3D Printing Fins and Finboxes

[Aly_Tawfik]

Cant locally source finboxes (us/fcs) or large fins. Is it a good idea to 3D print them?

[jspr]

FCS2 compatible 3d printable plugs

hi to all, I developed a 3d printable fcs2 plug compatible, to make it easyer and to make it safer I decided to remove the tension rod and replace it with a screw… basically for what I read online a lot of people use one screw to fix fins and avoiding releases. I printed them with abs, I changed a little bit the screw inclination compared to the original FCS2 to have more plastic between screw hole and tab. attached you can find gcode for 0 degrees, 3-5 degrees just the left one, for the right …

For the plugs yes …

for the fins your better off staying with plywood for the beginning, it’s easy to print a fin but getting it strong enough is difficult if your using a fdm printer. The strength of the plugs is in the resin and glass around .

After messing around with printing fins for awhile id say it’s not worth it unless you want something very special .

[Aly_Tawfik]

Thanks.

Do you know where i can find the models for 3d printing us finbox?

[jspr]

There are a lot of them on thingiverse but I have no idea if they are well designed .

[arlosilva]

try the gecko surfboards website, big diy and printables library.

cheers and good waves.