Yiloong is getting into the plastic/3D printed mech squonk game
- Thread starter inswva
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
diggin the green one for sure.
Still no shots of the internals...
IDK about anyone else but on my 10ml squonker I rarely give it more than a days+ worth of juice.
Do you guys top off your larger ML squonkers?
Still no shots of the internals...
IDK about anyone else but on my 10ml squonker I rarely give it more than a days+ worth of juice.
Do you guys top off your larger ML squonkers?
I actually made my own 3d printed squonker which meant doing 2 prototypes to iron out the design flaws (lots of them!) And then the 3rd final version using SLS, i dare say turned out really nice (on the right).
Looking at yillong - imho it is not printed, more like molded, plastic looks toy like cheap, add unclear situation with 510, bottle, contacts, and it most likely is 30 something usd down the drain
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Looking at yillong - imho it is not printed, more like molded, plastic looks toy like cheap, add unclear situation with 510, bottle, contacts, and it most likely is 30 something usd down the drain
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I actually made my own 3d printed squonker which meant doing 2 prototypes to iron out the design flaws (lots of them!) And then the 3rd final version using SLS, i dare say turned out really nice (on the right).
Looking at yillong - imho it is not printed, more like molded, plastic looks toy like cheap, add unclear situation with 510, bottle, contacts, and it most likely is 30 something usd down the drain
Very nice!
What plastic are you using on the final one?
I agree,they don't look printed to me either,in the picture of the green one,you can see a seem in the green part like they molded the 2 halves and then put them together.I still want one though,just for the fact that i like that green and grey combo,so i'll take a chance haha.
The Gorilla sample appears 3D printed.
It's also the one which appears to have the most solid construction. I have my doubts about the other style of construction, especially if it is nylon as specified on the Liloong site.
I hadn't even looked at that one,it definitely looks sturdier than the others,i'm not a fan of that gold looking color though.On the others,i didn't look at the specs,so didn't realize they are saying nylon,but in 3 years,i've only dropped a mod twice,so i'll probably still take a chance for $36.It will be a while though because i don't want to order anything else from 3F until the Icarus clone i pre ordered actually ships and i have that in hand,i hate having more than 1 order out at a time from the same supplier.Plus,maybe by then there will be some reviews on these.The Gorilla sample appears 3D printed.
It's also the one which appears to have the most solid construction. I have my doubts about the other style of construction, especially if it is nylon as specified on the Liloong site.
After looking at the others again,i don't think what i thought was a seam really is,i think it is 2 halves.It's hard to tell where those mods come apart,so i'm guessing maybe they are split there,so 1 half comes off as the door.
If it's nylon it should be tough enough in a drop, but prone to warping after manufacturing which could mess up the fits. Nylon is not as dimensionally stable as delrin, for example. I thought that might be what I was seeing in these photos.
Last edited:
Very nice!
It was printed at shapeways - so it's their strong and flexible, i am guessing nylon
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I hadn't seen any close up pictures like that,yeah that doesn't look very good if they already have a warp like that,i may have to reconsider,or hopefully by the time i would be ready to buy,maybe they will start making them with a better material.
Yeah, it's wait and see with the production units. Limited choices of material with 3D printing. You gotta design to the material limitations. There could be some design changes for production on that model.
The Gorilla model, like @martynasm's design, is a proven structure though.
Last edited:
China is still a bit nutty on stabilized wood pricing.
Wooden knife handles are stabilized to prevent warping, cracking, and shrinking.
It's a common process, and hopefully China will sink back to earth and offer stab wood gear on par with the real world.
Their's may not be too far off the mark,it shows the wholesale price for a minimum of 5 at $70-$80 each,so even if the retail comes in around $100,that's still way cheaper than some of these modders are charging,i've seen some simple box's go for north of $500,which is crazy haha.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
