Can you 3D Print your own $2,500 Airless Basketball?

You gotta print it in PEBA. It has the highest energy return of any 3D printer filament. I did a video about it. Expensive, but it'll work way better than any other material.

I was just as shocked as you when the gloop PLA one bounced so high! Did NOT see that coming.

Could spray paint the gloop ball. Might wanna do like a 5,000 bounce test with it too 😂

This was so much fun! I really appreciate how many different materials you made use of - that was a LOT of printing there. Thanks for putting so much work into it!

I love the round robin thing you and Joel did...

An inadvertent ad for Overture PLA+ and 3D Gloop! hahahahaha

$2,500 for a ball is ridiculous Lol.

I don't have context on the models, but if you're taking a model and scaling it different sizes in the slicer, the hexagonal lattice structure isn't staying constant to compensate and would explain a lot of why the smaller ones bounce better.

I love how much fun you’re having with breaking the initial balls 😆

I fucking love Jesse. He has been my go-to for printing since starting this hobby. Then sometimes it's just a dude smashing stuff on his floor. Love it. Keep rocking brother.

Your video isn't goofy at all. It's super helpful! Thank you!

This vids so dope. Super fun to see how those all held up. Thanks again Uncle!

Woah one of my models spotted on a Uncle jessy video! (the Retro Ball one, Filete3D) For my part, I can say that I have obtained good results making even smaller copies (which began as a way to test materials quickly) and it triggered the idea that for the materials available in FDM the most appropriate thing to print and achieve is a tennis ball (from there the airless tennis ball 1.1). I am currently developing variants that accommodate the available materials such as TPU 95a, PLA Flex, adjusting the width of the walls and size of the hexagons and we are achieving great results! Either way, as usual, this is a great summary video of a maker experience. Thank you Jessy🙌

Oohhhh my god, thank you, thank you just thank you for that video! I love it, I really need to try it

The broken pieces could totally be used for a cyberpunk or apocalypse armor cosplay!

Love the idea for the Gloopsketball 😂 Amazing video as always Uncle Jessy

I was looking for this content exactly! I printed it for test in PETG, it bounced quite good those 10 bounces before cracking. I started from 20cm high and started bouncing higher and higher until at like 60 cm and a dozen bounces it cracked as I expected. Now I'm going for a functional one!

Gloop = Flubber

Is it possible to put the 3d gloop in a spray gun and very lightly spray it on so you don't have all the excess? maybe there is even a slight thining agent it can be cut with to make it easier to apply in thin layers?

What are your support settings on Bambu lab, I printed it with tpu and the supports touching the ball didn't come off?