I 3D PRINTED A SURFBOARD AT HOME

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[@sjorsikdus]

dude i never thought it would make it that far! this is nuts! i think if you would only fibreglass the outside you would have a pretty strong board

[@rodolfoo3015]

You don't have to fiberglass the outside. Just increase the infill and use a puzzle like assembly style. After that it's best to seal the plastic, you can just use resin but there are specific materials for sealing 3d prints.

[@JohnThinks]

​@@rodolfoo3015Most of an object's strength comes from the outer perimeter/shell. This is why surfboards use foam with a fiberglass shell. You are much better off using as little infill as possible to get the strength you need, then fiberglassing the outside.

[@Zeth]

So stoked for you bro. What an amazing video you put together out of this project, 4 months of anticipation was well worth it! Here’s to V2 🍻

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you brotha I’ll see ya soon!!

[@danielturn4804]

Surfing and mechanical engineering? My two favorite things! So hyped on this channel

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you! There's plenty more coming!!

[@ETOE]

Gluing PETG is a nightmare. Try ASA its strong, UV resistant and can be glued easy. Seems your board broke at the glue-up. Change the infill from triangular to a stronger pattern like gyroid. I`m living in the mountains and will probably never surf in my life but have done some technical prints for building my own paint booth. Rad project so far! Good luck for your second try.

[@RaulEdu33]

Amazing experiment! As an engineer, 3D printing fan and surfer, I instantly subscribed! I'm curious to see what you try next, I've 3D printed about everything from guitars, RC planes, and even Tourbillon Clocks! Haven't tried printing a surfboard yet. However, I would try using a mix of hydrophilic filament materials and epoxy resin the exterior, even a hybrid inner EPS core with 3D printed exterior. Some slicers even have new interesting outer layer finishing settings, you could even make a grippy traction layer for a wax free board. Great content, thank you for sharing 😎🤙🏄‍♂️

[@Tbone68700]

Im also a surfer and engineer. I've experimented with 3d printing fins and the amount of flex you get from them is insane. I can hardly imagine how gummy/springy that board felt under your feet!

[@3DPrinterAcademy]

Very cool! I printed a 7'11" V Bowls a while back. I used a Creality CR30 and printed it in 4 'strips'. -Steven (Oside semi-local)

[@BlueprintSurf]

Stoked you got out on a 3d-printed board, from the engineering side of things, there are countless things you can do with flex, and how the board feels excited to see 2.0!

[@beachcowboy_]

Totally! That's what is so cool about it! Thank you for watching!!

[@GuGuHBmX]

Sickkk dude! Can't believe it lasted that long! I would recommend increasing the surface area between the individual blocks by having a irregular profile on the contact faces, that way you can decrease the load on the dowels themselves. picture the cutting profile for separating the pieces being a zig zag versus a series of rectangles

[@Deathbysnusnu125]

he should do dovetails

[@chrisparti]

Change the dowels to aluminium and re-epoxy it back together, I think it would work. Maybe add an aluminium stringer down the middle with the dowels going through it from either side. You could model it from your existing CAD and get it laser or water-jet cut from a piece of 6mm aluminium. Just trying to help, great project 👍👍👍

[@beachcowboy_]

Great input thank you! I'll see about something similar on the next one

[@jaredprice5997]

I wonder how experimenting with carbon would go? Like sticking with composite materials

[@STDavis-em1df]

The end result is very cool. But definitely show us the journey. Remember the platform is all about story telling and you've got a cool one to tell! The fails, the success, the issues you ran into. That's all incredible content that you should take us on. The fact that you can surf is is just the icing on the cake. Awesome stuff!

[@beachcowboy_]

I've got a video breaking everything down coming soon! And my daily vlogs will be documenting the progress of V2 as well :) Thank you for the kind words!!

[@RobotWargen]

That is such an awesome project the passion you have is amazing I thought these pointers could help for V2 from a fellow Bay area 3D printer user --Seems like you might have printed it vertically which would make it easier for the piece to snap in half where as horizontal could make it stronger --I also noticed that the outer walls were printed pretty thin, for cosplay at least we tend to print it thicker to prevent cracks and snaps -- Maybe try Gyroid infill have seen much less failures with it Would love to talk more on how maybe it could be improved this is amazing!

[@spork861]

It's probably a good idea to fill the seams with filler material, sand that smooth, then give the entire board a thick clearcoat. That way no more water should be able to seep in.

[@afidarkside]

I thought about doing something like this but that’s as far as I got with it. Glad to see the proof of concept!

[@joshuajackson1458]

❤❤❤❤❤ this is so SICK BRO!!! Love it !!!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@kevinb8754]

This rules. I think hotcoat will keep the water out but won’t add much strength. You might want to consider some 4oz fiberglass

[@beachcowboy_]

I think I'll take the infill density down even further and add wood stringers! We'll see!!

[@clari1]

So sick!

[@keylitho]

Great stuff dude... Can't wait to see V2...!! Also consider getting a stronger material for the connection rods.. and I don't know what way you printed the connectors but they should be laying down on the printer so there is not layer lines that could shear.

[@lancelindquist8925]

Dude, this is so insanely sick! Cannot wait for v2. Potentially explore the idea of using some rods that span the entire length of the board for some improved rigidity. Awesome build, well done.

[@mark2talk2u]

Awesome video! Love the stoke.

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!!

[@alvaromerayoredondo3358]

What a great job men!!, so stoked to see someone make what i always thougt. I am willing to see 2.0. I recommend you to cover it all on a fiber glass layer when you have finisdhed. I have made hand boards with 3d printers and these trick improve a lot my desings. So much inspiration from this videos :)

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you! I'll probably glass the next one, but we'll see I have a few other ideas up my sleeve!

[@Rich_1]

That was so awesome

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!

[@julianandyvonne]

Have you though of applying a layer of carbon and vacuum bagging it? I did something similar with foam and it's as strong as hell now! Like most aircraft. The skin is where most of the stress is applied. Good luck with V2. Looking forward to seeing it 👍

[@beachcowboy_]

I thought about this, but was more focused on just seeing if it would work at all and stay within my very limited budget hahaha. The next one I might vacuum bag or just hot coat, we'll see!

[@JustRightTea]

as an engineer that surfs it feels surreal to find another, that's way more talented aswell sick vid

[@beachcowboy_]

thank you brotha keep ripping!!

[@patrickfitzgerald6073]

I think you could definitely 3D print a handplane and have a lot of fun bodysurfing that thing!

[@beachcowboy_]

Absolutely!!

[@BenNdjami]

So sick!!! Love this!

[@beachcowboy_]

Glad you like it! Thank you!

[@skzzks8529]

For printing in parts, I'd cut the board in half between the deck and the bottom as well, so you can print it without supports but still have the layers horizontal when youre surfing. printing it vertically like that puts all the force of standing on it on the weakest side of the printed parts

[@Lozzie74]

Yes, horizontal “grain” direction would be much stronger

[@beachcowboy_]

It failed at the joints, but I like the input! I realized that when I was too deep into printing it hahaha. V2 will be legit!

[@lucasphillips335]

Bro that’s so sick!!!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you Lucas!!

[@iamcoleee]

This is awesome

[@beachcowboy_]

Love you Cole

[@studiojamescao]

Was wondering if it was possible. Thanks for the surf science bro !

[@beachcowboy_]

Glad you enjoyed thank you!

[@JustinWinn34]

This was sick

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!!

[@frankzappa576]

😆I like those 3d flames

[@beachcowboy_]

Hahahaha thank you!!

[@This_Just_N]

Awesome project, stringers thru the board would make a great addition. I’m thinking leave long cavities thru the whole board to pour resin or a Bambu/wooden dowel thru to take on the flex when needed. Keep going!

[@beachcowboy_]

That's similar to what I've got in mind! V2 will be legit!

[@alohavisuals]

Very sick!!!!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you Alex!

[@pepucarrasco6991]

Hey nice job there. I'm gonna stay tuned for the V2. Love the work and passion behind it! I been thinking about a mix of dovetail with a dowels hybrid you could reach a point between flex and not passing the limit deformation of the filament. The cloth and resin work together to mantain the board in those boundaries. The dowels are good for keeping the pieces together but is a woodworking techinique meant for things that arent gonna flex. May I ask you what type of jointery is meant to flex? I'ts not about the jointery at all. I'ts about maintaining the piece between the limits of plastic deformation when you apply forces to it, so the more effort you put in maintaining alltogheder but allowing to flex without deformation the better results you'll get I think that if you would put a dovetail in each of the faces and the center for each piece you could reach better results. Like a puzzle kind of stuff, this way you could also adapt each part of the surfboard to allow differents flexes ranges (imagine that you are riding a front wave and you are going sideway engaged at the rail. If you press down the board in between the part of the rail and the center of the board it could flex upwards. the board in the center will always compress towards the center so you gotta make the tail and the nose capable of flex a bit) If this flex thing sounds weird and nonsense, then i think that a solid construct with proper cloth and resin over each surface will be needed to mantain everthing together... Good luck in your journey!

[@RafaLeyvaRuiz]

suscribed, so hyped for the v2

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!!

[@stephenmorales3630]

Sick board bruv!

[@Weisz]

This is sick dude! I’ve always wanted to try something like this

[@Weisz]

Fount this from your IG reel about it btw, you should repost that to shorts here! Might help the video find an audience

[@SharkFrenzy]

@@Weisz was surprised to see you here :0

[@Zero.0ne.]

Been waiting to see somebody try this. Super sick.

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!!

[@davidrooney1042]

so cool

[@user-db4kk5ij7n]

that is so cool, it could become a whole new type of surf board

[@FilmmakerGuide]

Epic dude! amazing work! 🔥

[@Mason__smith]

This is so sick!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you Mason

[@cheratussin]

this is sick! Really cool to see youre from oceanside as well!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!

[@MkstrpMusic]

So rad!

[@luizarruda2873]

Nice!!!!❤

[@brandoncrossman3499]

Coolest engineer hands down

[@beachcowboy_]

Aye let's go thank you Brandon!

[@nottherealChickenJoe]

This is so cool

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!!

[@MrBroKid]

crazy cool project i wonder if u could add a soft top to it

[@salimbcd1466]

Great content match perfectly my interest, surf and 3d printing 😂👌🏼

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!

[@jeromesurffoil7033]

Super cool! Great to see your surfing and engineering imagination put to practical use. I used to live a couple houses down from your dad on Cottingham, with Mark O., and your dad would always come by and see what I was tinkering on in the garage. Tell Rich that Jerome said hi. 🤙🤙

[@beachcowboy_]

No way! I'll tell him you said what's up!! Thank you Jerome!

[@edit.archie562]

Great video bro! Subscriber earned

[@beachcowboy_]

Welcome my friend!

[@jamesk9087]

yeeew for an O-side local. 🤙

[@cameronwelk7846]

Next video idea 3D printed surfboard at mavericks

[@beachcowboy_]

You read my mind!

[@graysongilbert3453]

Found this video as I was pulling some finished parts from my 3D printer. As a non professional surfer and mechanical engineer, this is super sick. I’ve always wanted to find more ways to mix my interests in surfing and engineering. Guess I don’t need to buy that cnc shaper after all, cheers

[@beachcowboy_]

Thanks man I appreciate that! You need that machine though!!!

[@pknowlez]

Love this!

[@madmexican2801]

Grew up in the area and stumbled on to this. Cant wait for V2 and maybe the stl's?

[@milestheplatypus]

next time you should try and do no walls so its just the infil. then do a fiber glass outer so you can see the infil pattern!

[@beachcowboy_]

We'll see! That might be a bit too complex for the sander but a great idea. Someone does something similar already actually

[@radekmoszczynski3723]

this is something else *.*

[@MarcusVLewis]

DOPE

[@saltydog888]

You are so pumped bro well done🤙🏽

[@beachcowboy_]

Appreciate it!!

[@seangerst6561]

Man this is a crazy idea, first liking and than watching, I am looking to get into surfboard shaping and this is very interesting and i would love to have some more information about the engineering process. Ah, and maybe you should like try to use the same kind of making process they used back in the day for the wooden surfboards,

[@beachcowboy_]

I’m gonna make a video that’s way more technical soon! The old school way they made them would be rad, but it would be soooo heavy

[@seangerst6561]

@@beachcowboy_ I am stoked to see it!!

[@jonathanserin9073]

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[@sorssss]

Very nice video. 3D printing brings new solutions for creative people with open mindset :) ! keep on going!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thanks a lot!

[@sxrf5305]

such a good video

[@beachcowboy_]

Thanks brotha 🙌🏼

[@augustdeweirdt1266]

I love your vids keep on making them

[@Lucca_Santos]

Such a sick video🤙🏾

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!

[@warrenwilson2572]

Use a biscuit jointer and biscuits next time, did it break at a seam or middle of a piece? I assume you staggered all the pieces too?

[@beachcowboy_]

It broke at the bond between the epoxy and the dowel, I’ll check out the biscuit idea thank you!!

[@tylerwallace8607]

I’m a 3D printer hobbyist, this is awesome…..HOWEVER….you get my sub and follow for the immaculate music choices my dude 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 the offspring and Oliver tree 👌🏻🤌🏻

[@beachcowboy_]

Aye thank you Tyler!!

[@alexanderhelsley2359]

I wonder if putting some kind of stringer like normal surfboards have would help with the durability issue

[@beachcowboy_]

I think it would solve it completely!

[@GiiWiiDii]

Have you checked out the boards created by 'Wyve'? Awesome 3D printed surfboards right there!

[@rodolfoo3015]

Definitely gonna make something similar. You should increase the infill and use a puzzle like assembly style. After that it's best to seal the plastic, you can just use resin but there are specific materials for sealing 3d prints.

[@beachcowboy_]

It would be 50 pounds if I did that unfortunately hahaha. Next time will be super legit!

[@rodolfoo3015]

@@beachcowboy_ it depends, for example instead of cheap pla you can use foam pla, this way you can increase infill without increasing weight. Also sealing the pla makes sure that it doesn't absorb water, probably your board broke because water got in and due to the extra stress caused by the weight it failed.

[@rodolfoo3015]

@@beachcowboy_ also you don't have to print inside walls like the outside ones. In the board you made every piece had a lot of plastic and weight on the inside walls, this can be avoided when slicing the model. This way you save on filament and weight.

[@rodolfoo3015]

@@beachcowboy_ try searching for a brand that makes foam pla and ask for a sponsorship I really think someone will really like this idea and help you make v2

[@rodolfoo3015]

@@beachcowboy_ right now I am working on a skateboard, but when I finish this I will start making a surfboard too

[@Brainstew-n2e]

Dude that was crazy

[@thenewtowncryer]

Nice work!!!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jlrobisho]

Nice work, I'm sure one layer of 4 oz cloth and epoxy would improve the life fo the board. Also, what software did you use to model the board?

[@elouanhosford4376]

You could maybe try adding a carbon fiber spar across the board and fiber glass it ... Good job anyways!

[@willsalvato]

Duuude let’s GO!!!!

[@beachcowboy_]

Yes sir!!!

[@jordycollins3378]

So sick

[@patsmythe1880]

Great vid Maybe as your next project you could try retrofit a Hydrofoil onto an existing board (via the fin grooves)?

[@beachcowboy_]

That would be a great idea!!

[@Whitburn.Surfboards]

Amazing - well done

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!!

[@PjMCLP]

and the best part is if you have a ding you can just reprint that specific part of it 😂

[@MrBroKid]

maybe a way to design it to exert even force throughout the board?

[@MrBroKid]

acrylic surfboard

[@jonathanserin9073]

Very nice video et great surf with a plastic board :o !! I want to see the V2 :p !!

[@beachcowboy_]

Coming soon!!! Thank you!

[@jkkkingo]

Have you thought about building it around a set of 5 or 6 columns of carbon fiber tubes

[@joshuajohnston5170]

Way to go man, Looked responsive

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank you!

[@DoObs]

What if there was a different way of doing the infill with obviously the structural integrity when joining but then use spray foam for it not to take on water of some sort...

[@shaunclare36]

hell yea so sick, designing your own infill might be the way to go, so you can print with 0 infil and have it in the spots that matter

[@tomloveridge6361]

So Fkn sick !!!

[@beachcowboy_]

Thank ya!!!

[@Kyle-Edwards]

Engineering >>>>

[@Cody-ms7hc]

🔥🔥🔥

[@lesfin3265]

I’m thinking you only have to print the core of the board and then laminate it. A honey comb structure to get it light and cut down on the print time

[@beachcowboy_]

Couple guys are doing that already, it's super cool! I wanted to start by only using the printer and filament with glue, V2 may have something similar!

[@cheechwizard6541]

Would be cool to print a hollow armature like this and then shoot spray foam into it, then glass it.

[@cedrichelsemans34]

What if you make a less heavy 3d printed shape and glass it? Cool project, im following!

[@AdamNZ]

I thought it was going to snap on the first wave. Seemed to be going alright

[@nacachola1]

Good job, it looks awesome! What about using carbon fibre reinforced filament and some snap fit joints to connect all together (no need for epoxy)?

[@beachcowboy_]

I wanted to experiment with that actually, making another version with fins and then will start testing with snap fit joints!

[@ryskeet9225]

Surfing better on that thing than I do on a normal board🥵

[@Slimreaper3000]

Would a circle dowel be possibly more structurally sound here I don’t know why but it seems like intuitively it seems right maybe because of the rapid variation of angle of force the dowels are getting maybe better not to have no flat surfaces or corners ?

[@beachcowboy_]

Totally valid! But when it comes to 3D printing the triangles were a much better option because of the print orientation and I hate using support structures!

[@justpaulo]

4:30 Caitlin Simmers? (btw, very cool idea!)

[@beachcowboy_]

she is another fellow oside rat!

[@colmanmcvaney4295]

nice

[@ib0oo0]

spray expanding foam in it and use more glue

[@harryfeatherston3566]

epic