Badminton Shuttlecock

  • •   9 years ago   •   edited
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    Printer: DittoPro

    Print Time: 1h 5m

    Resolution: 200 microns

    Support Structure: No

    The story begins here...

    I always liked playing badminton and one day I was wondering if I could 3D print a usable shuttlecock as an experiment. So I searched online for a 3D model file and found one right here. I wasn't sure if it would fly or how it would even print so I used the most basic settings on Tinkerine Suite 2.0 and sliced.

    To my surprise, the print actually came out quite nice. It actually looks like a real shuttlecock we use in badminton!
    The "feathers" were actually separate as well from one another. Unfortunately, the shuttlecock does not seem to work properly. The head is not heavy enough to make it fall head first when falling.

    I am open to any ideas into fixing the shuttlecock!

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  • •   9 years ago   •   edited

    The story begins here...

    I always liked playing badminton and one day I was wondering if I could 3D print a usable shuttlecock as an experiment. So I searched online for a 3D model file and found one right here. I wasn't sure if it would fly or how it would even print so I used the most basic settings on Tinkerine Suite 2.0 and sliced.

    To my surprise, the print actually came out quite nice. It actually looks like a real shuttlecock we use in badminton!
    The "feathers" were actually separate as well from one another. Unfortunately, the shuttlecock does not seem to work properly. The head is not heavy enough to make it fall head first when falling.

    I am open to any ideas into fixing the shuttlecock!

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  • •   9 years ago   •  

    Maybe you can try super gluing the cork portion of a regular shuttlecock? They seem to fall off so often so maybe you can glue an existing one on, or modify the file and cut the bottom part off and then glue the cork bottom on?

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