I was looking at 3D printed whistles the other day and wondered how hard it would be to make one that just snaps onto a jacket zipper, so you'd always have a whistle with you.
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I was looking at 3D printed whistles the other day and wondered how hard it would be to make one that just snaps onto a jacket zipper, so you'd always have a whistle with you. Looked at someone's 3D whistle to come up with basic design, experimented making different size chambers for multiple tones and futzed around with variety of ideas to attach zipper pull vs. easy printing. Spoiler alert, most zipper pulls are 2mm thick and 12mm wide, except all of those that aren't!
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I was looking at 3D printed whistles the other day and wondered how hard it would be to make one that just snaps onto a jacket zipper, so you'd always have a whistle with you. Looked at someone's 3D whistle to come up with basic design, experimented making different size chambers for multiple tones and futzed around with variety of ideas to attach zipper pull vs. easy printing. Spoiler alert, most zipper pulls are 2mm thick and 12mm wide, except all of those that aren't!
#3dPrinting #whistles@jerzone good idea. I might print a couple of those. Did you come up with anything that works well?
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@jerzone good idea. I might print a couple of those. Did you come up with anything that works well?
@akuake I think so? I'm doing a PLA print now (yellow was PETG) to see how it does on the overhangs. I'll post a link to the model once I upload it.
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@akuake I think so? I'm doing a PLA print now (yellow was PETG) to see how it does on the overhangs. I'll post a link to the model once I upload it.
@jerzone You better post an audio file here, too
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@jerzone You better post an audio file here, too
@bosquebill Oh, boy, not sure about that, it is really piercing. I haven't worked up the nerve to blow it full blast anywhere.
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@bosquebill Oh, boy, not sure about that, it is really piercing. I haven't worked up the nerve to blow it full blast anywhere.
@jerzone Maybe have someone record you across the field
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@jerzone Maybe have someone record you across the field
@bosquebill @jerzone while wearing earplugs
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I was looking at 3D printed whistles the other day and wondered how hard it would be to make one that just snaps onto a jacket zipper, so you'd always have a whistle with you. Looked at someone's 3D whistle to come up with basic design, experimented making different size chambers for multiple tones and futzed around with variety of ideas to attach zipper pull vs. easy printing. Spoiler alert, most zipper pulls are 2mm thick and 12mm wide, except all of those that aren't!
#3dPrinting #whistlesVery cool to have as a zipper pull! The ones I got can be on a keychain, but this is better.
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Very cool to have as a zipper pull! The ones I got can be on a keychain, but this is better.
@czarbucks Here's an "x-ray" view of it hooked to puffy jacket zipper. The program that readies this for printing estimates about 8 cents worth of filament. Might try to make one as a single chamber, it would be about the width of the zipper pull or even a little narrower.
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I was looking at 3D printed whistles the other day and wondered how hard it would be to make one that just snaps onto a jacket zipper, so you'd always have a whistle with you. Looked at someone's 3D whistle to come up with basic design, experimented making different size chambers for multiple tones and futzed around with variety of ideas to attach zipper pull vs. easy printing. Spoiler alert, most zipper pulls are 2mm thick and 12mm wide, except all of those that aren't!
#3dPrinting #whistlesI have a few Aztec Death Whistles but they're all ceramic. I wonder how small you could make something that could be printed and have similar audio properties. I only bring these suckers out for halloween because they make a really visceral, terrifying sound. I was sitting under a tree in my front yard with one on Halloween night when a group of probably 10 kids and parents walked by. I gave them a blast and they stopped walking and sort of went into a defensive circle.
Here's an article about them and they look like small version make the same horrible sound. Just a thought and I'll be taking my smallest one with me to the next #NoKings rally!
https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/death-whistle -
@bosquebill @jerzone while wearing earplugs
@akuake @bosquebill
I tried whistle out on squirrel crawling up feeder and it did NOT pause on way to the forest. -
I have a few Aztec Death Whistles but they're all ceramic. I wonder how small you could make something that could be printed and have similar audio properties. I only bring these suckers out for halloween because they make a really visceral, terrifying sound. I was sitting under a tree in my front yard with one on Halloween night when a group of probably 10 kids and parents walked by. I gave them a blast and they stopped walking and sort of went into a defensive circle.
Here's an article about them and they look like small version make the same horrible sound. Just a thought and I'll be taking my smallest one with me to the next #NoKings rally!
https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/death-whistle@mycotropic I saw some on 3d printing website and had no idea what they were. I've since listened to one and, well, that is strange. ":^)
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@akuake @bosquebill
I tried whistle out on squirrel crawling up feeder and it did NOT pause on way to the forest. -
@mycotropic I saw some on 3d printing website and had no idea what they were. I've since listened to one and, well, that is strange. ":^)
They make a sound that gives you instant goosebumps/horripilation. According to that article more than one blown simultaneously makes a resonance that's quite amazing! I was going to buy a bunch of vuvuzelas for the next protest but I'm thinking that a chorus of death whistles would be even better!
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I was looking at 3D printed whistles the other day and wondered how hard it would be to make one that just snaps onto a jacket zipper, so you'd always have a whistle with you. Looked at someone's 3D whistle to come up with basic design, experimented making different size chambers for multiple tones and futzed around with variety of ideas to attach zipper pull vs. easy printing. Spoiler alert, most zipper pulls are 2mm thick and 12mm wide, except all of those that aren't!
#3dPrinting #whistlesHere's the current state of whistle model for anyone who wants to print one. Open to feedback, although my cad skills may not be able to implement some things.
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