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 😂

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

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!

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

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.

Gloop = Flubber

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

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🙌

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!

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

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

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

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

Loved this video. Such a fun video to watch. Joel's showed up 1st on my feed. So came here from there. The reason the TPU doesn't bounce as much is the same reason a matress in a gym doesn't let you bounce much when you fall on it. The material properties absorbs the impact, dispersing the energy upwards as the impact prgresses. It folds in on itself. So most of the energy is gone. Stiffness stores the energy for the bounce back. reason the PLA could bounce, sortoff. But the downside is stress fractures caused by storing all that energy in an unforgiving material. Just basic impact science. I will be posting this on Joel's side aswell.

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?

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.

it is amazing to see the Airless Basketball works

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

You could use the broken halves as candy dishes

I love Duramic filament from what I've used from them. Do any of the models have internal cross support? perhaps with the TPU 95A that would allow them to bounce.

I have a feeling the gloop along with fusing the layer lines also annealed the print to reduce internal stress. In that I'd like to see if annealing the print helps makes it not just shatter right away.

Curious if they are placing additional layers of a coating like the Gloop ball but in a more "orderly controlled" process? Really want to print one out now😅

I was totally working on a video very similar to this, then I saw you on instagram and I was like dang it! 😆 I’m so intrigued with the different filaments and “durability”

The 3dgloop seemed to make it bounce so much better

Thx 🙏 bin auf mehr Videos davon gespannt 🤩

Ordered a roll of the flexible Overture PLA in orange just now, I am gonna be at a Maker Faire in May no way this will not catch people's attention:) Thank you for the great video and the funny tests, I was very shocked by the gloop ball. Will also be trying that with Overture but painted on.

I used carbon fiber pa12. 50% infill with the one with the lattice structure. Try it for yourself won't spoil it for you

i would definitly try one of those weird glass fiber/tpu filament, pretty bouncy material,absorb shock well and but don't dissipate it quite much

i feel like i wanna try vapor smoothed abs for this! like the gloop, but a more even and easy way to melt the layers together

$2,500 for a ball is ridiculous Lol.

Getting my overture pla+ tomorrow can’t wait to print it 🙌🏻 but which settings did you use?i was thinking 100% infill and 3 walls (i‘ll scale the model to 50%)

Wow that overture PLA is a must get

Never had a chance to play with a 3d printer but would it be possible to combine materials ? Softer on the outside and stiffer on the inside or vise versa to maybe get a bounce and stability?

loved this video, really great.

Hey Jessy, I am a fan of you channel keep up the good work. I have a question for you. Would you recommend the Neptune 4 printers or the bambu a1. I'm looking for overall speed, quality, ease of use, and best bang for the buck. Overall what do you think?

Firmness and rubberiness are going to be important, but your *layer adhesion* is going to be most important. That's why the gloop helped so much. The ones that cracked all cracked on layer lines i'm sure. And the single level ones are definitely going to crack before the dual layer lattice ones. That dual layer is doing a LOT to support spreading out the impact over a larger area. So Max out layer adhesion in whatever way you can, try and make the layer structure more interwoven (prob impossible), and then just find the right level of bounce. BUt yeah, thinning out the gloop and using a spray to put it on is going to help a lot as well.

Awesome, had know idea there was flexible PLA. Have to put that on my shopping list.

You could use the failures as terrain pieces for a bees based alien diorama or war gaming set pieces. Great video. Keep up the good work.

Hi there! I just picked up some of the Ataraxia Flexible PLA and I'm curious what settings you used on slicing? I've already made one before watching this video at 50% scale with 2% infill with regular PLA. I appreciate any info, thanks!

Which profile did you use for the overture super pls + and what scale did you print it at?

What software do you use to print the 3d models of the basketball?Please I really want to know.

I believe the smaller spheres bounce better because the smaller impact point and less ability to flex back into the center of the ball if that makes sense? I bet if you could use that overture pla+ with a ball model that has center structure it might work better! This is a great test though and I’m glad someone did it!!

That orange ball that split right in half after bouncing off the ceiling, first thought was to design a small 3 legged holder for it and have it as a decorative bowl to fill with whatever your heart desires.

just found your channel and im wanting to get into 3d printing just making props and masks from different movies what 3d printer would you recommend

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

Flashforge Flex PLA bounces very well

Use the broken ones (or print 1/2 balls) as chip trays for use during game parties!

ABS and ASA have better impact resistance, as that is what you need is some high impact PLA or something. The ball needs to be somewhat rigid. Think on how a basketball works in that manner, it pretty hard when you feel it but it can deform slightly to bounce back up.

That was an awesome video! Fun experiments

Have you tried to print it with fila flex sebs which is the tpe rubber filament ?

What if you print it with 2 shells inner is the overture pla and outside Layer is flexible pla i think that could work

the glooped version might just be the trick to it. nicely done

Can you test out the WISdream FlexiTough filament?Just came across this material, but not sure how well it would print a basketball.

Is there a rubber compound that could be put on the outside of the framing? I figure a 3 wall frame across all of the internal paths and the rubber compound might make it a viable alternative to the $2500 ball.

What settings did you use on the overture one I have it and barley bounced it and it cracked

I’d be curious to see how an ABS filament would fare with this. It’s a little more flexible and rigid than PLA so should in theory deform and spring back a bit more without breaking. Not sure if it really would hold up to much abuse though. For this sort of thing you need a material that’s stiff enough to overcome the lack of internal air pressure but not so stiff that it cracks and breaks. It’s a fine line to ride and idk if there’s a filament out there at the consumer level that really fits the bill. It’s kind of pricey, but maybe MatterHackers Pro Flex filament would be the right flexible-rigid ratio.

Can you tint the gloop black? Also, I wonder if glooping the bigger balls that aren't so bouncy might give them more bounce.

I’m impressed with the speed you upload the video. I’m thinking about ASA, since it is lighter so it might bounce higher.

That is awesome great video

with the flexible pla did you use a dryer before printing

You could use the orange one that broke in half and strengthen it with resin so you could use it as like a chip bowl or popcorn bowl

Carbon TPU is what you want. Sounds counter intuitive but it produces something close to tire rubber. It's extremely bouncy.

I wonder if you used an idex printer to combine some of the rigidity of the PLA+ with an outside of the flexible pla as an initial cushion.

Ataraxia in gloop seems like it would be the perfect combo to me.

I tried printing in overture super pla + but it keeps breaking can you tell me what settings you used? i'am using a bambu lab p1s printer Thanks in advance

I'm honestly curious how a rubber resin print would do, as a person with a resin printer, could potentially be interesting

You should try putting the 3d gloop on the super pla + ball

So satisfiying seen 3d printed basketballs break

The broken parts can be used to create exploding ball art! It'll look really cool!

Is tpu and tpe the same , because the we Wilson ball uses tpe

Dont the ball need air to bounce? Have you tried this in a vacuum? Doubt it works with all the holes on the body unless made out of elastic maybe

i say you take all the broken pieces and put them in a cast and have an airless basketball made of airless basketball fragments

U can use some of the broken ones that didn't shatter just split, as strainers for anything that isn't food. Or maybe a plant pot for any of the plants that have very dense roots and will not crumble dirt. Is there a way to get a cleaner result at all from the 3D Gloop?

I started applying 3d gloop to the inside of the ball as it was printing and will do the same to the outside once completed

What nozzle size were you using?

How do you get your supports like that? When I run auto supports it literally covers half the ball. lol that’s on orca slicer.

3DandTeePrinting just did a video on this. They found that FlashForge PLA Flex made for a very excellent bouncing ball! Even had that basketball bounce sound!

Duramic is great filament! I use it all the time. That and Elegoo are some of my favorites! Cool video...now I know what I'm gonna try n print here soon lol.

It would be interesting to see the gloop on some of the other materials aswell.

Maybe you could print it with ABS, then acetone smooth it to help bind the layers like you did with the 3D Gloop. Not sure how well it would work, but it's worth a shot (pun intended) ;)

How did you do to create it without support on the top and inside the ball?

I'd love to see a multi material print between the Flexible PLA on the Outside and the internal lattice in PLA tough or something more rigid

Jessy, I had an idea as I started to watch this, because I remember last year I saw an interview where players said these were tearing up their hands. What if we keep the lattice structure for shape and support but encase it in a micro-porous skin? It still wouldn't be as smooth as the old shaven leather, but could that be done well with either FDM or desktop resin?

wonder if ya melt all and make a single mixed thread and use that to compensate both rigidity and flexibility?

Dang that goop is effective.

What 3-D printer do you use?

I was trying with some Sainsmart GTS PLA HF Flexible, and it worked a bit and then would crack. I also had issues with the roll actually rotating on its mount, when feeding the filament into the printer. Never had an issue with regular PLA, ABS, or PETG. Think it would just get to the point of stretching too much.

Two things you can try to get more bounce The first thing is something that might be difficult for you to do since you really need to be able to modify the original model file but increase the shell thickness not the shell thicknesses in the number of outer perimeters but the actual shell thickness of the three-dimensional model so look at your broken orange one see how thick the shell is think of it as the mantle of the planet if that were thicker it would have a bit more stiffness when printed with TPU The other thing you could try is something that would be easier to try but also expensive since it's very hard to find this filament and when I do find it it's crazy expensive like $65 for half a kilo or something like that carbon fiber TPU TPU has enough adhesion to be able to withstand the inclusion of carbon fiber without becoming too weak and the carbon fiber should give you a bit more stiffness and stiffness is what you need for bounce It's kind of counterintuitive but to make something bounce it actually needs to be stiff or more correctly it needs to have recoil that needs to have the ability to return to its original shape with force if it's simply flexes like TPU does you get the thud bounce that you have this is why your PLA ones actually bounce if they don't break :-) I'm actually fascinated by the gloop ball first you need to print it in purple of course and second I'd like to see how long it lasts and can you do that with other materials for example the PETG ones As for what to do with the broken ones the ones that cleanly broken half so you basically have two bowls use them for exactly that make a display dish or serving dish or candy dish out of them print a small cylinder to glue onto the bottom so that when you place them on the table they'll actually stand up and sell them or give them away anything is better than throwing them in the garbage. Sports fans would actually probably get a pretty big kick out of that.

Hi Uncle Jessy I hope you are well. I have question about a different topic and I hope it is ok to ask on here. What do you think about UniFormation GKtwo resin printer? I found only a few reviews about it and I am not sure if they are all honest as they are paid promotions. Could you kindly share your opinion if you know anything about this printer? Thank you so much

Hi Jessy looking for a super tough pla to print a prototype 1:12 scale vehicle in any suggestions?

I want to see if prusa slicer's multi material painting can make the inner lattice out of PLA and the outer lattice out of TPU

Try TPE, PC, and Nylon. I recommend using an enclosure if you don't have one also you could try mixing thermoplastic polymers with foaming agents or additives that create gas bubbles when heated, resulting in a cellular structure similar to closed-cell foam. While there are some experimental filaments and techniques available, I can't recall where I saw them, but they helped me a lot with some projects similar to this.

I wonder what's the infill for these? 50% or 100% or even differ for different sizes?

Do you think you can get a TPU printed ball and dunk it into the 3-D gloop?

with the bambu x1c is it possible to print a pla center with tpu outer layer???

By the way TPU as you know (or maybe not🤷‍♂️) comes in different strengths using letter coordinating after the number A-D with D being the strongest and most rigid form of TPU

broken pieces could be kind of cool lampshades for the larger ones, catch-all dish for keys or w.e, candy dish or even a soap dish.

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but what about spraying a few coats of 2k gloss clearcoat or something similar?