The 3D Printed Ball Vise Every Creative Should Own

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A useful 3D print? Unheard of.
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V1.5/ XL Base: www.printables.com/model/8420...
US: www.amazon.com/NUZAMAS-Alumin...
Turntable used in final version:
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My name is Chris, I am a 3D printing hobbyist from australia. I dont really specialise in anything specific, but 3D printed tools and tabletop accessories are some things youll probably seen quiet often. I do all my 3d printing on a Ender 3, which I highly recommend as a budget printer. Currently I only run 1 printer but I hope to expand that in the future. Recently acquired a photon 0 to do resin printing with. I like to share all my 3D printing ideas for free although I do plan to sell stuff in the future. Most of my projects will be mostly 3D printed with a few non printed components included, these can often be found on ebay. I actually use the cheapest filament I can get for all my projects, again I hope to change this in the future.

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@Borgedesigns 4 месяца назад

Back from easter, glad people seem to like it. A few FAQ's ive seen: -It does have rubber feet, I just failed to mention it. The feet have a thread which replaces the bolts. -It does not ride on the nuts, it sits in the rubber ring although it only has .5mm of clearance so it seems like its on them. -Ill try make an imperial parts list/ version -Yes, a detent or locking turntable version is in the works I just wanted to get a more ideal turntable to base the design around first.

@DentedPrinter 4 месяца назад

This looks great! I can see massive appeal. Thanks for answering those questions.

@Praecantetia 4 месяца назад

I'm confused about the turntable. Is that metal? Is it a print? Is it included?

@erikkeskinen2479 4 месяца назад

ill be printing some parts tomorrow. since I'm in the US ill be trying 5/16th instead of the 8mm. I'd imagine it'll still work as the difference is super small

@Taliesin6 2 месяца назад

i've tried something similar with those 2 ring turntable bearings from aliexpress. the problem with those is that the locking screw just goes straight into the bearing race and either hits a bearing ball or squeezes in between. They don't brake the turn table smoothly, there's like a bit were it starts to break and then you have to turn the screw a bunch to push the bearing balls to the side and when it bottoms out there is still a few degrees of play on the turn table which is unacceptable so i ended up just buying a vevor ball vise.

@mulanjamilah7849 Месяц назад

Greetings, I'm from Indonesia, I'm a coin and knife engraver. This is very interesting but I hope you upgrade it again to be used to carve under a microscope... maybe the top part remains round like a ball vise vise in general. All this time I have been looking for a solution for a ball vise, I can't afford the original one. I hope you reply to this comment

@Lyoishi 4 месяца назад

Rarely see a maker video where they show their friends and have their friends give actual feedback.

@TheMorrowgamer 4 месяца назад

Makers have friends? News to me

@devluz 4 месяца назад

Everyone I know just roles their eyes when I want to show them my latest inventions :s no way I would get them to take part in a video

@CC-tb8mn 4 месяца назад

Yes was a great touch to the video, very interesting

@-Sean_ 4 месяца назад

@@devluz You should get new friends. Seriously, if your friends aren't even slightly interested when you get excited about something, that says a lot about them

@kalashin1529 4 месяца назад

true, even tho the sound is quite bad and didnt understand what he said XD

@Pentross 4 месяца назад

The sand isn’t to hold it still, it’s to provide back support when the cement heats up and would warp your sphere

@recka5000 4 месяца назад

Exactly this, cement gets warm/hot as it cures, PLA would deform without it (PLA deforms at 45-50c and cement curing goes up to about 70c) Edit: Plaster would be the same, just slightly cooler. Still warmer than PLA needs to deform.

@Kosh42EFG 4 месяца назад

Why ASA is king 😎

@sileniu 4 месяца назад

I'm really curious where did you get this... information. Portland cement is the only one who gets "hot" ( not 160 C hot - 30 C hot) . PLASTER - GYPSUM- gets hot , but not enough to deform PLA... HOT PIPE water temperature is usualy 56 C - try and melt PLA with it , then try and put your hand in it ... After you come back from hospital, tell me how can i find this ...information of yours...about how hot can cement get ... Is obvious to me you never used Plaster- Cement in your life and come up with weird information and unreal ...

@sileniu 4 месяца назад

@@recka5000 PLA doesnt deform at 45-50 C ...otherwise you would heat the plate to 60 to sick on it ... and you would need 205 C to melt it . At 180 C you struggle to print with it ...

@CorySimpson 2 месяца назад

So...just print with ABS/ASA?

@CDRaff 4 месяца назад

1:35 I don't know about Australia, but in the US you can walk into any tire shop(better if a local place, just because some corporate managers have a stick up their ass) and ask them for a handful or two of old lead weights used to balance tires. In the US they have to pay for them to be disposed of so you're saving them money by taking them. When I worked at a tire place there were always guys getting old weights to use in fishing lures and weights.

@zacharysmith8397 4 месяца назад

this is actually super useful information and I'm totally gonna do this

@CDRaff 4 месяца назад

@@zacharysmith8397Using lead would also allow you to make it smaller while keeping the weight similar. You could then make one for your friend closer in size to the ball vise Dispae makes for scale modeling/minis.

@drstefankrank 4 месяца назад

Just keep future disposal in mind. If you put a good amount of lead in it and cover it in concrete, no one except you knows the real content of it. Lead itself has a low melting point, so maybe cast itself and have it pretty obvious for later persons to find and know what it is.

@KaladinDarkEyes 4 месяца назад

Most weights have been zinc for a long time, you might get lucky and get some lead ones but it is unlikely these days.

@groxx 4 месяца назад

Agreed on disposal - please do not do this. Lead has costly disposal for very good reasons. Unless you're going to follow those rules, stay away from lead and don't contribute to the problems it causes.

@GunAinmNoAodann 4 месяца назад

Rarely, just rarely, RU-vid's algorithm will have a perfect recommendation and this was one. Subscribing.

@danko6582 4 месяца назад

Me too

@aliancemd 4 месяца назад

I find that RU-vid is recommending a lot of well made videos from small channels - this is happening to me for the past few weeks

@justtwoseats 4 месяца назад

@@aliancemd Same, I don't know if it's just my tastes evolving or if RU-vid has improved their algorithm, but I've been finding some great smaller channels these last several months. This guy isn't even that small, I've got a few now that are in the hundreds and have at least a couple of really interesting videos.

@jaredjones6570 Месяц назад

Same!!!

@radek4177 4 месяца назад

Idea for possible improvement: Make the main body from a metal bowl and use a switchable magnet like magswitch in the base to be able to lock it in place. That way with the base bolted to the table maybe you would be able to even use it for wood carving or cutting things with angle grinder

@cmbaz1140 4 месяца назад

Combining the magnet switch with a welding foot pedal would be probably very effective

@RNMSC 4 месяца назад

My thought was to print a cam with a lever that presses against the side of a cylender on the rotating part, to lock it in place relative to the hemisphere. Lever 'up' free to spin, lever 'down' locked down. But a magswitch could work as well to work with a plate that goes all the way around the turning part. Lot's of possible solutions.

@fairlyoddme3021 4 месяца назад

Oh shoot, I just saw your comment after posting pretty much the same thing, though I was thinking a hand pump to create a vacuum instead

@FamilyManMoving 3 месяца назад

Great idea. Metal kitchen bowls are either stainless or copper (expensive). Neither are magnetic (enough - cheap stainless is a _little_ magnetic). My experience with electromagnets suggests you'd need the iron to be quite close to the coil, so dumping old nails inside would probably not be adequate. Answer might be iron filings in the base, with a cap of cement. Or a cap of pourable plastic. In the USA we have the advantage of having guns, and materials to reload them. So steel shot is commonly attainable without the dark forces of gubbermint all getting into your face. So that's another option. So a stainless bowl filled with iron filings, capped with something, then placed on a base with an electric ring magnet, might work well.

@Crybaby-ym7vf 2 месяца назад

you absolute bastard. I was typing out this very idea when i read your comment.

@Jdog1681 4 месяца назад

I love your energy. All killer no filler and you are really generous with how much substance you give your videos. Thank you.

@Sanne-nw8hn 2 месяца назад

Indeed!

@demonhogo 2 месяца назад

3d printing is very often a solution looking for a problem, and I love it.

@AndyLundell 4 месяца назад

I was thinking the same thing about locking the turntable. Smooth rotation is a nice feature for certain things (like filming that coin), but I think most of the time I'd want that locked, and I could rotate the whole thing the same way I'd change the angle. I'm now thinking of building two of these. One for a vice, and one for a light stand. This is a dangerous line of thought. Pretty soon you've got half a ton of concrete on your workbench!

@igoreq4495 4 месяца назад

Lmao the Indiana Jones reference 🤣

@wickedjack1222 4 месяца назад

You just gave me a good idea with a old bowlingball I have

@noads1035 4 месяца назад

Excellent video, design and recommendation! I have a ‘real’ ball vise that cost several hundred dollars and yours will probably do most of what it can do. I suggest printing some ‘domes’ to fit over the bolt heads to keep the bolts from digging into the ball over time. The little metal had vise you showed is an excellent addition too. My ‘real’ vise came with that built it, very handy

@clubpasser123454321 4 месяца назад

Great build. Your 3D printing and design skills are top notch. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

@jeremylawson6648 4 месяца назад

finally a channel with useful projects i need to print more than toys & trinkets.

@kaotictube Месяц назад

When I see an Aussie making awesome things I subscribe.

@Sergey_Belikoff 4 месяца назад

Unbelievable! Thank you so much for your hard work!

@silver965 4 месяца назад

I have personally seen identical setups used in Tool and Die Shops, but it consists of a bowling ball, sawn in half, placed over a similar such base.

@NeoIsrafil 4 месяца назад

This is quite an excellent design and feedback process you've shown here, and a very usable ball vice. Nicely done, I may just have a go at printing one.

@leeprince4810 4 месяца назад

This is exactly what I was looking for. Awesome build.

@Midnight339 4 месяца назад

Awesome design and good video. I love the real world case uses for the design it’s absolutely amazing and stunning. Good work my man!!

@DigiLab360 4 месяца назад

in 2016 I built a nearly exact copy of your ball vice using a bowling ball. I mounted a small drill press vice to the top using a Lazy Susan just like you. Cutting the Bowling Ball in half was the biggest challenge, but I did that on my lathe using a cutoff tool.

@homemadetools 3 месяца назад

Excellent use of 3D printing, and everyone loves a vise build. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum last week 😎

@bruceyoung1343 4 месяца назад

AWSOME lil vice. Great creation

@Ernzt8 4 месяца назад

Very smart and versatile design. Nice job!

@stephenhobson8456 4 месяца назад

Another awesome tool idea, and your video presentation quality improves every time (esp with letting your humour shine through). For the miniature painting setup, as well as locking the turntable having the stand flex and lock into position might help

@chaoticnewtrl 4 месяца назад

Super Handy! The amount of uses, is insane.

@zsavage1820 4 месяца назад

That is cool.... and your mum is also very talented as well.... thank you for sharing...

@hackmedia7755 4 месяца назад

That's so neat. Nice job.

@somhunt5446 4 месяца назад

Blimey great work Chris.

@kyrasevinsky4457 4 месяца назад

Good to see other makers on here. I've seen your submission on the Ergonomic Workshop contest page! I'm newer to modeling and printing, and it's really taken a hold. These contests are bringing a lot of education to the community. Hope to see you all on the page, make sure you check out all the other awesome entries there!

@adityaramesh1764 4 месяца назад

Chris! I first found you on the Kirby soldering fan about a year ago, and then kind of forgot about you lol. Recently rediscovered you on the IBM monitor video and, MAN am I ever loving it! Great work bro!

@earld1403 4 месяца назад

I've been wanting to 3d print a fractal vise for my in-law and this looks like just the thing. I also appreciate that you mentioned a part that can be purchased versus the one you milled yourself. So often I'll see cool projects that look doable and then they start machining something out of metal and at that point I drop out. So thanks for the cool project. Sub'd. ps. Adding 360-degree marks on the base might be helpful.

@Defender513 4 месяца назад

This is really a great design ! Now I’m a subscriber to see what you make next for this.

@ricothevampire 4 месяца назад

This is so cool.

@luc917 26 дней назад

great idea, cant wait to make. I watched a video of some guys doing this with a bowling call for welding and garage work. This is definitely more in my range of doing, cheers !

@MaximilianonMars 4 месяца назад

Beautiful work!

@maxsioulas7794 4 месяца назад

Wow thats awesome, great job on the build and awesome vid good luck mate...

@lightandcolour 4 месяца назад

Thank you Chris I try to make one. To make a smoother rotation on the Lazy Susan bearings, I use a very heavy silicone grease that they sell at Home Depot to grease valves and faucets; it comes in a very small 1" round container with a light blue cover. It gives the feeling of an hydraulic movement.

@ExercisingIngenuity 4 месяца назад

Love this concept!

@muazameverything9969 4 месяца назад

You deserve more views, these videos are really creative.

@seanlambie3425 4 месяца назад

Just bc of the end jingle, gained a sub. But I'm staying for the great content, keep it up!

@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171 4 месяца назад

I loved it when you left the wheel in place of the box of nails Very Indiana Jones. My Vevor ball Vice just arrived yesterday. Then today I fell upon this. I’m now torn between buying the 3-d printer to try and get into that, OR just pay someone who’s already got their printer dialed-in/calibrated to build your amazing pieces that lock into the dovetailed base. Ingenious innovations. Burrowing l from the many ways people have done things before, and then coming up with this one, it’s spectacular. I guess now, I should start lifting weights if my ball vise is to be put to any use! Accolades to you for being such a sharing and helpful friend! And not only to your family and friends, but to people whom to you are no more than strangers, such as myself!!

@dev-debug 4 месяца назад

Thats a nice design, very flexible and handy

@josephpk4878 4 месяца назад

Absolutely have to make one of these and thank you for a great tool. I use BB's for weights for various purposes (filling boxes before annealing, distributed weight on complex surfaces, when glueing, etc) and it would be the ideal filler for the base - with plaster, or even without (make the top of the base a solid surface). I'd probably get rid of the rotary bearing and just use a simple adjustable pivot that's also 3d printed - the extra friction is ok, for my purposes. Again, brilliant! I subbed.

@PhinkTink 4 месяца назад

great thing, thanks for this one i'll build this pretty soon

@anthonyp4209 4 месяца назад

This is a bloody good idea.

@MatthewH-hp8bp 4 месяца назад

You, sir, are clearly completely insane. And also a genius. Amazing. I need one!

@AdditiveEngineeringToday 4 месяца назад

ts raw dont stop brother

@johnmcchavs 4 месяца назад

Really great ! I think I'm gonna make 2 of those : one for me, amateur guitar tech, and one for my son, who paints warhammer miniatures. Thank you so much !

@TheHadi545 4 месяца назад

brilliant! very cool project

@dave14647 3 месяца назад

this is actually a very awesome and practical design mate.....

@Benjamin_Reese 2 месяца назад

This is sweet. Thanks for the design and upload.

@thingswelike 4 месяца назад

As well as a lockoff, I'd need some kind of hand rest for painting. I like to paint with my hand resting on something and then just move my fingers. Great work - a great match for the fractal vise!

@joshcarter-com 3 месяца назад

Magnificent build! A good vise is an essential workshop tool; I use mine all the time. This type that doesn’t need to be bolted to a work table would be perfect for indoor use. As for not wanting to use your bins of mystery screws to weigh down the base, I totally relate to that. I have many similar bins myself.

@simony5807 4 месяца назад

Very helpfull and entertaining well made video, thank you for sharing this project and story 😄

@KeokiMan 4 месяца назад

Been looking for exactly this for a while

@mmuekk 4 месяца назад

Your video just pop on my feed and need to see it. It seems quite useful

@StanleyKubick1 3 месяца назад

mom's approval is all I need. putting this on my to-do lis

@vigamortezadventures7972 4 месяца назад

Awesome fantastic!

@arielon13 3 месяца назад

you´re not the only one with super powers... great video!

@robeart 4 месяца назад

Brilliant work, brilliant video. You've earned a subscriber :)

@fullstack3d135 4 месяца назад

Great vid, and love the design think this setup is great for many of the examples you showed like sculpting and soldering where using your aux hand gets in the way. I don't think it will win mini painters over since they have typically have 100s of hours trained using both hands. But using this setup for airbrushing miniature would be excellent.

@chenzhen9809 3 месяца назад

This is a cooler upgraded more versatile version of a cannonball used for gold damascene really cool and useful

@devcjg 2 месяца назад

This is really cool man. Appreciate the video

@pinnemaa1080 4 месяца назад

Good prototipe man 🫡

@TylrVncnt 3 месяца назад

I LOVE this

@rickharvey4727 4 месяца назад

Funny, this video popped up right after I saw your reddit post. I’m definitely going to print this eventually. For mini painting, I think having some kind of magnetic attachment would be nice, so you can quickly pick up the mini if you need that added dexterity, or to get a quick view from the bottom.

@ievilpunk 3 месяца назад

Great idea, cant wait to make this! I printed out the base and am waiting for parts, but while figuring out assembly before pouring I noticed you forgot to add the m8 nuts for the base assembly to the parts list.

@CrudelyMade 4 месяца назад

for the turn table, you can probably 3d print a base with a raised circle, and a top that has a channel mirroring that circle. this would allow rotation pretty smoothly and would have less wiggle in it. further, since you're 3d printing it, you could have a screw that with a half turn, would lock the two together with a little tension.

@MM-24 4 месяца назад

buying a high quality turntable for $30 would likely also just work

@TheButchersbLock 4 месяца назад

Very well made video mate, and an awesome project 👍🇦🇺😊

@MawoDuffer 4 месяца назад

This would be good for metal engraving and carving. It looks very versatile with the dovetail

@bubbleb0y 4 месяца назад

You could add a counter weighted lever to the bottom of the stand that pushes a small ball bearing lift to the bottom of the base. This will make it easier to spin the base into position without having to lift. Then put some 3d printed caps on the top of the hex nuts that make contact with the rounded base when the lever is up. The top of the caps could have a silicone/friction surface to lock the base in position. Then the user can apply more pressure to the work area.

@InterestedLlama 4 месяца назад

Love the concept! I would recommend an active ball joint mechanism for the base rather than a heavy ball which you pick and place manually.

@dumbdesigns4941 4 месяца назад

Just incase you haven't heard it today I APPRECIATE YOU! Definitely printing this later this week.

@BasedBidoof 4 месяца назад

I should print this. I think i agree with upgrading the dovetails to metal for tighter tolerance

@evanbelcher5387 4 месяца назад

with that rubber strip for friction, you've almost built a lock into the base. build a little lever assembly with a piston (a simple syringe possibly) and use a little tubing connecting to the base under the ball and you can use that piston to create suction. You would just need to plug the hole at the bottom which gives you an opportunity to design a vacuum port.

@XeroShifter 4 месяца назад

This is a great idea, but one thing to keep in mind is that fdm prints are not air tight. so while the ball might be fine due to the concrete, the rest of the plastic around the ring may still pose additional challenges for creating a vacuum.

@hanksyflamework 3 месяца назад

fantastic design that id find many uses for, i have a simple suggestion to help solve the locking of the rotation bearing: is a hole drilled in the bearing plate and a threaded whole in the top vice plate between the bearing plate and vice of choice with a adjustable thread that pushes the bearing plates away from each other and locking under tension. this would let you keep the simple design materials also.

@daysejones968 4 месяца назад

love your vids

@karbinunit 4 месяца назад

Its cool, I like it!! I think you will adjust your behaviour to use it, one thing I would add would be a lock for the turn table, that's it!! :)

@Wonkoification 4 месяца назад

Awesome 🤩

@scottwade3904 4 месяца назад

Wow....great idea and great work. Beats any idea I had for the contest. :) I hope this wins.

@karlmansson8319 Месяц назад

I made an engraving vise much like yours but from a sawn off bowling ball for a base. I think I used that exact lazy susan bearing and that turned out to be the the weak point, terribly rough in rotation and with a lot of lateral movement. A shaft running in two ball bearings is a far better option I think. It also gives you the option to lock the rotation of the vise with a set screw running through the side of the base (in an threaded insert in the base print maybe?). This is useful for when you need to apply force and frees up your other hand. Good for light hammer and punch work for instance.

@legionjames1822 4 месяца назад

A way to lock the ball down would be nice. Australians save EVERYTHING. its like some rescuers down under complex

@bramsanjanssan4908 4 месяца назад

if you make a hole in the desk with an adjustable support underneath you could adjust the height of the thing you are working on so you'd have a better support resting your hand on the desk.

@Deaner3D 4 месяца назад

really cool project. I think a magnetic switch integrated into the base could serve as a "stop" when you want the work to absolutely not move. That's a whole separate mechanism and probably involves a redesign, though.

@MrProxys 4 месяца назад

inspiring! thanks :)

@waynehawkins654 4 месяца назад

Nice. A use for PCB soldering.

@TokyoChopSquad 4 месяца назад

At the beginning of this video I though it was dumb, but now I'm thinking about printing out a few of these 🤣

@CaleMessner 4 месяца назад

The Vevor brand jewellery vices are great value for the price, highly recommend

@miketompek9767 4 месяца назад

Nice project looks awesome. Maybe you could test a V2 with a magnetic base for locking the sphere like ur friend suggested.

@cliftonwoods7238 4 месяца назад

This is such a solid idea and super well executed! For the base, while I think it's pretty perfect. I was curious to ask if there's one way to improve on it would be reducing the weight of it perhaps thinking about people who may issues with lifting or maneuvering heavy objects. My question on potentially improving it might be removing some of the weight but finding a way to line the spherical aspect with a metal finish. For the base-base points of contact which look to be bolts and having those perhaps be magnet. It might assist in "Locking" the base as well if anyone were looking to apply more force onto what their working on.

@moemilstead823 4 месяца назад

very cool

@teabagNBG 4 месяца назад

nice i will print this!!! pls more videos of ur superpower :D...

@stevesloan6775 4 месяца назад

New subscriber🤜🏼🤛🏼🇦🇺🍀😎 Killer work! I’d love to scale it up so it can hold cylinder heads, for porting.

@robertnelson5355 4 месяца назад

You could easily make 2 bases - one to accommodate locking (or maybe just not "smooth movement") and the base you have here.

@JulianMakes 4 месяца назад

This is superb, I’ll definitely be making one thank you. (Subbed too!)

@vvsandgaming4648 4 месяца назад

For a more smoother finish on the concrete get a "thin vibrating thingie" and stick it in the wet concrete to allow it to reach all the crevices and shake out the trapped air bubbles

@fairlyoddme3021 4 месяца назад

If it used a metal sphere for the ball mount and installed a hand pump to add vacuum you could get that thing to handle some serious pressure against it.

@TheUnknownFactor 4 месяца назад

Consider trying to add a fan in the base to add suction as a kind of lock

@ThermaLTake94 4 месяца назад

Bruh,Perfect! it seems odd that it doesnt has any locking mechanism but it seems very stable,A feuture improvement i would make is to add rubber feet to the bolts under the sphere,so there will be more friction and would be 10x stable,you will lack a bit of slip so it would be little more challenging to relocate,but its better to be more stable especially in metal work,desoldering Etc.