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Of everything I've designed and 3d printed, this simple toy still wins.
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u/but-first----coffee 6d ago
Saved! Looks wicked.
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u/Kind-Leadership3334 6d ago
I definitely need the stl. For this!
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u/crunchypuddle 5d ago
jfc don't buy this from someone.
These finger surfboards are a dime a dozen right now and the print is insanely easy to find for free.
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u/itchy_bitchy_spider 5d ago
He's selling it for only $4.50... Also that one you linked to doesn't look nearly as high quality, it has one four star review versus opie's has 50 5-star reviews.
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u/crunchypuddle 5d ago edited 5d ago
That took me 10 seconds to find on google.
Go ahead and purchase if you want but these finger boards have become a bit of a fad recently and I'd be wary of getting ripped off on stuff like this from people trying to make a quick buck off you.
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u/Shit_Sipper_007 5d ago
yep. here's another https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5028999
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u/crunchypuddle 5d ago
Yes! Thank you!
Please people look at one of these before you purchase I feel like I'm going crazy!
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u/Shit_Sipper_007 5d ago
I also thought about modeling it, it's seriously 5 min job even if you draw the "thermoforming part"
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u/Shit_Sipper_007 5d ago
don't worry, he got what he came for, by the time I saw his store an hour ago it was 46 sales, now 67.
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u/GhostfaceHecklah 5d ago
why are you going crazy over $4?
it's crazy to think there's something wrong with tossing some cash to someone who spent time on something you enjoy.
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u/el_smurfo 6d ago
What does thermoforming entail? You can't just print it?
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u/psalm723 6d ago
The board is going to print flat. You'll also print a rounded mold that you will use to give the board its curved shape. Once the board is printed. You'll heat it up with hot water and form it to the mold. It's simple to do.
I use this technique because you can get a slight curve in the board while maintaining its strength (no short print lines in the length of the board). It also allows the board to print with no support material so it has a smooth surface.
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u/sage-longhorn 5d ago
I've been meaning to play with non-planar slicing to directly print strong rounded parts. This might be a fun model to experiment with
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u/rtkwe 5d ago
You should sell/provide a 3D file of the final shape too for people with resin printers.
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u/digitalasagna 5d ago
If he only ever did it this way, then he likely never even made a model of the rounded shape.
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u/touchmyfuckingcoffee 5d ago
I don't have a 3d printer. Can I just buy one of these boards from you?
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u/jarfil Ender 3v2 6d ago
Just 3D printing wouldn't make a smooth surface. You'd have to either print the shape and sand it, or print it flat (smooth surface) and thermoform it into the final shape. I guess the latter makes more sense in this case.
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u/shredtilldeth 6d ago
Major hardware on YouTube did a test with 3d printed fans. The stepping really doesn't affect the results, so I think this would be fine if it was printed in its final configuration.
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u/eat-more-bookses 5d ago
Agree; I don't think smoothness matters much at this scale and those wind speeds... Hence the foam board planes with wacky stepped airfoils
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u/techslice87 5d ago
Did? Fan showdown is still going strong!
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u/shredtilldeth 5d ago
Oh I know, I still watch it. What I meant was he once did a test specifically to determine whether the stair stepping of a 3d print affected the airflow compared to a manufactured, smooth blade. It did not. That test he only did once.
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u/el_smurfo 6d ago
Ah, so print a surfboard shape and bend with hands after heating with heatgun. Seems pretty basic.
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u/Jrowe47 6d ago
Smoothing can be tough. A resin printer would do just fine. You can also vapor smooth abs or use other solvents for different plastics. Last and most difficult is having a good printer, a good slicer, and just the right settings dialed in, after years of dedicated practice and experience.
Resin printers are pretty much plug and play - get the ventilation and safety gear right and you're golden.
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u/rockstar504 6d ago
Idk what hes talking about its not a complicated design I'll just make my own lol
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u/Canna-dian 5d ago
And save a whole $6.
It comes down to what you think your time is worth
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u/rockstar504 5d ago edited 5d ago
It comes down to how much a dollar is worth to you
edit: why you mad though? bc I'd rather have a 6 pack and design my own flat oval with a half circle on it?
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u/Annies_Boobs 5d ago
Is anyone not seeing the blatant advertising this post and his reply is? I mean OPs account is literally 2 days old.
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u/RememberToRelax 5d ago
It's weird how anti-advertising reddit is.
On like any other social network if you said I made a thing you can pay me for it if you want people would generally be cool with it or even shock buy the thing if they want it.
Honestly, reddit trained people to advertise like this because being honest gets a worse reaction.
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u/Ask_Are_You_Okay 5d ago
The answer is obvious: redditors don't have money.
How many times have you seen someone say "If I could afford gold" or whatever... People can't even spare $2.
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u/Annies_Boobs 5d ago
Ok but reddit isn’t any other social network. We are built upon our communities and the organic engagement with each other.
Reddit has a built in platform specifically made for advertisers, and they should use it if they want to try and make money on their product.
If these communities and their moderators weren’t so strict when it comes to this stuff then your Home feed would be nothing but inorganic posts of people trying to syphon more money out of you.
Reddit is not the only social media with these rules either. I’m in quite a few Facebook groups because it’s the one good feature the website has, and this rule is quite common, especially in the 3D printing groups. Otherwise the exact thing happens that I talked about above.
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u/Old-Ad-9246 6d ago
Thanks so much! That’s amazing!
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u/Kerzizi 5d ago
I'd love the file too but the post was deleted. Where can I find it?
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u/Old-Ad-9246 5d ago
Oh it looks like it was deleted! I wasn’t even able to pull it up yet
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u/Shit_Sipper_007 5d ago
he was here with a new account trying to sell the files for $4.50 for something that takes 5 min to draw up. I would draw it and give it for free but I have no interest in printing one. found this one instead for those that do
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u/IttyBittyTittyMouse 5d ago
Amazing idea. Someone is stealing this from you and submitting a patent right now, guaranteed. I hope you make a couple bucks off this.
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u/LowlySysadmin 5d ago
Off-topic, but as a 41yo I'm so glad "wicked" is still a thing. I remember being mocked by my parents for saying it as a kid - who's laughing now? That one stood the test of time.
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u/SourceWebMD 6d ago
Those look like Utah mountains
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u/psalm723 6d ago
Correct.
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u/NBABUCKS1 5d ago edited 5d ago
going with sw weber county/nw davis county.
right canyon is weber canyon and left canyon is ogden canyon. with snowbasin gnar in the middle.
perhaps from that tomato city that shall not be named.
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u/MikeOxbigg 5d ago
What's your rank on Geo Guessr?
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u/NBABUCKS1 5d ago
lmao i live like 10 miles away just below the middle of the middle section of mountains and my buddy lives like 3 blocks away on that street i'm pretty sure. :)
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u/timkyoung 6d ago
Kit Cloudkicker would be proud.
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u/throwaway3544219 5d ago
That won't work on water!
Unless you've got POWER!
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Airboarders for life
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u/AmateurFootjobs 5d ago
Fuck I was about to post this lol
"I wanna pay you 25 dollars"
"...can you repeat that???"
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u/yorkshireman_92 5d ago
Ever seen the film hereditary? Keep them arms in the car boy.
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u/Terrible_Truth 5d ago
I haven't seen that movie but IRL a kid was dangling a jump rope or something out the window with it tied to their wrist. The rope caught the axel and ripped their hand off. I think it was reattached.
This certainly isn't long enough but it's what I thought first.
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u/Scary-Peace6087 5d ago
Hitting your hand on a pole would have vastly different results than your damn head
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u/okaaaayyyyy 6d ago
I designed and printed this yesterday too!! I saw it on tiktok and I had to try it!
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u/Dryfiredude 6d ago
Wanna share yours since OP is using this as an ad to sell his? Hahaha
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u/MakinBaconErrDay 6d ago
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u/el_smurfo 6d ago
Source files? I like the idea of the leash in the back.
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u/okaaaayyyyy 6d ago
Paint didn't stick to it that well though
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u/Heratiki 5d ago
Probably should hit it with primer first then paint or use a priming paint or just sand the crap out of it first then paint. It doesn’t want to stick well because it’s generally a smooth exterior to the plastic.
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u/okaaaayyyyy 5d ago
Thanks a lot!!
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u/Th3Element05 5d ago
I get "filler and sandable" primer, it fills in the layer lines and then sands smooth, optionally give it a second light coat of the primer, and paint it.
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u/okaaaayyyyy 5d ago
Thanks! Sanding without a primer is not going to work?
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u/Heratiki 5d ago
It’s still plastic so it’s still going to not want paint (or anything really) sticking to it and primer eliminates that. Or you can get a paint that’s both primer and paint together. If you’re using acrylics then just do 3-4 coats drying in between.
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u/Th3Element05 4d ago
Sanding without primer works great, and you can get a great finish if you sand down to 800 grit or higher, but it's a ton more work to sand away the layer lines that way. Sanded away the layer lines, then sanded with increasingly fine grits up to 800.
I can never get a picture to do that finish justice, it's beautiful and I love finishing pieces that way when I can.But if you're painting something, it's much faster and easier to use a primer to fill in the layer lines and then sand that smooth. I have had great results with this stuff. Filler & Sandable Primer
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u/coItmanfraco 5d ago
..? What. They saw this idea, they designed their model in whatever program they use, then printed it.
They didn’t create the idea, that doesn’t mean they didn’t create the model.
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u/stimilon
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Reminds me Of my favorite commercial: https://youtu.be/IXw17Cjbeeo
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u/CopperWaffles 6d ago
Well, wow. That was the coolest thing I’ve watched in a while. Really brings me back to the 3 hour ( yes, 3) bus rides to and from school. I was into snowboarding and had some tech decks, I used them exactly like this.
Thanks for sharing.
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u/NamityName 5d ago
What an excellent video to The Avalanches song Because I'm Me. I liked that they worked in the song's use of sounding like it was being recorded from far away at times.
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u/i8myWeaties2day 6d ago
I have wooden versions of fingerboards like this. There's a few companies that make them in different styles
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u/LePouletPourpre 5d ago
True story.
I medevaced a girl from Lake Tahoe who stuck her arm outside her car window and had it torn off by a truck coming from the opposite direction.
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u/solitudemyfortitude 5d ago
Thank you! The lone voice of reason! I had to scroll so far down to find you!
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u/Clintcar 6d ago
Decades of 3D printing and the thing that gets used on a daily basis? My simple rattleback.
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u/rambostabana 6d ago
So nice! Please share the file
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u/3D-Dengineer 5d ago
i designed mine over a year ago.. for free!
https://www.printables.com/model/100757-finger-surfboard-ride-the-air-waves-out-of-your-ca
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u/mkosmo 6d ago
OP is selling it... go figure.
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u/BT_2021 6d ago
Oh no! They are selling something they made D:
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u/CopperWaffles 6d ago edited 6d ago
Seriously. And someone actually downvoted you for saying this.
It’s $4.50. If you (Not you specifically, but basically most people in this sub) can’t afford to support the creator, then just put in the hours to learn how to model. This sub is full of freeloading leaches that contribute nothing to the community and expect everyone’s work for free and then bitch and beg when it costs less than a burrito supreme.
Imagine being that person that is too lazy to learn modeling and then complaining that the people that put in the time to learn and share their content aren’t giving their work away for free.
I get it, it’s cool when people post their files for free but this entitled bullshit needs to stop.
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u/ShallowJam 5d ago
Have a look at the account. This post is clearly just an ad and I think that's what gets people upset. It's an ad charading as a genuine community post.
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u/pedrohck 5d ago
It's a cool video and he's selling cheap. What's the problem? Should he work for free? Just downvote it if you think it'd and ad.
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u/ShallowJam 5d ago
Not work for free, no. But he is violating community guidelines on self promotion
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u/grokthis1111 5d ago
"It's perfectly fine to be a redditor with a website, it's not okay to be a website with a reddit account."
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u/BT_2021 6d ago
The kicker is modelling isn't even that hard to learn! The biggest investment is time.
I haven't printed my own models yet (just got a printer) but I'm pretty confident with the skills I already have from only a month or two of learning blender that I can make my own stuff for print in relatively no time at all.
To be fair I was being a bit of a sarcastic twat in my original reply so if I got downvoted for that I don't blame the person.
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u/Stwarlord 5d ago
for me it's more that it feels like a blatant ad, and that OP is acting like this is some original idea he came up with and hasn't been around forever.
not to mention the amount of upvotes on the post compared to what's in the comments... ~20K positive karma but not a single comment is above 500 karma and only like 400 comments total. seems like it was pushed to the top with bot upvotes to get the most for ad space
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u/CopperWaffles 5d ago edited 5d ago
Ok, whatever. I literally couldn’t imagine caring about those things as much as you all.
Everyone is worried about ads but regularly uses Reddit on a smartphone that tracks their activity, virtual and physical, yet complains and whines when someone shares a link to download something that they made for a couple of bucks.
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u/myoutofstyle88 5d ago
How dare they! I’m going to my local pizza joint and going to stomp my feet and say ‘go figure’ if they ask me for money to have some pizza they’re flaunting.
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u/Shiral446 3DPrintLog.com Developer - Hoffman Engineering 6d ago
That is genius. Instantly brings me back to childhood roadtrips.
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u/mrDerptAstic 6d ago
Uhm I don't have a 3d printer but I want one!!! Do you offer printing them?
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u/psalm723 6d ago
Sorry--I don't. But check out 3D hubs or shapeways and get it printed in PLA or ABS. Or, better yet, have a neighbor kid print you one and print one for himself. As payment, give him the file.
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u/mrDerptAstic 5d ago
You gonna make me buy a 3d printer anyways, it's been on the list for a while, this might be the camel that broke that straw. :D
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u/Ackables 5d ago
You can buy them on Amazon too if you want. But still getting a 3d printer would be pretty sweet.
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u/atticus2132000 6d ago
That's amazing. Road trips in the 80s would have been so much better with one of those.
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u/Rebel_charlieb303 5d ago
I always tell people as a GA pilot, the air is very closely related to water when it comes to fluid dynamics. What a simple but awesome representation of this!! Thanks for the awesome video!!
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u/GamerCirca80 5d ago
I’ve been doing this my whole life. I thought I was alone and crazy and weird. This is my whole childhood, riding in the backseat, from California to Arkansas on route 40 to visit my dad’s side of the family. Wow. Very cool.
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u/KlutzyFriendship574 5d ago
I NEED THE STL
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u/mantafloppy 4d ago
OP is selling his for 5$, but i made this one free if your interested : https://www.printables.com/model/254507-finger-surfboard-wind-toy
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u/Interesting-Dog-1224 5d ago
What an amazing invention and cool toy.
I'm stealing it, mass producing it and selling it all over the world.
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u/NoNewTricks 5d ago
Patent that fucker and make millions. They'll be sold to parents of bored kids on road trips.
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u/Velho 6d ago
Dont you think that it is bit dangerous to play AND film while you drive?
Btw stl?
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u/psalm723 6d ago
Ha yes. My son is the surfer in the video and my wife was driving. Don't drive, window surf, and film at the same time. I am guilty of driving and window surfer at the same time whether I have a board or not.
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u/Popcorn57252 6d ago
It's pretty clearly outside the window, so how do you get it to stick to your fingers?
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u/psalm723 6d ago
I use surfboard wax--seriously. It works without--just the pressure of the wind holds it to your fingers. But if you have some surfboard wax, I'd recommend that. Plus--the cool factor of waxing your surfboard.
I've given these to nieces and nephews as gifts and use a chocolate mold and melt surfboard wax into it so they get a mini bar of board wax with their board.
FYI - I found optimal speed is 30 - 40 mph.
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u/SnagglToothCrzyBrain 6d ago
Wait, those have been around forever. They're handed out as cheap corporate gifts and stuff. Did you really "design" this, or download a template, tweak a corner, and post it for karma?
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u/canadatrasher 5d ago
Don't stick your hands out of the window when driving.
Jesus christ. Basic safety.
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u/WilliestyleR79 6d ago
You might need to patent that. Those little finger skate boards are making a comeback in middle schools. This could be the 2023's fidget spinner.
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u/Squirrlykins 5d ago
These toys have gone for $5 online for years now. Op may have “designed” this one, but it looks identical to the one featured on daily dose of internet recently.
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u/Shit_Sipper_007 5d ago
not mine, but yea I thought about spending the 5 min to model it up and give it away for free, but found this one https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5028999
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u/Joshuajin 5d ago
That looks like it could be dangerous like what if it flies off and in your face or someone walking or in the window of another car could poke someone's eye out.
Downvote me.
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u/RandolphPringles 6d ago
I’m sure I’m not the first to say this but you need a patent and to get to a toy manufacturer pronto.
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u/seattleJJFish 6d ago
Love this! I needed this when I was 12. I’m 50 and I still need it