Can you 3D Print your own $2,500 Airless Basketball?

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2 ай бұрын

3D Printing our own Airless Basketballs! Putting a a variety of 3D Printable filaments to the test to see which once BUST or Bounce!
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@thenextlayer Ай бұрын

You gotta print it in PEBA. It has the highest energy return of any 3D printer filament. I did a video about it. Expensive, but it'll work way better than any other material.

@MrMonkeyMan6133 Ай бұрын

Hey im interested in seeing this video… what is the video called on you channel i guess i didn’t look hard enough cause i cant find it… thanks!

@MTO_Brothers Ай бұрын

Wanna see the video too!

@ratkingzzzzz Ай бұрын

@@MrMonkeyMan6133It’s his video abt different types of filaments, part 2 I think

@drunken_physics Ай бұрын

yeah but who wants a $90 airless basketball when you can just go buy one for a fraction of the price? i suppose its better then 2000 bucks right?

@samuelanidjar8851 Ай бұрын

would PEBA S work I want to print this for myself

@Barbasnoo 2 ай бұрын

I was just as shocked as you when the gloop PLA one bounced so high! Did NOT see that coming.

@blizzyblake 2 ай бұрын

Could spray paint the gloop ball. Might wanna do like a 5,000 bounce test with it too 😂

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking maybe 3D Gloop + plasti dip spray

@coregeek 2 ай бұрын

@@UncleJessyWould be interesting to see if the platidip would hold up.

@SmallDisturbedChild 2 ай бұрын

@@UncleJessySubmerge the ball in 3d gloop, then stick it in an enclosure and spin the ball real fast like a centrifuge to remove the excess? Might not work, but might also be crazy enough to do so.

@chrisdixon5241 2 ай бұрын

I had the same thought, gloop it then spray paint it black and you could have a winner!

@laserfoxOMG Ай бұрын

@@UncleJessyu could gloop the pls + super one

@ShawnChristopher10101 2 ай бұрын

I love the round robin thing you and Joel did...

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🏀

@mishelle6315 2 ай бұрын

An inadvertent ad for Overture PLA+ and 3D Gloop! hahahahaha

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

haha I wish they were paying me ... now I need to gloop the Super PLA+

@bonovoxel7527 Ай бұрын

Jess I'm going to try Overture CoPA, they call it Easy Nylon, as it will be my first nylon material ever. The thing with the gloop is an astounding result tho. What doesn't convince me about PLA of any kind is heat resistance. I think on an outdoor basket field in summer, on tarmac, absorbing energy and dragforce, it might get really close to a temperature where the PLA is at risk. Not much of melting but to alter its properties.@@UncleJessy

@RegularOldDan 2 ай бұрын

This was so much fun! I really appreciate how many different materials you made use of - that was a LOT of printing there. Thanks for putting so much work into it!

@artsy_dragon_creations 2 ай бұрын

The broken pieces could totally be used for a cyberpunk or apocalypse armor cosplay!

@Kori-ko 2 ай бұрын

I don't have context on the models, but if you're taking a model and scaling it different sizes in the slicer, the hexagonal lattice structure isn't staying constant to compensate and would explain a lot of why the smaller ones bounce better.

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

Agreed. Tighter ball / potentially stronger vs the big one

@attack125 Ай бұрын

do you understand how scale works?

@attack125 Ай бұрын

@@UncleJessy it's just the material strenght. the bigger ball is simply able to push the fillaments past their maximum stress and they break. the whole point of scale is that as far as shape goes. (so the structure the op was talking about) stays EXACTLY proportional. what you are not scaling along with it though. is the molucules and their bonds inside of the material itself. since you are not a mad scientist with a shrink ray. wich means when scaling down you are essentially changing the material propperties. and not the structure. (if you were to scale your perspective down along with the ball then everything remains the same but the material gets stronger)

@jfran4840 2 ай бұрын

Gloop = Flubber

@BBLX1C 2 ай бұрын

Oohhhh my god, thank you, thank you just thank you for that video! I love it, I really need to try it

@kickpunched Ай бұрын

This vids so dope. Super fun to see how those all held up. Thanks again Uncle!

@bonovoxel7527 Ай бұрын

I was looking for this content exactly! I printed it for test in PETG, it bounced quite good those 10 bounces before cracking. I started from 20cm high and started bouncing higher and higher until at like 60 cm and a dozen bounces it cracked as I expected. Now I'm going for a functional one!

@julianlema8493 2 ай бұрын

Woah one of my models spotted on a Uncle jessy video! (the Retro Ball one, Filete3D) For my part, I can say that I have obtained good results making even smaller copies (which began as a way to test materials quickly) and it triggered the idea that for the materials available in FDM the most appropriate thing to print and achieve is a tennis ball (from there the airless tennis ball 1.1). I am currently developing variants that accommodate the available materials such as TPU 95a, PLA Flex, adjusting the width of the walls and size of the hexagons and we are achieving great results! Either way, as usual, this is a great summary video of a maker experience. Thank you Jessy🙌

@mattenglish Ай бұрын

Your video isn't goofy at all. It's super helpful! Thank you!

@GH-nk1eu Ай бұрын

I fucking love Jesse. He has been my go-to for printing since starting this hobby. Then sometimes it's just a dude smashing stuff on his floor. Love it. Keep rocking brother.

@philippeholthuizen 2 ай бұрын

I love how much fun you’re having with breaking the initial balls 😆

@MrGerhardGrobler 2 ай бұрын

Loved this video. Such a fun video to watch. Joel's showed up 1st on my feed. So came here from there. The reason the TPU doesn't bounce as much is the same reason a matress in a gym doesn't let you bounce much when you fall on it. The material properties absorbs the impact, dispersing the energy upwards as the impact prgresses. It folds in on itself. So most of the energy is gone. Stiffness stores the energy for the bounce back. reason the PLA could bounce, sortoff. But the downside is stress fractures caused by storing all that energy in an unforgiving material. Just basic impact science. I will be posting this on Joel's side aswell.

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

heck yeah! Glad you made it over and saw his. Thanks for the extra details. Love the feel of the TPU/FlexPLA prints but obviously would prefer they bounced ;)

@stanleyfrederick5508 Ай бұрын

it is amazing to see the Airless Basketball works

@ResinForge Ай бұрын

Love the idea for the Gloopsketball 😂 Amazing video as always Uncle Jessy

@TwoMooseDesign 2 ай бұрын

I was totally working on a video very similar to this, then I saw you on instagram and I was like dang it! 😆 I’m so intrigued with the different filaments and “durability”

@TrueNinjafrog 2 ай бұрын

you should still go ahead! more plastics testing and configs, more data to learn from!

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

Make yours!!! I want to see others take on these

@krollmond7544 2 ай бұрын

Wow that overture PLA is a must get

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

It worked really well

@TheFilamentFrontier 2 ай бұрын

I used carbon fiber pa12. 50% infill with the one with the lattice structure. Try it for yourself won't spoil it for you

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

I have a few carbon fiber blends i want to try.

@RockieOnly 2 ай бұрын

Please spoil us, I want to know but that kind of filament is so expensive.

@bonovoxel7527 Ай бұрын

Isn't it way lighter than it has to be, without being 100%infill? It should be afaik around 625g...

@coreyh3994 Ай бұрын

Firmness and rubberiness are going to be important, but your *layer adhesion* is going to be most important. That's why the gloop helped so much. The ones that cracked all cracked on layer lines i'm sure. And the single level ones are definitely going to crack before the dual layer lattice ones. That dual layer is doing a LOT to support spreading out the impact over a larger area. So Max out layer adhesion in whatever way you can, try and make the layer structure more interwoven (prob impossible), and then just find the right level of bounce. BUt yeah, thinning out the gloop and using a spray to put it on is going to help a lot as well.

@attack125 Ай бұрын

plasticity. rubberiness is not a word.

@K3NnY_G Ай бұрын

I have a feeling the gloop along with fusing the layer lines also annealed the print to reduce internal stress. In that I'd like to see if annealing the print helps makes it not just shatter right away.

@ray24051 2 ай бұрын

$2,500 for a ball is ridiculous Lol.

@litronclips Ай бұрын

Exactly😂

@mateoalollari5392 27 күн бұрын

Bro u could buy a car

@Wentto714 24 күн бұрын

@@mateoalollari5392you sure about that

@stumblairo3721 23 күн бұрын

The ball will be like 5 dollars, the investigation costed 2500 dollars

@Vipaz_ai 22 күн бұрын

@@Wentto714yes you can

@ItsPlebble Ай бұрын

The 3dgloop seemed to make it bounce so much better

@metarts 2 ай бұрын

Thx 🙏 bin auf mehr Videos davon gespannt 🤩

@getbent57 2 ай бұрын

Awesome, had know idea there was flexible PLA. Have to put that on my shopping list.

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

Super easy to print with as well. A bit firmer than tpu

@yoanndavid2725 2 ай бұрын

It will broke too i printed a full size on flex pla ând it broken first training but work for dribling

@Dr.Ratio69 2 ай бұрын

I’m impressed with the speed you upload the video. I’m thinking about ASA, since it is lighter so it might bounce higher.

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

Was a late night of editing to get this out today but sooo much fun to shoot. Asa might be a good option as well

@ChaosSaotome 2 ай бұрын

@@UncleJessywould Nylon also be a possible material choice?

@celestewilliams5681 2 ай бұрын

i feel like i wanna try vapor smoothed abs for this! like the gloop, but a more even and easy way to melt the layers together

@littlebackwards91 Ай бұрын

That orange ball that split right in half after bouncing off the ceiling, first thought was to design a small 3 legged holder for it and have it as a decorative bowl to fill with whatever your heart desires.

@xgeko2 2 ай бұрын

Is it possible to put the 3d gloop in a spray gun and very lightly spray it on so you don't have all the excess? maybe there is even a slight thining agent it can be cut with to make it easier to apply in thin layers?

@RiderManX0 2 ай бұрын

You could use the broken halves as candy dishes

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

Ohhh thats a pretty good idea

@KewaiiGamer 2 ай бұрын

@@UncleJessy it would look nice to place fruit but idk if you want since it's not really that safe :/

@ImproveConditions Ай бұрын

nope. the pacific ocean needs more decoration

@adicahya Ай бұрын

In a year or so, people will figure it out how to print a functional basket ball at home. And it will be cheaper that Wilson's one... What a great time we live in 😊

@LeviNeely 2 ай бұрын

I believe the smaller spheres bounce better because the smaller impact point and less ability to flex back into the center of the ball if that makes sense? I bet if you could use that overture pla+ with a ball model that has center structure it might work better! This is a great test though and I’m glad someone did it!!

@danielsetzer3766 Ай бұрын

Carbon TPU is what you want. Sounds counter intuitive but it produces something close to tire rubber. It's extremely bouncy.

@SirLANsalot 2 ай бұрын

ABS and ASA have better impact resistance, as that is what you need is some high impact PLA or something. The ball needs to be somewhat rigid. Think on how a basketball works in that manner, it pretty hard when you feel it but it can deform slightly to bounce back up.

@alanlf1394 2 ай бұрын

i would definitly try one of those weird glass fiber/tpu filament, pretty bouncy material,absorb shock well and but don't dissipate it quite much

@mrnlce7939 2 ай бұрын

You could use the failures as terrain pieces for a bees based alien diorama or war gaming set pieces. Great video. Keep up the good work.

@asth3tique Ай бұрын

loved this video, really great.

@tomohalloran5217 2 ай бұрын

That is awesome great video

@Maleboligia 2 ай бұрын

Ordered a roll of the flexible Overture PLA in orange just now, I am gonna be at a Maker Faire in May no way this will not catch people's attention:) Thank you for the great video and the funny tests, I was very shocked by the gloop ball. Will also be trying that with Overture but painted on.

@calvinmusquez9162 2 ай бұрын

I’d be curious to see how an ABS filament would fare with this. It’s a little more flexible and rigid than PLA so should in theory deform and spring back a bit more without breaking. Not sure if it really would hold up to much abuse though. For this sort of thing you need a material that’s stiff enough to overcome the lack of internal air pressure but not so stiff that it cracks and breaks. It’s a fine line to ride and idk if there’s a filament out there at the consumer level that really fits the bill. It’s kind of pricey, but maybe MatterHackers Pro Flex filament would be the right flexible-rigid ratio.

@fusionfigs 2 ай бұрын

the glooped version might just be the trick to it. nicely done

@AlAmantea Ай бұрын

Use the broken ones (or print 1/2 balls) as chip trays for use during game parties!

@wfpelletier4348 2 ай бұрын

5:09 HOLY $H!!T !!!! CONGRATULATIONS JESSY!!!!!

@rodrigotm1461 2 ай бұрын

So satisfiying seen 3d printed basketballs break

@thespyderdude Ай бұрын

I'm honestly curious how a rubber resin print would do, as a person with a resin printer, could potentially be interesting

@woodbites 2 ай бұрын

Flashforge Flex PLA bounces very well

@S.A.S.H. 2 ай бұрын

The video is worth it just for your reactions to each ball.

@Lilrockerdude13 2 ай бұрын

Curious if they are placing additional layers of a coating like the Gloop ball but in a more "orderly controlled" process? Really want to print one out now😅

@richc9890 2 ай бұрын

I love Duramic filament from what I've used from them. Do any of the models have internal cross support? perhaps with the TPU 95A that would allow them to bounce.

@newzerozeroone Ай бұрын

Ataraxia in gloop seems like it would be the perfect combo to me.

@VelocityErve Ай бұрын

You could use the orange one that broke in half and strengthen it with resin so you could use it as like a chip bowl or popcorn bowl

@thefrenchican23 2 ай бұрын

That was an awesome video! Fun experiments

@doggohusk 2 ай бұрын

i say you take all the broken pieces and put them in a cast and have an airless basketball made of airless basketball fragments

@GrumpDog 2 ай бұрын

Should've swept the broken bits out of the way, between each bounce test. That's what broke the first SuperPLA ball. Also, I bet a Gloop coating on the SuperPLA balls would make them nearly indestructible!

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

oh man... i didnt even think about glooping the SuperPLA balls... going to do that this weekend!

@coolbeardeddragon1157 2 ай бұрын

The broken parts can be used to create exploding ball art! It'll look really cool!

@Vandel212 2 ай бұрын

That gloop one impressed the heck out of me. Perhaps rather than trying blow the gloop out, get a box and spin it really fast inside of it to let the centripetal force eject the excess gloop out.

@herodaysaver9032 Ай бұрын

For the flex pla: turn the temperature up to around 210-220 (or near whatever the max temp is for your brand), slow down your print by about 20% (so 80% speed of what you print pla at). In my experience it dosen't like to print big overhangs with these settings but comes out way cleaner.

@attack125 Ай бұрын

it's almost as if more flexible fillaments need to be printed at slower speeds. . . if only this was readely available information that has basicly been common knowledge for the past several years. .... oh wait.

@BillyBobBrockali69 Ай бұрын

Try TPE, PC, and Nylon. I recommend using an enclosure if you don't have one also you could try mixing thermoplastic polymers with foaming agents or additives that create gas bubbles when heated, resulting in a cellular structure similar to closed-cell foam. While there are some experimental filaments and techniques available, I can't recall where I saw them, but they helped me a lot with some projects similar to this.

@johnnyrocko7105 2 ай бұрын

By the way TPU as you know (or maybe not🤷‍♂️) comes in different strengths using letter coordinating after the number A-D with D being the strongest and most rigid form of TPU

@kirill2525 Ай бұрын

i mean, you should probably mix flliments so they work to each others strengths, or maybe add internal supports with other materials. the official balls probably have their own material they made and they may just be dipping them in something too

@BeefaloBart 2 ай бұрын

The sounds he made when it bounced gave off some "Strange Wilderness" shark scene vibes.

@breadsyt9975 2 ай бұрын

Maybe you could print it with ABS, then acetone smooth it to help bind the layers like you did with the 3D Gloop. Not sure how well it would work, but it's worth a shot (pun intended) ;)

@AtomicBleach 2 ай бұрын

3DandTeePrinting just did a video on this. They found that FlashForge PLA Flex made for a very excellent bouncing ball! Even had that basketball bounce sound!

@chatroux399 2 ай бұрын

I think you have to print it in TPE, if you want a durable with a good bounce effect

@olahf8490 Ай бұрын

According to a certain company the material is a chopped carbon fiber and tpu material. It was sls printed of course but if you can find a Cf-tpu filament it might get you close to the real deal. I handled the black prototype of the Wilson ball a few days again and its crazy how close to a real basketball it feels.

@flamedphoenix84 2 ай бұрын

If you watched the Wilson ball get created. They dip them all with some protection and I believe that you should try rubber filament and do both without Gloop and with Gloop

@RobertLockhartMakesGames 2 ай бұрын

Use the broken pieces to make a lampshade. I bet it will throw some really cool patterns on the walls!

@Cyphco 2 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a multi material print between the Flexible PLA on the Outside and the internal lattice in PLA tough or something more rigid

@junior775 2 ай бұрын

What about mixing flexible resin and ABs-like resin to get a mix that’s firm enough for shape, but also bouncy. You have resin printers big enough! Lol

@tomyocom5886 2 ай бұрын

Okay, I was an early watcher but faded from your channel but if you do MORE FUN STUFF FOR YOURSELF LIKE THIS ONE, I will start watching again. You were great and FUNNY!!!!!

@Mitch3D 2 ай бұрын

Nylon filament or CF-PA6 would be interesting to see since nylon is very flexible and tough but harder to print. Also the porous foaming filaments that would make it really light and soft.

@Cereal_Killr Ай бұрын

Duramic is great filament! I use it all the time. That and Elegoo are some of my favorites! Cool video...now I know what I'm gonna try n print here soon lol.

@Cutter1617 Ай бұрын

broken pieces could be kind of cool lampshades for the larger ones, catch-all dish for keys or w.e, candy dish or even a soap dish.

@HackMonkey 2 ай бұрын

Of course the obvious next step is Gloop the Overture Super PLA! Then Various Nylons. COEX has some really tough 30D to 60D TPE that would be very interesting to see in action! Ninjatek Armadillo, which is more in line with PETG.

@UncleJessy 2 ай бұрын

100% tetsing the glooped Super PLA. Will take a look into those other filaments

@Bein_Ian 21 күн бұрын

Use two different filiments, 95A TPU in the outer walls with TPU+ in the inner walls, that way it has a bouncy rigidity and a grippy outer surface, plus a little more heft.

@switchbeck6673 Ай бұрын

Your reaction to the gloop was nearly identical to Philip Brainards reaction to Flubber 😂😂😂

@98f5 2 ай бұрын

I have also printed a ton of these balls lol. I tested every material!

@Arceus3251 Ай бұрын

Find just the hardest material you can print in. It won't bounce, but explosion make brain happy

@705rexx Ай бұрын

I started applying 3d gloop to the inside of the ball as it was printing and will do the same to the outside once completed

@ryanlandry8214 2 ай бұрын

I commented to 3D Printing Nerd that SpiderMaker SpiderFlex TPE (shore 75A-80A) bounces very well. My friend was trying to print RC car tires and this stuff bounced like a bouncy ball. You tested some really interesting filaments to add to my wishlist. Thanks! 👍

@attack125 Ай бұрын

an this comment shows the world you are not an engineer. the bouncyness of this design comes from the structure. using the flexible fillament that's even softer than ninjaflex. (seriously 75A is really soft) will simply just result in dampning the function of design. and it would bounce better with a diffrent design, such as a solid ball.

@attack125 Ай бұрын

and yes. as i get to 08:15 my point gets proven with the flexible pla.

@MrMonkeyMan6133 Ай бұрын

You should try putting the 3d gloop on the super pla + ball

@inkedtrooper4133 2 ай бұрын

Getting my overture pla+ tomorrow can’t wait to print it 🙌🏻 but which settings did you use?i was thinking 100% infill and 3 walls (i‘ll scale the model to 50%)

@broli123 2 ай бұрын

These balls should be parametrized so you can define the outer and inner structures much better and let them scale uniformly compensating for the larger volumes and thus strain forces. But really cool to see that anyone can print a basketball now!

@tenchuu007 2 ай бұрын

In for the Audrey reference.

@rerun9539 Ай бұрын

It needs a lattice structure from resin printing to get a bounce like that. But for FDM I'd try fiberflex 30D

@Phoenix_On_Fire Ай бұрын

It would be interesting to see the gloop on some of the other materials aswell.

@spencerthorp 2 ай бұрын

This is so fun! Please try ninjatek armadillo tpu, and a nylon. Maybe glass fiber nylon or carbon fiber nylon. I’d love to see how those compare.

@jadus2198 Ай бұрын

SBC might work. You can print SBC with the same profile as PETG in my experience but it is a little more flexible and break resistant. SBC is used for blister packages. I think "Glass" something (is it glass-flex?) filament is the same material. (Styrene Butadiene co-polymer)

@wfpelletier4348 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if the shell of the ball should be split into icosahedron-like triangles, with the segments getting glued together (or perhaps held together with fasteners). Maybe the segments could be spherical on their outer face, and flat on their inside face; this way, they could be printed 'flat' on a print bed.

@jaymuffinz Ай бұрын

You should increase the wall thickness of the ball and print it completely solid. I have access to a resin printer than can print a ball this large, I think printing it from resin would be ideal because the layer adhesion across the equator of the ball isn’t your weakness anymore, and the parts come out completely solid

@markwebcraft 2 ай бұрын

I would think ABS would be a better choice since it's not so rigid and can take impacts very well.

@colinmetzger6755 2 ай бұрын

Printing them from nylon could work. Stay away from any glass or carbon filled ones and keep with a "pure" PA. I've been very impressed by how well polymaker CoPA prints after some projects needing nylon at work.

@Kerrms 25 күн бұрын

10:46 when you bent down to get the ball😂

@chrism95 Ай бұрын

If possible, print with the soft pla as the exterior shell and the pla+ that didnt break as an internal shell I think you will get similar results as you did with the gloop

@undeadlurchgaming1383 2 ай бұрын

Tpu outershell for the flex/bounce, with pla/abs/petg/pc innershell for rigidity. (petg may not be best because of how easy it broke) There should be some combination that will replicate close enough to pass as a basketball.

@GrayFridle Ай бұрын

I have a feeling that only flexible filament will be able to stand the abuse the ball will be subject to, but it obviously won't bounce well on it's own. What if you print it using two filaments? Maybe the outer layers of the ball are printed using TPU and the inside is printed in the Super PLA+. I'm thinking that it could achieve a similar effect to the gloo ball. Maybe you'd need a printer with two hotends to make it work within an acceptable timeframe and minimal material waste, but that could be cool!

@Luke-Barrett Ай бұрын

I think if there was a few outside parameter in one of the harder filaments and the inside layers was with a soft tpu might keep it from breaking and give it some bounce.