Pickleball "Airless" - Indoor by shawn.mek

shawn.mek

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X1 Carbon

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X1E

0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

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Description

Pickleball!! I had to combine my pickleball and 3D printing hobby.

V2 - (2024_03_07)

Much better supports, easier to clean up. A little thicker, more durable. Redid holes to match my real indoor pickleball.

V1 - (2024_03_06)

A bit of cleanup for the supports required, but once cleared works great - need to work on a custom support.

Printed in PLA and it bounces a little too much. With TPU 95, might be perfect.

USAPA reqs:

Possess a diameter that is between 2.874 inches (7.30cm) to 2.972 inches (7.55cm) GOOD
Possess a circumference that is between 9.029 inches (22.93cm) and 9.337 inches (23.72cm) GOOD
Be uniformly colored GOOD (depends on filament)
Have between 26 to 40 holes GOODish (minus all the ‘Airless holes’)
Register between 40 and 50 on the Durometer D scale of hardness when tested at an ambient temperature of 70°F (plus or minus 5°F) ??? (PLA probably much too hard)
Exhibit a bounce between 30-34 inches (76.20cm - 86.36cm) when dropped from a height of 78 inches (198.12cm) at an ambient temperature of 70°F (plus or minus 5°F) PLA - a little over 40 inches
weigh between 0.78oz (22.11g) and 0.935oz (26.51g) GOOD

Trying out a design for PLA to get in the right bounce range (stay in correct weight), and will be trying a TPU with current design.

airless

pickleball

indoor

Comment & Rating (22)

@Poolshark314

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0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

Came out awesome! can't wait to try

@mjoshd

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0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

Printed great, even when shrink to ping pong ball size! Thanks for sharing this profile 😀

@peteb1414

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0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

Printed great!

@NCDesigns

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0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

turned out great! printed in ABS

@jmc17john

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0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

Printed Great. Thanks for the great file. I'll have to try playing with it soon.

@3D_Frank

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0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 25% infill

Can't wait to try this out on Tuesday. Thanks for the share.

@shawn.mek

I was hoping for a breakthrough 'quiet' pickleball. But PLA is so hard it might be louder. Printing TPU now, hoping it will now be in correct bounce range AND be quieter than a normal ball... To be determined Update 1: yes, much louder - it lasted a whole game (PLA version), but unlike a real pickleball when it cracks it catastrophically fails and shatters a little :) Kind of fun though.

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