I've been fishing with self-made floats for a long time, and now I only fish with 3D-printed floats.<\/p>\n
I designed this 100 mm float<\/strong> with a 1.6 mm antenna<\/strong> and a 1.2 mm keel<\/strong>. Added 12\/2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n A 130 mm body-down ball float\u201c<\/strong>, identical design, with a 80 mm keel<\/strong>. We used this float for smelt fishing on the M\u00e9doc Atlantic coast (France)<\/strong>. Neither heat nor large mullets damaged this float. It proved highly efficient, sensitive and robust<\/strong>, even with the constant wind from the ocean. If you've ever printed something that needed to be watertight - such as a vase or a float - you know that this requires perseverance and special settings in your slicer and on your printer. My models are designed for the\u20193D FDM printing<\/strong>. They are designed to meet the specific needs of anglers, and each one is designed, printed and tested several times under real-life conditions<\/strong> until you achieve optimum results.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ball float, 3D-printable 3D water droplet, proven in rivers and the sea<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"product_brand":[303,302],"product_cat":[156,130,136,150],"product_tag":[422,238,561,386,237,423,424,354,321,798,323,208,419,799,377,351,304,425,420,562,552,231,330,421,501,197,426,427],"class_list":["post-1111","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-3dpecheur","product_brand-apiobi","product_cat-flotteurs","product_cat-modeles-3d","product_cat-peche","product_cat-peche-carpe","product_tag-3d","product_tag-3dpecheur","product_tag-ablette","product_tag-angler","product_tag-apiobi","product_tag-articles","product_tag-bouchon","product_tag-canne","product_tag-carpe","product_tag-carpodrome","product_tag-coup","product_tag-diy","product_tag-eau-calme","product_tag-eperlans","product_tag-etang","product_tag-fisherman","product_tag-fishing","product_tag-float","product_tag-flotteur","product_tag-friture","product_tag-mer","product_tag-peche","product_tag-pecheur","product_tag-poisson","product_tag-riviere","product_tag-stl","product_tag-supplies","product_tag-tackle","first","instock","featured","downloadable","virtual","sold-individually","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apiobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIts buoyancy is excellent, as is its sturdiness.
\nWeight :<\/strong> about 0,3 g<\/strong>, depending on post-print finishes and filling.
\nSimply add a segment of silicone to the antenna and one or two to the keel.<\/p>\n
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\nFor the price indicated, you can download the 2 sizes, 100mm and 130mm.<\/p>\n
\nNEW - June 2025 - SEA TESTS<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\nThe results were exceptional, despite the heatwave (over 37\u00b0C<\/strong>) and low tidal coefficients (+\/- 50):
\n\u27a1\ufe0f 250 smelts in 3 days<\/strong>, caught by a single fisherman.<\/p>\n
\nI gave some to other fishermen, who were amazed to see that a 3D printed float<\/strong> can produce such results.<\/p>\n
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\nBut I assure you, there is no there's nothing more rewarding than catching a fish with a float you've printed yourself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n