Can You Make Scuba Gear With A 3D Printer?
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- What's up scuba homies? Today we are finally revisiting the 3d printer that I use to make custom dive gear. It really is one of the best ways to create rapid prototypes. Honestly though, most of this stuff is more than strong enough to be used on serious dives. If you're cave diving and grinding your dive gear on a regular basis, then it's probably a bad idea to use 3d printed parts on exposed areas of your gear, but I feel like that's just common sense. I've been using a 3d printed t handle that I created for my dpv for a while now and it has performed very well. Remember! If you Vibe, Subscribe!
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Good to sea you back, great video !!
Thanks Sven!
Great video! Would love to se more 3d-printing in the future. Am starting to 3d-print some parts for my JJ-CCR, but I am just starting out. Would love some inspiration! Keep up the great work, dude!
this is one of my new favorite channels. I'm about to get my rescue diver and start into pubic safety diving which im excited about. I also have an intrest in 3d printing but haven't bought a printer yet... I need cheaper hobies lol
Brother, you and me both. 3d printers are actually getting super cheap. I helped my dad setup a direct drive creality that was like $350 and it was very impressive. Every bit as capable as my $800 printer.
Congrats on taking your rescue course. When I was a medic we used to say "slow is smooth, smooth is fast." Very helpful advice for the more complex rescue exercises.
Thanks for the kind words man!
I have a 3d printer as well, and have been printing line cutters for my son and I to use. Next is Making a sheath out of Kydex so we can mount it on our BCD!
I have a kydex sheath for my linecutter from chipola divers. Pretty nice and should be real easy to make. Nice work!
I learned alot, most importantly that im not the only one that is too lazy to take the time to move from tinker cad to solidworks.
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3D printing dive gear is doable, I do it all the time for my gear. I make my own dive cookies and spools which you can see in some of my videos but the challenge of durability comes down to the material you use. PLA is great because it’s simple and easy to build with while other plastics can be more challenging. PLA though on things like dive cookies will weaken over time. The good news is that they are easy to replace. The dive gear boxes and spools I make though don’t seem to suffer as much as the dive cookies. UV is a pretty big plastic killer as well.
Agreed! Thanks for the comment!
Welcome back! I was a bit worried.
Thanks for taking me along on 3D printing process. Very interesting. Now, I’ll consider that process for modifying my dive gear. (I have some 3D printed accessories on my road bike, from “commercial” sources.)
Oh, and who hasn’t brought an underwater housing to a bar?
Hey Zach. Glad you're up and running again (and not at the bottom where your buddy left you). I'm thinking of 3D printing a custom enclosure to house a medical device for Type1 Diabetes. Thoughts on 3D printing or if it should be milled out of say, Delrin? Any pointers? Any help would be appreciated.
You can definitely do your prototypes on a 3d printer. Watertight housings are possible with great printer settings, good design, and a little luck. I never recommend counting on luck. I wanted to make an ADV blanking plug for my rebreather and I printed one successfully that held a seal and seemed up to the task. In the end though, I ended up purchasing the actual product as it was significantly cheaper than a funeral, lol. Never did actually dive the part I made, just not worth it. Maybe see what you can come up with on your 3d printer and then you'll have something to go off of when you contact someone about having it machined. I think delrin is the right choice. Aluminum could also work well. Both materials are strong enough for the task, so I would just go with whatever ends up being more economical. Buttons and cable glands would present a challenge, not sure if you need either. If you're really serious about this you should contact someone much more knowledgeable than myself. Martin from TecMe is really good at this stuff and might be interested. His prices are reasonable but his work is extremely high quality, so it's not cheap.
Depending on what you actually need, you might be able to repurpose something that is already waterproof, like an old camera housing (with NEW o rings, lol) or a depth rated dry box. This would definitely be where I would start if you're on a budget. My rule of thumb is that if it isn't rated to at least 130 feet, it's not made for diving.
I hope I helped, let me know if you have any questions.
@@DiveVibe Thanks for your time and help! One issue that i'm trying to work out is the o-ring/gasket (as it's a clamshell design). I'm not certain on how to correctly size it, but am closely examining some camera enclosures. You've confirmed some of my thoughts and I'll keep on working on it. Thanks again!
Hilarious intro dude 😅
Thanks Greg! I always feel dumb laughing at my own jokes, but every time I replayed the intro during editing I couldn't help but laugh, lol.