)
@@reyalPRON Yeah I hear ya, this flexible pla has actually held up for a long time as long as you don't leave it outside/in the sun. It is also definitely the cheapest option for an airless basketball right now. I am hoping that coating the pla with something will help it hold up
@@makeitlabchannel the sun is usually the culprit, there are some interesting additives though. such as cf for strength, but pla is dinosaur compared to lets say pctg or asa. they are a little warmer to print but basically the same pla print profiles work for them just fine. suggest you take a little dive into the "new kids on the block" much much interesting going on with mixing tpe into our "regular" blends.
@@makeitlabchannel Well u will be the first to do so as far as 500mph but people are 3d printing some pusher prop planes but in terms of wanting to push one hard and say oveer 250mph the strongest material will be the benefit thus perhaps PPS-CF . I bought a AOS HS5 quadcopter build that is capable of 200mph + and its the rocket style quadcopter look ( u can look it up to see its look) but it is made out of just tps nothing real real strong but probably is it is only fighting aero dynamic pressure being its a quadcopter .
What should we try next?
You should make airless tennis balls and see how they preform against real tennis balls
@Josiahs3dPrinting That is on my list to do next 😁
BIQU has a PLA-HR that they are marketing specifically for airless basketballs and it looks like you can even order a pre-printed basketball from them. It's expensive, but would love to see how that compares to the filament you've already used.
@tkt546 They sent me a sample of their filament and their basketball file, and I am currently printing it. Hoping it has good results and it will probably be my next video
you should try the biqu pla-hr filament
@@odyssey362 Funny you suggest that because I am printing one with this filament right now 😁
@@makeitlabchannelCan you give a spoiler?😂
@@Johan-tz1dj BIGTREETECH supplied me with a model to try with this filament, and so far (with their model) it seems to be similar bounce to the Wisdream FlexiTough filament. I am printing my model with it now to see if it will be any better - more to come!
I dont recommend that COMGROW dryer. I ended up returning it because the fan is too weak which meant everything took forever to dry.
@@StylishHobo Yeah the other issue I have with it is it only goes up to 50C, but it does the job for me. I will have to look into better options that can hold 2 spools
you should try BIQU's PLA-HR designed for the airless basketball
@@Sasquatch-nb3tc I am actually printing an airless basketball with that filament right now 😁
When can i buy an airless basketball?
@@kostam1465 There are a few people selling my airless basketballs on Etsy/eBay now - that would probably be the best option 😁
can you try TPC filament?
I just got some in the mail so I will give it a try soon 😁
@@makeitlabchanneli love ur channel insane tests my man
@GoglPlahel much appreciated!
Did carterspcs do this first?
@@phantoslayer9332 Not sure - I am guessing that is another UA-camr?
@ yep
@ don’t worry, it was just parallel thinking. He did it about 4~ months ago. You started way before-
@@phantoslayer9332 Gotcha. I will have to watch it to see if they had the same results
but why?? we have plenty of polymers that do these tasks. pla is for prototyping and fitting only. can make anything useful with it.. it will just break or deform. pla is for noobs :)
@@reyalPRON Yeah I hear ya, this flexible pla has actually held up for a long time as long as you don't leave it outside/in the sun. It is also definitely the cheapest option for an airless basketball right now. I am hoping that coating the pla with something will help it hold up
@@makeitlabchannel the sun is usually the culprit, there are some interesting additives though. such as cf for strength, but pla is dinosaur compared to lets say pctg or asa. they are a little warmer to print but basically the same pla print profiles work for them just fine.
suggest you take a little dive into the "new kids on the block" much much interesting going on with mixing tpe into our "regular" blends.
@@reyalPRON will definitely look into it, thanks 😁
now do a 500mph fpv PPS-CF rc plane.
@@mattg2596 Oh dang that would be fun, might have to look into it 😁
@@makeitlabchannel Well u will be the first to do so as far as 500mph but people are 3d printing some pusher prop planes but in terms of wanting to push one hard and say oveer 250mph the strongest material will be the benefit thus perhaps PPS-CF . I bought a AOS HS5 quadcopter build that is capable of 200mph + and its the rocket style quadcopter look ( u can look it up to see its look) but it is made out of just tps nothing real real strong but probably is it is only fighting aero dynamic pressure being its a quadcopter .