You could try loosening the bolts on the metal plates a bit so the plates can move back and forth. This helps deadening the movement of the ball when it hits and makes it less likely to bounce back out. At least, that's how "Jupiter" tables work in Belgium.. Very nice build btw!! Always love the combination of woodwork and 3D printing!
Very nice! About 25 years ago, I built one of my own design. This was before 3D printing, so the players were all cut from plywood. I used wooden dowels and instead of a complex goal, I made a fabric pocket which did a nice job of capturing the ball. My playing surface was flat, so the goalie rod was longer to allow it to get into the corners. Even though it was much simpler, it played really well. I also built a tabletop hockey game modeled after a commercial version known as “Nok Hockey”. Both were really fun projects.
Nice build! I've been really enjoying adding manual supports to the CAD model. A one extrusion wide wall in the right place can replace tons of supports and is super easy to cut out. (especially with the "detect thin walls" toggle)
may i suggest cast with the waste PLA just between 130-150 C in oven (depending on the PLA experimenting may be necessary) makes PLA in to a thick paste close to paint. With that paste you could put it between two sheets of MDF or plywood to make your own thin sheets of material. It can be handle by slow working hand tools after that (like chisel,knife and hand planer no saw due to the low melting point)
You know what I realized? I would LOVE to see you design/come up with a cyclonic extractor for fine dust like sanding. Like a 2/3 stage or cyclonic manifold for fine dust. Man... too bad your shop's built out already :P
Alexander! Could you give us an update on how the players are holding with your mechanism? Or what would you have done different if done now? Thanks again for such an amazing video!!!!
Great build! Wouldn’t the plastic inserts be called bushings rather than bearings? Are these plans not on the shop yet or am I just failing to find them?
Turns out bushings are also called plain bearings, and a few other things, bushings are a type of bearings, but I think it is most common to call these bushings, and the roller type bearings bearings. If you meant about the plans, I still can’t find them.
I call those flanges. Bushings, to me, are the white sleeves he placed inside of the flanges. I'm speaking from industrial experience. But, who knows... potato, tomato?
Another one great project with excellent ideas! 👍 For next project - try out filament DIY remelting solutions... 😉 Not the first time when You get lots of wasted filament. 😂
Why so much supports? With 6 or 7 Outer walls you don’t need any support at all. Maybe a little on the sides. Or you try Tree Support. Saves a lot of material
Nice build, but I prefer the French style where the rods don't protrude the other side, instead, the tube supporting the players slides on an inner tube attached to the opposite side of the table. I think it is safer to not have the opponent's rods coming out on your side (plus you cannot cheat and block them)
I honestly didn't even know about that. Makes perfect sense tho to do it like that! We had a foosball table at an old job of mine. After the evening shift the games got, well let's say interesting and that French style table would've saved quite some pain XD
Really cool. I was wondering if you would be able to make a 2.0 where the goal is printed in vase mode with the angle designed in for a little more budget and build skill level friendly
Would be interesting to have a Project to use the old pla. I 3D Print myself and i have all my old prints in the hope i can reuse them or reuse the old material.
This looks so good! In the last shot the ball bounced back out of the goal. I know this happens with a regular table as well sometimes, how often does it happen with this one? Do you think the goals need improvement to prevent it or is it as good as it could be?
Hey Alex in your videos your prints look super nice and clean. I have the same printers as you but aren’t getting the same results. What’s slicer do you you and what’s your print setting? Thanks!
Internet safety police! I think at the start you were using a sled and the fence. Use one, don't use both as it's a really good way to get kickback. Also use a push stick!
The problem is not a sled and a rip fence. The problem is two fences. In this case it's a sliding table, and the piece is laying with a distance to the crosscut fence, so it can move a bit and won't get stuck between the fences and pinch the blade.
If you printed the goals laid flat, you would not have needed as much support material since you only need support material when you have an overhang. I would have used a piece of tubing over the pipe for a damper.
I know you have said before and I've downloaded it. but my laptop died and I've watched videos til my eyes want to fall out. what 3D program to you use to create and design you parts?
I think you really didn't need all the support. There are lot of ways to reduce the amount of support, but the best way to get rid of the necessity of supports is to design a curverture that supports itself, which is basically what you did from what I can see in the video.
It should be 3 players in the defense and 2 in the offense, and maybe you could have painted the field lines, otherwise its perfect. You really tought of everything
Anyone know of a good place to get 5/8in tubing in the US? My local steel supplier doesn't carry that size. It looks like it will be $80 on amazon. Quite a bit more than I'd like to spend for this little project.
Alex, I'm pretty sure you used one in previous vids but towards the beginning of the video while you were cutting the plywood on the table saw, it made me cringe that you weren't using a push sticks. I care about your safety and people who follow your videos.
The surface finish any players printed that way would be rougher (maybe depending on cooling and other tweaks). Also orientation is important. I don't know what orientation the player pieces were printed in, but they do have an impact on strength. I assume the players were printed so the layers are perpendicular to the bolt that is goings through so that they don't split around the bolt. Some people suggested printing the goals on the back so that much less supports are needed. Another option if it needed to be printed in that orientation is to print a hollow box within the goal. This would fill the space and use less filament than traditional supports
To add to the hollow box idea, some slicers allow for tree supports that work well for these large high flat surfaces as they have a couple of smaller bases that then branch out at the top, using a lot less filament.
'We only have one player in the back, which means less 3D printing' Well, yeah, okay, right but that has literally never held you back at all. You'd 3d print the Eifel tower if there would be enough filament in the world!
something that people forget when building a football table is that the floor has to be a little concave on the edges so that the ball doesn't get stuck in there and by gravity just goes back to the center, loved that you address it. Nice video
Ultra Nerf guns to tiny table football. No job too big or too small for you. Where did you get the balls from? I know you added little rubber grommets to add some bump protection but the big tables always have some coil springs and that's part of the iconic feel of these things? I see you added more and more plasters to your fingers as the build progressed, eat plenty of green leafy vegetables to help replace your lost iron....
