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Why that camera has lines like this? Was it 3D printed? If it was molded it doesn't make sense to have those lines + paint. Interesting nevertheless that it s
by dazhbog 5y ago
Why that camera has lines like this? Was it 3D printed?
If it was molded it doesn't make sense to have those lines + paint.
Interesting nevertheless that it survived all this time.
- userbinator 5y agoLooks like machining marks to me. I doubt something like that would be 3D printed. I guess you could say that it was a very well-sealed camera.
- torgian 5y agoDadun-tsssss
- prawn 5y agoWhy wouldn't it be 3D printed? Not strong enough? I assume it's a fairly specialised item and shape.
- quartesixte 5y agoEven if it was initially 3D printed, there is a fair bit of CNC machining that goes into making it a final useable product
- dazhbog 5y agoOh yea CNC'd is more likely. A 3D print would never survive.
- dotancohen 5y ago> I guess you could say that it was a very well-sealed camera. Well, it did fall off the seal. Though that's not very typical.
- jstanley 5y agoIt definitely looks 3d printed, although the layer resolution is quite fine and the print quality is very good, and it hasn't been obviously damaged after 3 years in the sea, so I expect this is not printed in PLA on a home 3d printer. Searching for "lidgard underwater camera", I found this blog post, which has more pictures but no explanation of how it was made: https://lidgardphotography.com/tag/sable-island/ https://lidgardphotography.com/tag/sable-island/ - I still think it looks clearly 3d printed. The domain name on the side is https://www.cats.is/ https://www.cats.is/ They have other cameras that are also clearly 3d printed, e.g. https://www.cats.is/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Croc-CATS-Cam.jpg https://www.cats.is/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Croc-CATS-Cam... but they still don't mention how they're made, the page about their cameras is at https://www.cats.is/products/cats-cam/ https://www.cats.is/products/cats-cam/