Is This BIQU PLA-HR Filament The Ultimate Airless Basketball Filament?

[@makeitlabchannel]

Be sure to check out the BIQU PLA-HR filament!

[@150nitrodude]

MAN, not only are you doing the lord's work with all this, YOU CAN LAND SOME SHOTS! Good stuff man! Thank you!

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@150nitrodude Oh there were plenty of misses too lol but much appreciated 😁

[@UncleJessy]

You sir are a wizard

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@UncleJessy Thanks!

[@Vibranium_man]

This is a good video. Still is amazing to see that you can make bouncy objects with 3d printing.

[@makeitlabchannel]

I would have never thought we could 3d print basketballs that can perform like they can - pretty crazy

[@jordiagut1]

Thanks for all your tests!

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@jordiagut1 hope they help 😁

[@josiahdamery]

Great video! Question for you. I don’t have a 3D printer, but that Peba filament looks the best. Is the BIQU filament close enough? I’m looking at buying 3 airless balls from BIQU and would hate to buy that many if it’s not close to a real basketball. Thoughts?

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@josiahdamery I think really it is probably going to come down to cost for the ball(s). While the BIQU has a good bounce, the peba is just better from my testing, but you will probably have to pay quite a bit more for a peba ball if you can find someone selling them

[@QuangNguyen-wb5kd]

If the 30D tpu one ends up working well, maybe try the new Bambu 68D AMS compatible tpu too? Thank you so much for these tests btw

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@QuangNguyen-wb5kd Hope they help, and I will definitely look into it 😁

[@eternalannex-JTG]

i tried that stuff for a airless tennis ball, it does not bounce at all, its super hard and not flexible

[@makeitlabchannel]

@eternalannex-JTG I know it is not the same hardness, but I tried 98A TPU and it was one of the worst bouncing basketballs I made. I wonder if TPU needs additives to actually bounce

[@eternalannex-JTG]

@@makeitlabchannel yeah I was disappointed from ams tpu , I’m on the fence of buying that 98a tpu or some of the peba s filament you’ve tried so that I can make a soccer ball

[@eternalannex-JTG]

@@makeitlabchannel the ninjatek edge 83a also looks very promising

[@andrewkanzler6492]

The one question I have is, does it have to have open cells? Can there be a thin layer over the holes to improve air resistance while still performing?

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@andrewkanzler6492 Yeah that is an interesting thought worth testing. I thought about covering the ball with a grippy layer that would improve air resistance too so I will look into it

[@freddes3385]

Is it possible to get a video about the construction and how to make it in CAD? Or if you got any link I would be glad 🤠

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@freddes3385 I am not sure about CAD, but if a Blender tutorial would work then I could probably make something if that would be helpful

[@MS-gv4jx]

What filament setting did you use on your printer? I’m trying to load pla hr into my A1 and it’s not working

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@MS-gv4jx Here is a summary of my settings: Nozzle temperature: 230C Bed temperature: 55C (textured PEI) Nozzle size: 0.6mm is highly recommended. You can use a 0.4mm nozzle but it might not bounce quite as well. Layer height: 0.3mm for a 0.6mm nozzle or 0.2mm for a 0.4mm nozzle. Walls: 5 Infill: 100% concentric Printing speed: 40 mm/s (20 mm/s for bridges) Flow rate: 6mm^3/s Supports: Manually painted on the bottom of the basketball only using Bambu Studio - video on how to do this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmikgWOXna-Ar9E Part cooling fan: 100% Auxiliary cooling fan: Between 70% and 100% with 100% recommended.

[@sickswan61]

Great vid wish these filaments were a bit cheaper tho XD

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@sickswan61 Thanks! I hope someone comes up with an option that performs well and is very affordable

[@matthewthompson7012]

Plot Twist: you printed the same file and not different basketballs. Jk, excellent work on the ball! 👍

[@makeitlabchannel]

Haha you caught me, I just didn't turn the ball around far enough for you to see the logos lol. Thanks!

[@deltacx1059]

4:52 consider the price of a similar airless ball, the only one I saw like that was over 200$

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@deltacx1059 Yeah for sure. I thought it was pretty crazy what they were charging for it at first, but after seeing how much bouncier it is compared to the rest I guess I kind of get it

[@Letrobro]

Can you try it with the new tpu for ams

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@Letrobro I will look into it 😁

[@gloriasmith5779]

How much filament does it take? Will one roll work?

[@makeitlabchannel]

It will only take 1 roll (1 kg) of filament for either file - about 840 grams or so for their file and a little less than 800 grams for my file

[@lawanthegamer6792]

Try this this is airless basketball filament the name is geeetech soft flexible elasticity

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@lawanthegamer6792 I will check it out!

[@Cholo981]

Printing the ball with multicolor just to paint the black lines, would be a such huge waste of (expensive) material and time honestly (unless you have a multi extruder printer ofc). I would consider using a support interface layer to take off supports easier eventually, and supports are only in the very first layers of the print so the waste wouldn't be that bad. But yeah, I guess most of these flex materials are not AMS compatible anyway. :/

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@Cholo981 Yeah, I forgot to mention using the AMS for different support material too for easy removal, but the AMS still won't work unfortunately.

[@prodby430]

I thought you destroyed the peba s Model ? Can you Upload the last peba s Model which worked ?

[@makeitlabchannel]

That was actually the first peba ball I printed and it was PartyLime's model. The one I designed has not cracked yet: makerworld.com/en/models/545680

[@thacoolest13]

you forgot to put STL links

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@thacoolest13 Oops, I will fix that ASAP, thanks for letting me know

[@makeitlabchannel]

@@thacoolest13 They are up now 😁