Mini_Airless basketball!

🏀 Mini Airless Basketball (Scale Model)

This is a 3D-printable mini scale model of the famous airless basketball! It features a beautiful, intricate lattice design that allows the ball to maintain its structure without needing any air.

It has been fully sliced and tested using Bambu Studio for excellent results.

🛠️ Recommended Print Settings

To get the cleanest print and ensure the ball has perfect strength and elasticity, configure your tabs with these specific details:

1. Strength & Infill

• Infill Density: 100% (Crucial to make the thin lattice walls completely solid)
• Infill Pattern: Concentric
• Top Shell Layers: 6 layers (with Monotonic pattern)
• Bottom Shell Layers: 5 layers (with Monotonic pattern)

2. Print Speed

• Outer Wall / Inner Wall Speed: 40 mm/s
• Sparse Infill / Internal Solid Infill Speed: 40 mm/s
• Top Surface Speed: 40 mm/s
• Tip: Keeping the speeds synchronized at 40 mm/s ensures smooth extrusion, especially if you choose to print with flexible materials like TPU.

3. Supports & Bed Adhesion

• Enable Support: Checked (Tree manual)
• Support Style: Tree Slim (This uses minimal material and easily detaches from the round curves of the ball)
• Bed Adhesion Brim: Set to Auto (Ensures the tree supports stay securely stuck to the plate during the 10-hour print)

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4. Quality & Seams

• Seam Position: Random (This scatters the print seams randomly so you don't get a visible vertical scar down the face of your ball)
• Scarf Seam Application: Enabled (Helps blend the layer starts seamlessly)

📊 Print Stats

• Print Time: ~10 hours and 8 minutes
• Filament Used: ~54.75 grams (40.81g for the ball, 13.95g for the supports)

💡 Post-Processing Tip

Once the print finishes, gently break away the Tree Slim supports from the base. Because the file has a high polygon count (over 1 million triangles), the circular lines are incredibly detailed and crisp. Happy printing!

Thank you for spending your time reading this description, when you finish printing this if you are. I hope you enjoy it. And if you liked this project, like the project and save it to your list and finally, give a review of 5 stars after printing it! I have a bunch of other prints that you can print right now! Have a good rest of your day well then.

It's @HS_sonicYT !