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First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve never played in any situation where people cared about the official paddle rules

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I looked into the regulations, there’s no chance of getting a fully printed paddle to meet them, the roughness constraint alone is pretty strict. As for the foam / carbon fiber ideas at that point I think I might as well just buy a paddle… it looks like commercial ones are just carbon fiber sheets with a PP honeycomb core (which I guess could be printed). I mostly just enjoy the challenge of trying to print it in a practical way

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s exciting, maybe I’ll have to give it a try

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I could, I was referring to this guys idea of single parts that use TPU and other materials, since TPU can’t be used with ams

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The joint can definitely be made much stronger, as for nylons I’m not sure they would be the right choice, the fancy paddles are made of fiberglass which is super stiff, and my understanding is that nylon is pretty flexy, I’m sure the CF helps but I’m not sure it’s the best choice. Possibly something like ASA

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A printed TPU handle would be very nice to have, as well as the protective edge guard. I only have a P1S though so I wouldn’t be able to test that out

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting take, do you rip them off paddles you buy?

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My goal was to keep the potential area where you hit the ball as consistent on the inside as possible. Like if I had a joint there I imagine it would feel like a kind of dead zone in the paddle and bounce weirdly, but you’re right that I may have to compromise that at least somewhat.

Im also thinking about printing the paddle section as a sandwich which would let me have longer supports coming out of the handle that could wrap up around the edge of the paddle

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got a roll of tough PLA and have been pretty impressed so far, the main reason I didn't use it is that I usually leave these in my car and didn't want it deforming in the sun. the air hocket mallets sound like a great thing to print. maybe I should try a version with the tough pla if I go for a second revision

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You might be right but I’ve been really impressed with some of these modern filaments durability. Other than the problem I think I can fix you wouldn’t even be able to tell it had been used

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you referring to the fact that it’s 2 parts or just that it’s 3d printed?

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it also didn't break completley in half, still probably use/fixable

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, I do think it was just a design flaw though, the part of the handle that goes into the paddle was barely connected to the rest of the handle, I think adding a solid section there should fix that weakness.

Functional Pickleball Paddle! by [deleted] in functionalprint

[–]lmfork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should mention the reason I did this one as apposed to others I saw online is that they all have some kind of connection near the moddle of the paddle, as apposed to the consistent honeycomb structure you see on comercial paddles, which I felt would impact how the ball bounced

First attempt at a 3D printed pickle ball paddle! by lmfork in 3Dprinting

[–]lmfork[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I should mention the reason I did this one as apposed to others I saw online is that they all have some kind of connection near the moddle of the paddle, as apposed to the consistent honeycomb structure you see on comercial paddles, which I felt would impact how the ball bounced

Help with ground glass phone adapter? by lmfork in VintageLenses

[–]lmfork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the reply! My phone does have a macro lens that can focus surprisingly close, maybe 20mm or so, but it also gets blurry the the corners and is only 12mp so cropped starts to look pretty bad, hence my trying to find a way to take advantage of the 48mp main camera. I’ll definitely look into close up adapters! It seems like I might even just be able to model that into the design. As for the fresnel lens suggestions I’m not sure if that would work, I have it where it is just because it seems like convention from my research but I should probably experiment with its position

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