GIANT 3D PRINTED TANK GETS A TURRET (from scratch)

[@bluegizmo1983]

You need to build a head mounted turret display that tracks your head movement so you can just look around with your head to aim!

[@marsgizmo]

Love the updates on the Tank! 🤘😎

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Thanks man! 🤘🤘

[@FallenDj122]

i can't believe how far this has come ivan, seriously you started with a crazy idea of an RC tank and now look at you! your making a whole 3D printed Friggin personal tank!! this is amazing and i'm so excited to see what your gonna do with the cannon!!!!

[@MacLeodGolf]

Great now my kids want tanks :). Awesome videos that seem to get my kids more interested in 3D printing than I have been able to get them for the past four years.

[@aserta]

To make your giant bearing ride smoother and better, here's two tips (source, i made a few of them, and got it down to a T, pretty close to the worst metal bearing, without being one). 1. Print a 3rd piece which is a match for the two races (if it's a inner and outer race, use a segmented part with a slip piece between), you'll want to affix one of the two sides securely to a table (as flat as can be) or In Situ, then using the spacer and top part of the bearing and friction (two five liter bottles on a glass plate) you twist this fast, back and forth on a 180 rotation, twisting it 360 every few twists. -This will create a really smooth set of races, and more importantly, matched. 2. Take your balls, and measure them. After you've done so, keeping each ball to its size, you have to discard any bearing that's over the average, and replace them with bearings balls on average or smaller. -This will make sure that the race remains uniform. This gives extremely good 3D printed bearings. Smooth, and they wear out slower. You can pimp them out further with two mods. Metal filament (or wood, tho, that one's complicated) and or super glue on PLA / acetone on ABS (both before you've done no 1).

[@martylawson1638]

You could also make wire race ball bearings. The 3D print gets channels for the wire and 4 wires are carefully rolled to size and fit in the races. There are a few youtube videos showing how to make DIY versions, and there is a German manufacturer that makes high precision versions.

[@wtcamer]

Man... I was thinking when I saw you were adding the turret that you would need bearings. My mind then went to what if he used the ball bearings and within 30 seconds you did exactly what I was thinking of :) awesome!

[@JessWLStuart]

You child-like glee at making your tank is awesome!

[@agoffgrid640]

This is soooo fun. I made a 2 axis 3d printed turret camera for my security cameras system so this feels sooo familiar to me. I made my bearing also for the same reason and I did use a detangler (12 wire)

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Cool!

[@ChrisModjeska]

Love your videos, but is there any chance you could begin posting estimated weight in plastic used? I'm really curious how much printing something like this could potentially cost!

[@IanMott]

a lot!

[@oootoob]

... proving once again that just because you can 3D print something, doesn't mean you should 🙄😋

[@binaryspace6444]

If it isn’t close to or in the thousands of dollars for that much filament I would be shocked. Assuming a price of $25-35 per kilogram of filament

[@PiefacePete46]

We don't want to know... it would destroy the dream! :o)

[@backgammonbacon]

@@binaryspace6444 You can get quality filament for half the price you are quoting and thats without sponsorships. Ivan gets his filament from APrintaPro and its called Mirandament so I doubt he pays for any of it.

[@danikirby37]

The sheer amount of filament Ivan uses on each project is mind boggling

[@AntimatePcCustom]

Oh Ivan. I remember the good old days where you used a screwdriver as hammers. Fond memories. Bit curious on your CAD design philosophy. How you make stuff fit together. Do you have a design idear book you follow or do you think about it on the fly. Because i keep getting facinated how you design your way out of problems. Hinges, slots, holes and even the locking mechanism for the service port of the turret. Fascinating. Maybe a tour on how you did in the past and progression untill now. Just an idea. :) Thanks for always being in good spirit!

[@rcmaniac25]

The Mad Man in Red does it again. Love it.

[@123wordbird321]

omg it sounds like an ATAT when the turrent moves. so cool!

[@miningbruno]

See if you can use 'motion filtering' for your turret motor, to make its turning more smooth; once you have your cannon installed, its end shouldn't flail about so much.

[@Skyentific]

Great turret: fast enough to brake the cannon :) . I love this project!

[@wolfreignn]

That VSVN logo sure has a unique and familiar-looking font.......My slowness amuses me sometimes.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Lol

[@Scott.E.H]

Sweet, can't wait to see what you arm this thing with

[@minopausa]

The best moment to post a video about a tank.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

It reminds me of those tiny little French tanks from ww2, those little coffins on treads where the entire front section of armor in front of the driver is. You could probably use something like this for paintball or airsoft tho, it would be cool

[@NETBotic]

I'd like to the the look on Ivan's face when an unsuspecting person asks him if he 3D prints anything.

[@thecrazy8888]

AR glasses with eye detection for auto aiming would be NICE :D

[@simat565]

Have you consider puting the print time and how much plastic is used ? I'm really curious 😅

[@Mr.Carter777]

Ivan,I hope EU doesn't banned 3d printers because of you! Great project !

[@self_taught_stuff]

great project. i cant even imagine how much time you spend making this tank... add racks on the sides for launching smoke bombs to make smoke screen, that will be fun addition 😉

[@KKG0919]

I'm jealous... I wanna build my own tank, a usable 3D printed KV-2! Full sized and everything!

[@Aghata_____.._______.....----.]

You have to add a automatic target lock system in this turret. Really this project is stunning! Good Job!

[@Gamen4Bros]

The DIY bearing was genius!!

[@jorgecorralescano3228]

This is an amazing project Ivan!!! I follow it from the beggining, and I cant wait to see the final vehicle with all the improvements!!! It will be great if, after finishing it, you try to make it more "modern", with wider profile and everything. Hope to see a new video soon!!!

[@killsalot78]

Thats an epic pinch hazard you have made there

[@MartinNevilleVaughan]

Awesome work! As a way of future-proofing, are you considering interchangeable parts for the rotating mount, thinking maybe a robot arm

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Not yet, The turret is quite modular, I'm focused on finishing it for now. Great idea though!

[@DwenDooley]

Somewhere, some algorithm is cross-referencing my search history with Ivan and Tank and makers and bam... watch list. lol Great job as always. Living the 3d printing insanity dream.

[@JasonSimpson1966]

don't forget about elevation control for the cannon so that you can aim it properly.

[@ItsMeScareCro]

We need 10 hours of this guy saying "turret". Awesome build yo!

[@pistolao_vr]

Now everything makes sense. You built a cannon some time ago and probably that was just a test. Really cool!

[@PiefacePete46]

Mark the calendar... I saw Ivan doing some wiring! "WIRING IS BOORRIING!" :o)

[@altronixvideo]

This just keeps getting cooler and cooler, you must be well chuffed, brilliant work.

[@Lozoot2]

As a fairly well known videogame streamer and internet personality once said, " *speEeEEEeEeEn!!* "

[@BLBlackDragon]

Woo Hoo! It's coming together.

[@adrianscarlett]

I use lazy Susan bearings if I need something large diameter and cheap. They're usually thin aluminium rings or there are pressed steel plate versions

[@salvadorian3288]

I like the sound of the turning turret :-)

[@Gamen4Bros]

Yess!!! Tank videos againn

[@tantamounted]

That's awesome! I'd have wanted a slip ring connector with more wires, to send signals as well as power. That way you don't need wireless devices or extra computing power, you simply need a joystick or so, plugged into the body. But one uses what is available!

[@dragontype191]

Man, this thing is awesome! Think it hurt my soul a little bit seeing you strip those wires with a pair of scissors though 🤣

[@tmartin2864]

one day this guy is going to conquer the world with a printed plastic tank

[@PierreWapata]

A LOT of clever design, congrats for making and showing them to us !

[@howardtownsend3139]

Great engineer with a super great chuckle!! 👍🏻

[@Hyser0510]

I never get tired of seeing you drilling holes! Nice video!

[@properprinting]

I didn't know those rotating cables exist, genius! Also past Ivan is a very thoughtful and forward thinking guy xD Looking forward to the cannon!

[@omega_one1318]

FYI: it's called a slip ring

[@steven664700]

great job ! but maybe add-on some rubber just bitween steel balls and pla to reduce noise =)

[@MelonDev04]

Technically this is a Tankette, and is probably better than a lot of tankettes.

[@CaptZenPetabyte]

When this is completed it needs to be blueprinted and made in METAL!

[@ussrover]

additional items (gun cannon) with display in operator section (to see your target) also magnetic "rail gun" (shooting nails or ball bearings) going through (under seat) of main body (forward facing only)

[@grumpykingtiger4593]

The tank is looking really good! I can't wait to see the next video!

[@codrutmihaileanu623]

Idea for the next project: a Dalek scaled up so you can fit in it. Of course in your red plastic... And with gyro controls to match your head movements...

[@anarchopedian]

I can't even imagine how much planning and cad must have been gone into this project.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

A L-O-T

[@Skiiwa]

@@ivanmirandawastaken Soooo, No hope of me doing something like this in blender? :)p

[@davidschwartz2485]

@@ivanmirandawastaken are you the only one designing or do you have help. Awesome videos by the way

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

@@davidschwartz2485 Design, print, assembly, edit, all by myself yes.

[@davidschwartz2485]

@@ivanmirandawastaken That is incredible. I have been watching your channel for a few years and I've learned so much. Would you ever make a video about electronics assembly or your process planning and designing your projects? I can't wait to see what you come up with next.

[@angelusmaker]

If you want even higher speeds, torque and more repeatability, you could look into iHSV57 servo motors. I'm currently in the process of replacing the NEMA23 stepper motors that came with my milling machine with those, and holy smokes are they faster, stronger and more accurate! Also, their driver is included, so lots of saved space! They do require higher voltage, however.

[@ClayTheFoxx]

Seems like a perfect time to plug in the crossout ad

[@Nicky_Otto]

Now this looks amazing, if only we could have toys like this as kids :D

[@redheadsg1]

That is going to be one BFG on the tank 🤯

[@sebastianeleisonstenli2660]

4:23 his drill sounds like the song happy birthday

[@86Carrera911]

@IvanMiranda your closing line in every video truly inspired me! I made something!!! ...and it turned out pretty good. You're awesome!!!

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

You too!

[@3DMusketeers]

YEP This tank is AWESOME! Great work Ivan! Love following this build!

[@adamstagg189]

It's very frustrating how good you are at everything..... keep up the good work 👏

[@grandmasterglick5895]

Ivan, your designs have become more and more insane over the years. That's why I love your channel and am happily subscribed. All the best bud.

[@deastonstudios5833]

Ivan eres una maquina, llevo viendo tu canal unos dias y estoy enganchadisimo. Eres el mejor ingeniero de KZbin!

[@2muchofyou]

the credits at the end show a heap of people worked on this. if it gives you the idea that one person blasted it out you would be wrong!

[@skrya1248]

Some vertical control would be nice too

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

I hope you pre loaded those open bearings before assembling the whole thing. And lubed them.

[@zerodamonsta942]

Might wanna pack those bearings with grease it’ll make it more smooth and less noise

[@nejcklenovsek5372]

heii, how big of a nozzle you have on your BEAST 3d printer, cause your prints look abnormaly good and which filament do you use? greetings from Slovenia

[@jameslee522]

how thick are the walls and what % of endfill? Love your videos!

[@kamakazi1179]

once you make this can you make a 1:1 tank i think you got the skills and time

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Which one? 😉

[@kamakazi1179]

@@ivanmirandawastaken maus

[@kamakazi1179]

@@ivanmirandawastaken :D

[@inventiveowl395]

@@ivanmirandawastaken I have two suggestions French - AMX ELC Bis (90mm cannon) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELC_project Polish - TKS-3 (20mm cannon) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TKS Small light tanks for two people.

[@gorgonbert]

Ukrainian 3D Printer community watching closely

[@roycecosta1353]

Please, make a rifled cannon. I think with the right "ammo diameter" and cannon caliber you can make a pneumatic system with lots and lots of power.

[@tasJis]

Now that you are in the warfare business you need Tony Stark references in these videos.

[@TH-wr1dv]

You use 12V for stepper? Use 24 or even 48 if you controller allow and you will get MUCH more speed for that turret.

[@collinsappiah9744]

I have been waiting for this video for a long time

[@newmonengineering]

Need to put a camera on it, with object recognition and then use AI to learn how to aim and shoot objects. Then you have a smart tank. Like a sentry guy. That will be complicated but soo worth it!!

[@DmitriyK007]

Ivan, great videos. Any plans to put out videos about the electronics used and how you configured things. videos on YT or Patreon would be great. Stay Well

[@Clem_I_Am]

you should add a sensor, that will allow it to auto point at the closest object / person

[@SnowyPup]

I'm unsure if this was mentioned, but did he ever say why the motor is in the turret instead of on the base?

[@MinorLG]

My only problem with this whole project is that the ratio for the tank's size is inverted. I'm fine with it being as tall as it is, it's just that it needs to be like 3 times wider.

[@TheSilvax]

If I may ask, why did you use a stepper motor for this task? you could have just used any motor with gear box and you would have decreased the cost, the driver, the programing needed and would had many more options regarding speed as it seems more important than accuracy...other than this it looks great! good job

[@Ezra411st]

It looks like the tank is going to be too heavy and the track base looks like it could be given a larger distinct apart to give it better performance with tipping over

[@THirstyCamel1023]

That is the coolest tank I have ever seen, Awsome job 👏 so much thought and time put into it

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, Ivan! 😃 It's looking as a real tank already! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@elarass]

honestly, I find this project completely crazy. You too are crazy, but I love it XD it's such an amazing project ^^ . once finished, go shopping with this tank ! ^^

[@colinfielder6695]

How can one man be so good at everything?

[@deathbydarwin1985]

When you were designing the cannon previously I had thought that you were going to make the tank suck up balls that the tank drives over and reload the cannon with them.

[@DragonSoldier54291]

i wonder if u could use that for paintball or airsoft would definatly be fun 2 run around a feild in

[@tsalVlog]

okay, someone needs to make a dalek from this.

[@SuperMouseDV]

Now you should 3-D Print your OWN Red R2 D2 with your own take on it :) Would be exciting for us Star Wars fans ALSO You should take a page from Mark Rober and teach a class :)

[@Treekicker]

This man single-handedly keeping red filament out of stock

[@Jandodev]

These videos are so inspiring I need a bigger 3d printer

[@romeo032982]

This is so cool wish I had a printer big enough to do this

[@paperfoldschannel607]

this is very cool! I've been waiting a while, but the wait was worth it. And it is amazing that this is almost completely 3D printed!

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Yeah!

[@garagemonkeysan]

Awesome engineering, design and fab. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@TheDistur]

Now I want a tank with a snowblower or something on it.

[@obregr]

interesting project as always

[@bj97301]

Nice cnc machine!

[@woodywiest]

Would you consider milling the turret gear after printing, or perhaps making an aluminum insert? Fantastic job! Super inspiring!