Float ‘olive’ fishing | PF2

Olive‘ float for shallow-water fishing, carp, whitefish, frying for 3D printing.

🆔 Design No 824

⚙︎ Formats : STL

𐊵 Version : 1.0

⦸ No AI - No virus

✏︎ Designer : M@t - apiobi

🗓 Published on March 5, 2026

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Description

Float 80 mm for shallow water, equipped with a 2 mm antenna and a 1.2 mm keel. Sa excellent buoyancy, just like his strength.
Simply add a segment of silicone tubing at the top and one or two at the bottom.

If you have already printed an object to be waterproof or airtight (such as a vase or a float), you know that this requires a little perseverance and specific settings in your slicer and on your printer. But it's all possible with an FDM printer, and the result is perfectly functional.

Technical Tips for 3D Printing

To be watertight and solid, the walls must not be less than 1.2 mm thick, with a minimum of 3 layers.

Filling: 0%
PETG is both resistant and flexible; clear or white PETG is perfect for this type of float.
The keel is rigid yet slightly flexible thanks to PETG.

Nozzle: 0.4 mm max
Layer height: ~0.12 mm
The float must be printed flat with supports and can/should (depending on your slicer and printer) be spaced ~1 mm apart in Z to prevent the base of the sphere from directly touching the platen and flattening out.

If you're using a white filament like in my photos, simply apply a fluorescent paint or varnish to the antenna, then varnish the whole thing with a matt acrylic varnish, for example.The float can also be painted or varnished to achieve a fluorescent or matt color. The varnish turns your print into a standard float and helps seal any micro-holes.

This is the method I use, but you'll get excellent results with your usual settings for your favorite slicer and post_print finishes.

The floats you see in the videos and/or photos have been printed from the STL files you are about to download. They were deliberately tested on an original Ender 3 Pro, fitted with a BLTouch and PEI tray, to demonstrate that :
1/ my models are really FDM printable,
2/ they work perfectly on the majority of 3D printers on the market, without requiring the latest technology.

If printing is excellent on an Ender 3, it will also be excellent on your machine.