Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
- Shadowhntr
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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
Thanks for clearing that up.
The longbow drop away rest was a bad joke..lol
The longbow drop away rest was a bad joke..lol
The element of surprise can never be replaced by persistence.
Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
A little long distance testing of our 3D printed AAF (annular Airfoil Fletching) (for compound users.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJFB9sqp-7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJFB9sqp-7I
The Joy is in the doing.
Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
We have a family friend that has a degenerative disorder that has resulted in her having to spend the bulk of her time in a motorized wheel chair. She is able to get out of it only to use the restroom. She can use the chair to get upright and then use a walker to transfer herself to the toilet. Sadly she is unable to bend over to reach the foot pads to swing them up and out of the way. She asked if we could design her an aid to allow her to reach the foot pads to lift them out of the way. Right now she must have a family member at home with her to lift the foot pads for her.
The criteria were that the aid has to have a large handle so she could grip it, it has to reach 24” but be able to be compressed into a smaller footprint to allow it to be stored in a bag attached to the chair and it had to be light weight. We began the project Friday night and completed it on Sunday morning so we were able to turn it around in less than 48 hours.
We were happy to help and to find another use for the 3D printer and to allow her to regain more independence. The final product weighed only 13 Oz.
The criteria were that the aid has to have a large handle so she could grip it, it has to reach 24” but be able to be compressed into a smaller footprint to allow it to be stored in a bag attached to the chair and it had to be light weight. We began the project Friday night and completed it on Sunday morning so we were able to turn it around in less than 48 hours.
We were happy to help and to find another use for the 3D printer and to allow her to regain more independence. The final product weighed only 13 Oz.
The Joy is in the doing.
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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
Cool beans! Nicely done, Ron!
Aim small, miss small!
Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
More AAF testing This time at 80 and 90 yards. 90 yards is really a poke for my ability as I don't practice or hunt at that distance and don't have a pin for 90.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDlNQgND49A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDlNQgND49A
The Joy is in the doing.
Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
Just playing around with the 3D printer again. We modeled up the parts for a Carabiner with our logo.
The Joy is in the doing.
Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
Now dressing AA batteries in C sized outfits so they can be used in trail cams that take C batteries.
The Joy is in the doing.
Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
Now that's a smooth move! I'd buy that!
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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters
What is the advantage?
The C cells have more than double the A/H life over a AA cell. See:
http://www.zbattery.com/zbattery/batteryinfo.html
Seems you would have to change batteries 3X as often!
The C cells have more than double the A/H life over a AA cell. See:
http://www.zbattery.com/zbattery/batteryinfo.html
Seems you would have to change batteries 3X as often!
Aim small, miss small!