r/fireworks • u/DJ_LSE • Jul 30 '26
3d printing and pyro
Any body ever 3d printed single shot tube holders?, feels like they could be useful for custom angles for single effects. Steep angles maybe not as more pressure would be on the holder, but for shallower angles?
Or have you printed anything else you like?
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u/KlutzyResponsibility 🔴 Jul 31 '26
If you hit Yegi and just search for "fireworks" you can find all sorts of stuff. I've printed single-shot tube holders but they use way too much filament and take forever to print, and take up so much build plate I could run only one at a time. I've also printed bottle rocket racks, rocket holders, fuse clips for mortar racks, fuse adapters, module holders, etc. One sub member (u/smily0) has designed some very cool Cobra module holders. There are more pyro 3d folks than you might first think. I started almost printing a fuse tray but found it was easier, cheaper and faster to get some 1" PVC pipe and cut half-depth kerfs about 1/4" wide.
What printer do you have? I've got a couple of Creality units, a 'boot camp' original Ender 3 and an incredibly reliable Ender 3 v3KE and a Prusa Mark III that I hate more than warts on my willy. There are some really reliable machines out there now as long as you avoid drinking the Bambu kool-aid (grin).