Great timing, just having a terrible night and this video was quite a nice bit of distraction. I am looking forward to how the evga motor powered designs work out, sure will be a heckton quieter than the rc rigged fans. Keep it going!
When I drew up a few fans I used the sweep feature with flex instead of loft, but it gives way less control of the shape of the blades. So any future fan design I'll definitely use your method 🙂
This is not design, this is drawing. In design, you go over what angles and airfoil and everything you could take, do calculations and reasoning and make decisions based on that. Anyway still nice a good watch and to see how you work!
@@MajorHardware I am also working on a small form factor build, but I don't know anything about aerodynamics and I need your help. Is there any fan blade design that holds a noticable amount of pressure inside a sealed container (or case)? (we need pressure in order to increace the surface aera of the cooling parts in a buld like this) Thanks for your help
Nice. Thanks for this. Your previous video inspired me to give 3d printing a fan a try, and I had no idea where to start. I ended up cutting a spherical shell for a blade. I knew it wasn't an airfoil. It printed very nicely in vase mode and it looks like it should work. Unfortunately, I broke the motor during disassembly of the donor fan, so I'll have to find a more friendly donor.
i find it really funny, the first video i saw of yours was you saying you were gonna see if fans are just fans, since then i've seen probably a dozen videos on fans.
@@MajorHardware true! How about, how does the enclosure gap around the fan blades effect performance, from no surrounding to very tight surrounding ( the square bit with the circle in the middle that the fan fits in, just to be as clear as I can lol)
Been using Acad for 12 years but stayed away from SW as I could never get my head around the drafting process. But after doing setups and making parametric families in Revit, SW makes a lot of sense and doesn't seem that difficult anymore.
Solidworks is the easiest in my opinion but I didnt use inventor that much and other than that I have used catia which is powerful but much harder to use but if u spend enough time on any of them you will pick it up
I've been lucky enough to use a spare ACA copy from work, but if I had to buy, SW & Inventor far outstrip Acad in capability. It is pretty good when it comes to flexibility, free-form design, and the ability to brute-force solids. I've really grown to appreciate it after dealing with Revit, where it will show the complete action but throw an error and refuse to do it. And it can't even be bothered to tell you why.
Have you ever done a fan that's low-profile (15mm thickness tops) around the frame and edges of the blades, but normal profile closer to the hub? What would be the flow implications of a blade shape like that? Asking for a friend whose sff case fits a rad but no fans and it's a bit irritating.
I wish some of the QUALITY content producers would get together and organize an e-protest. We need viewer side options to weed out all the garbage content and channels.
Hey friend I'm designing some blowers on solidworks, so u have an idea to make it more efficient??? Nvidia design looks better than AMD old blower but I can't really prove it
@@MajorHardware thank you friend!im new subscriber, and im trying improve you help alot with this. i don't have much experience with simulation but i think can made something with 3d printer better than Nvidia stock blower.
As a mechanical engineering student this is very useful information. Thank you!
Great timing, just having a terrible night and this video was quite a nice bit of distraction. I am looking forward to how the evga motor powered designs work out, sure will be a heckton quieter than the rc rigged fans. Keep it going!
When I drew up a few fans I used the sweep feature with flex instead of loft, but it gives way less control of the shape of the blades. So any future fan design I'll definitely use your method 🙂
This is not design, this is drawing. In design, you go over what angles and airfoil and everything you could take, do calculations and reasoning and make decisions based on that. Anyway still nice a good watch and to see how you work!
Can you try copying a noctua and 3d printing to see if it's any different with 3d printing vs factory manufacturing?
This please!
Good idea.
Suggestion for future videos: Designing your own ITX case using CAD software.
There are some chinese companies that will then build them for you or protocase in the US or Canada. That could be a really interesting video.
I want to do a small form factor but I dont have the hardware for a build
@@MajorHardware I am also working on a small form factor build, but I don't know anything about aerodynamics and I need your help. Is there any fan blade design that holds a noticable amount of pressure inside a sealed container (or case)? (we need pressure in order to increace the surface aera of the cooling parts in a buld like this) Thanks for your help
This is the BEST youtube channel EVER you literally doing those things that people wondering if possible!!!
LEGEND!!!!!!
Nice. Thanks for this. Your previous video inspired me to give 3d printing a fan a try, and I had no idea where to start. I ended up cutting a spherical shell for a blade. I knew it wasn't an airfoil. It printed very nicely in vase mode and it looks like it should work.
Unfortunately, I broke the motor during disassembly of the donor fan, so I'll have to find a more friendly donor.
Getting a fan motor is the hardest part. I have tried to take apart many. The GPU fans in this video were the only ones I have had success with so far
i find it really funny, the first video i saw of yours was you saying you were gonna see if fans are just fans, since then i've seen probably a dozen videos on fans.
It seems it always comes around to trying to build a fan if you have different ideas let me know I'll try just about anything
@@MajorHardware true! How about, how does the enclosure gap around the fan blades effect performance, from no surrounding to very tight surrounding ( the square bit with the circle in the middle that the fan fits in, just to be as clear as I can lol)
Been using Acad for 12 years but stayed away from SW as I could never get my head around the drafting process. But after doing setups and making parametric families in Revit, SW makes a lot of sense and doesn't seem that difficult anymore.
New ACAD is decent but SW is just so much easier lol
Solidworks is the easiest in my opinion but I didnt use inventor that much and other than that I have used catia which is powerful but much harder to use but if u spend enough time on any of them you will pick it up
I've been lucky enough to use a spare ACA copy from work, but if I had to buy, SW & Inventor far outstrip Acad in capability. It is pretty good when it comes to flexibility, free-form design, and the ability to brute-force solids. I've really grown to appreciate it after dealing with Revit, where it will show the complete action but throw an error and refuse to do it. And it can't even be bothered to tell you why.
I'm curious about how you do your sim, I can never get mine to work for spinning objects like fans, and it's rather annoying
Can you show us HOW TO SIMULATE?!?!?!
Love your videos Major.H, good combination of tech and DIY.
Wicked video! I didn't even know I wanted to 3D print a fan, but I do now!
Make some high static pressure fan blades for a 200mm noctua and compare again with using them on a radiator with water cooling.
Perfect tutorial. Thank you a lot!
Can you please get Arctic P12 series fans and make proper review of those? They are most intresting fans in the market this moment.
That's really interesting, thanks for the video!
I am going to try this in Autodesk inventor at my school tomorrow
Print Noctua style fans for your drone and make it silent 😋
How about a contest where you take an existing (recycled) fan and put new blades on it? cfm, pressure, noise etc.
Great video.
That's a digital caliper, NOT a micrometer
Have you ever done a fan that's low-profile (15mm thickness tops) around the frame and edges of the blades, but normal profile closer to the hub? What would be the flow implications of a blade shape like that? Asking for a friend whose sff case fits a rad but no fans and it's a bit irritating.
Make a 60mm thick fan!! Basically just stretch the regular 30mm ones.
Do you print these with supports or how do you get them to come out so clean?
What is the motor you are using? CVGA 1080? Found nothing in the internet
RS2205 2600KV
Do you simulate the build for the 3d printer? And if so, can you modify the tool path?
with what did u replaced the axis fan?
I wish some of the QUALITY content producers would get together and organize an e-protest. We need viewer side options to weed out all the garbage content and channels.
Too bad I use Fusion 360 :( maybe I'll try to figure out how to adapt this to fusion later.
Also please please please do a fan with a smaller hub but outer wheel attached to the blade tips... Did I say please :)?
why would you body pattern when you can skip the merge step with a feature pattern?
Hey friend I'm designing some blowers on solidworks, so u have an idea to make it more efficient??? Nvidia design looks better than AMD old blower but I can't really prove it
Only thing you can do is run a sim to see what design performs the best and then do IRL testing
@@MajorHardware thank you friend!im new subscriber, and im trying improve you help alot with this. i don't have much experience with simulation but i think can made something with 3d printer better than Nvidia stock blower.
Which 3d printer are u using
Is there any free or opensource program I could use to start trying to make a fan just for fun?
the pirate bay my man
17 Blades!
i use plastic containers like old spice clear body wash,Alberto V05 Moisture shampoo and conditioner and Fabuloso All purpose cleaner Lavender 128 fl😁
caliper is not the same thing as micrometer
Solidworks < Rhinoceros V6