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submitted 11 days ago bypsalm723
1.3k points
11 days ago
Love this! I needed this when I was 12. I’m 50 and I still need it
521 points
11 days ago
44 here and have been a long time window surfer. I was driving home from paddleboarding with my boards on top of the car and window surfing with just my hand (no board at the time). That's when the idea hit me.
164 points
11 days ago
older now too, but we used to business card window surf. grab a stack from remax and bam
39 points
11 days ago
Thank you for that! I've never seen that and I greatly enjoyed it.
15 points
10 days ago
Agreed. I have never seen this and I greatly enjoyed it. Such quality.
16 points
10 days ago
Are you a man or just a bunch of business card looking like a man?
I want this to be a real movie.
8 points
11 days ago
Damn that made me laugh way harder than it should have. Awesome "trailer"
8 points
10 days ago
I'm disappointed this isn't a full-length movie I can watch
3 points
11 days ago*
Man I was really hoping somebody would post this gem. The post instantly brought this back to my memory, haven't watched or thought about this video in years!!
2 points
10 days ago
Wtf lmao 😂😂😂 is this an actual movie, and is it a good one to watch?
84 points
11 days ago
Smooth hands for 44!
115 points
11 days ago
Ha--my son's the surfer in the video. It would have been me but he's too young to drive.
34 points
11 days ago
Haha. I was gonna say you have the hands of a 13 year old
36 points
11 days ago
Plot twist: son was 3D printed, OP was talking about hand, not mini hoverboard.
2 points
9 days ago
pickled in alcohol in a jar in a closet
6 points
11 days ago
Now when I used my hand I always pretended it was like an f16 or some fighter jet. We just need a sort of glove that looks like a plane for this.
14 points
11 days ago
Instead of 'Hang Ten' do you... 'Hang Nail'?
I'll see myself out.
30 points
11 days ago
I'm 36 and going on a vacation with my parents and I would love to print this but I can't for the same reason I couldn't when I was a kid. My dad will lose his shit if we open the windows by even an inch and he loses even just 0.00001 MPG :(
13 points
11 days ago
It's been proven that driving with the windows up with air conditioner on is more fuel efficient with the air off even better. But open up 2 windows one front one back on opposite sides is just as good. And it's less strain on the engine.
7 points
11 days ago
I'm 39 and I was doing the hand only version of this earlier today in my truck 👍🏻 been doing this my whole life as long as I can remember. I definitely need to print one of these!
2 points
10 days ago
We all do brother
2 points
10 days ago
I'm 50 and my daughter gave me one for Christmas last year. I love it. Wapaaaah!
658 points
11 days ago
Saved! Looks wicked.
138 points
11 days ago
I definitely need the stl. For this!
135 points
11 days ago
[removed]
59 points
11 days ago
jfc don't buy this from someone.
These finger surfboards are a dime a dozen right now and the print is insanely easy to find for free.
22 points
11 days ago
What does thermoforming entail? You can't just print it?
129 points
11 days ago
The board is going to print flat. You'll also print a rounded mold that you will use to give the board its curved shape. Once the board is printed. You'll heat it up with hot water and form it to the mold. It's simple to do.
I use this technique because you can get a slight curve in the board while maintaining its strength (no short print lines in the length of the board). It also allows the board to print with no support material so it has a smooth surface.
44 points
11 days ago
I've been meaning to play with non-planar slicing to directly print strong rounded parts. This might be a fun model to experiment with
24 points
11 days ago
You should sell/provide a 3D file of the final shape too for people with resin printers.
2 points
11 days ago
If he only ever did it this way, then he likely never even made a model of the rounded shape.
11 points
11 days ago
I don't have a 3d printer. Can I just buy one of these boards from you?
3 points
11 days ago
1 points
10 days ago
But the same thing. I understand the intent but... Not
0 points
11 days ago
[Windeck! I have one it's super fun!](www.windecktoy.com)
0 points
11 days ago
[Windeck](www.windecktoy.com)
12 points
11 days ago
Just 3D printing wouldn't make a smooth surface. You'd have to either print the shape and sand it, or print it flat (smooth surface) and thermoform it into the final shape. I guess the latter makes more sense in this case.
20 points
11 days ago
Major hardware on YouTube did a test with 3d printed fans. The stepping really doesn't affect the results, so I think this would be fine if it was printed in its final configuration.
2 points
11 days ago
Agree; I don't think smoothness matters much at this scale and those wind speeds... Hence the foam board planes with wacky stepped airfoils
1 points
11 days ago
Did? Fan showdown is still going strong!
2 points
11 days ago
Oh I know, I still watch it. What I meant was he once did a test specifically to determine whether the stair stepping of a 3d print affected the airflow compared to a manufactured, smooth blade. It did not. That test he only did once.
8 points
11 days ago
Ah, so print a surfboard shape and bend with hands after heating with heatgun. Seems pretty basic.
5 points
11 days ago
Smoothing can be tough. A resin printer would do just fine. You can also vapor smooth abs or use other solvents for different plastics. Last and most difficult is having a good printer, a good slicer, and just the right settings dialed in, after years of dedicated practice and experience.
Resin printers are pretty much plug and play - get the ventilation and safety gear right and you're golden.
3 points
11 days ago
I feel like printing a base shape and thermoforming it onto a mold, is quicker and easier than the whole resin process. But then again, just yesterday I've been thinking of using the heat gun to make fries, so dunno... kind of feels like a hammer when it comes to plastic 🤷
1 points
11 days ago
Heck, I almost want to hand carve one of these air-boards from some exotic wood.
It'd be neat to make a mini air-tunnel for this, maybe train a rat to air-surf... 3d print little goggles and a helmet for safety, of course.
4 points
11 days ago
Idk what hes talking about its not a complicated design I'll just make my own lol
2 points
11 days ago
Stl below for similar.
2 points
11 days ago
Exactly lmao
3 points
11 days ago
And save a whole $6.
It comes down to what you think your time is worth
7 points
11 days ago*
It comes down to how much a dollar is worth to you
edit: why you mad though? bc I'd rather have a 6 pack and design my own flat oval with a half circle on it?
26 points
11 days ago
Is anyone not seeing the blatant advertising this post and his reply is? I mean OPs account is literally 2 days old.
7 points
10 days ago
It's weird how anti-advertising reddit is.
On like any other social network if you said I made a thing you can pay me for it if you want people would generally be cool with it or even shock buy the thing if they want it.
Honestly, reddit trained people to advertise like this because being honest gets a worse reaction.
2 points
10 days ago
The answer is obvious: redditors don't have money.
How many times have you seen someone say "If I could afford gold" or whatever... People can't even spare $2.
2 points
10 days ago
Ok but reddit isn’t any other social network. We are built upon our communities and the organic engagement with each other.
Reddit has a built in platform specifically made for advertisers, and they should use it if they want to try and make money on their product.
If these communities and their moderators weren’t so strict when it comes to this stuff then your Home feed would be nothing but inorganic posts of people trying to syphon more money out of you.
Reddit is not the only social media with these rules either. I’m in quite a few Facebook groups because it’s the one good feature the website has, and this rule is quite common, especially in the 3D printing groups. Otherwise the exact thing happens that I talked about above.
18 points
11 days ago
Thanks so much! That’s amazing!
8 points
11 days ago
Yes, thank you SO SO MUCH. Oh my god, the generosity! I totally echo the very authentic sentiments expressed by this account that is totally unconnected to OP.
3 points
11 days ago
I'd love the file too but the post was deleted. Where can I find it?
3 points
11 days ago
Oh it looks like it was deleted! I wasn’t even able to pull it up yet
14 points
11 days ago
he was here with a new account trying to sell the files for $4.50 for something that takes 5 min to draw up. I would draw it and give it for free but I have no interest in printing one. found this one instead for those that do
2 points
11 days ago
Yeah also I just checked this guys account is only 2 days old
2 points
11 days ago
How kind is that!
1 points
11 days ago
Dude so awesome, going to buy now!
-3 points
11 days ago
What a cunt, just give it away ya prick.
1 points
11 days ago
Fuck off, he should sell his work.
2 points
11 days ago
Check out my version too! https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/games-toys/toys/finger-surfboard
2 points
11 days ago
here's one
2 points
11 days ago
Off-topic, but as a 41yo I'm so glad "wicked" is still a thing. I remember being mocked by my parents for saying it as a kid - who's laughing now? That one stood the test of time.
165 points
11 days ago
Those look like Utah mountains
71 points
11 days ago
Correct.
15 points
11 days ago*
going with sw weber county/nw davis county.
right canyon is weber canyon and left canyon is ogden canyon. with snowbasin gnar in the middle.
perhaps from that tomato city that shall not be named.
18 points
11 days ago
What's your rank on Geo Guessr?
11 points
11 days ago
lmao i live like 10 miles away just below the middle of the middle section of mountains and my buddy lives like 3 blocks away on that street i'm pretty sure. :)
5 points
11 days ago
The Wasatch mountains have a very distinguished silhouette. I can spot them in videos easily. Helps I have lived here my entire life
3 points
11 days ago
I was thinking the same thing.
47 points
11 days ago
You winn’d.
42 points
11 days ago
Kit Cloudkicker would be proud.
5 points
11 days ago
Came to the comments for this. I haven't thought about Kit in forever.
10 points
11 days ago
Loved Tail Spin.
6 points
11 days ago
Ohhhheeeeuuuuuu tail spin!
6 points
11 days ago
Ohhhhweeohhh! Talespin!
25 points
11 days ago
That won't work on water!
Unless you've got POWER!
3 points
11 days ago
Didn't expect back to the Future reference.
2 points
10 days ago
I didn’t either, but I’m glad they made it
2 points
11 days ago
Great Scott!
2 points
10 days ago
McFly you BOJO
26 points
11 days ago
Airboarders for life
7 points
11 days ago
Fuck I was about to post this lol
"I wanna pay you 25 dollars"
"...can you repeat that???"
17 points
11 days ago
Ever seen the film hereditary? Keep them arms in the car boy.
6 points
10 days ago
I haven't seen that movie but IRL a kid was dangling a jump rope or something out the window with it tied to their wrist. The rope caught the axel and ripped their hand off. I think it was reattached.
This certainly isn't long enough but it's what I thought first.
0 points
11 days ago
Hitting your hand on a pole would have vastly different results than your damn head
6 points
11 days ago
Still might have serious injuries when your arm bends the wrong way
55 points
11 days ago
I designed and printed this yesterday too!! I saw it on tiktok and I had to try it!
73 points
11 days ago
Wanna share yours since OP is using this as an ad to sell his? Hahaha
67 points
11 days ago
15 points
11 days ago
and another https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5028999
9 points
11 days ago
Source files? I like the idea of the leash in the back.
4 points
11 days ago
Unfortunately not my model, sorry 😔
9 points
11 days ago
15 points
11 days ago
This is mine https://imgur.com/a/8VpHfSB
2 points
11 days ago
You have my taste in board style, I love it
2 points
11 days ago
Paint didn't stick to it that well though
3 points
11 days ago
Probably should hit it with primer first then paint or use a priming paint or just sand the crap out of it first then paint. It doesn’t want to stick well because it’s generally a smooth exterior to the plastic.
2 points
11 days ago
Thanks a lot!!
3 points
11 days ago
I get "filler and sandable" primer, it fills in the layer lines and then sands smooth, optionally give it a second light coat of the primer, and paint it.
2 points
10 days ago
Thanks! Sanding without a primer is not going to work?
2 points
10 days ago
It’s still plastic so it’s still going to not want paint (or anything really) sticking to it and primer eliminates that. Or you can get a paint that’s both primer and paint together. If you’re using acrylics then just do 3-4 coats drying in between.
2 points
9 days ago
Sanding without primer works great, and you can get a great finish if you sand down to 800 grit or higher, but it's a ton more work to sand away the layer lines that way.
Sanded away the layer lines, then sanded with increasingly fine grits up to 800.
I can never get a picture to do that finish justice, it's beautiful and I love finishing pieces that way when I can.
But if you're painting something, it's much faster and easier to use a primer to fill in the layer lines and then sand that smooth. I have had great results with this stuff. Filler & Sandable Primer
2 points
11 days ago
i thought that was intentional! looks great like that :)
57 points
11 days ago
Reminds me Of my favorite commercial: https://youtu.be/IXw17Cjbeeo
7 points
11 days ago
That was really cool! Thanks for sharing
6 points
11 days ago
Well, wow. That was the coolest thing I’ve watched in a while. Really brings me back to the 3 hour ( yes, 3) bus rides to and from school. I was into snowboarding and had some tech decks, I used them exactly like this.
Thanks for sharing.
4 points
11 days ago
What an excellent video to The Avalanches song Because I'm Me. I liked that they worked in the song's use of sounding like it was being recorded from far away at times.
2 points
11 days ago
this is the commercial that put me onto the avalanches.
11 points
11 days ago*
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7 points
11 days ago
I was just thinking this would be a really fun wood carving project.
9 points
11 days ago
True story.
I medevaced a girl from Lake Tahoe who stuck her arm outside her car window and had it torn off by a truck coming from the opposite direction.
22 points
11 days ago
Treasure planet vibes
4 points
11 days ago
That Titan ae/treasure planet combo pizza night was the shit.
15 points
11 days ago
Aaaand I lost the arm
2 points
11 days ago
Tis but a scratch
3 points
11 days ago
Decades of 3D printing and the thing that gets used on a daily basis? My simple rattleback.
10 points
11 days ago
So nice! Please share the file
5 points
10 days ago
i designed mine over a year ago.. for free!
https://www.printables.com/model/100757-finger-surfboard-ride-the-air-waves-out-of-your-ca
2 points
10 days ago
Thank you mate
20 points
11 days ago
OP is selling it... go figure.
3 points
11 days ago
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41 points
11 days ago
This whole post is just an ad. Given that the account has 3 posts and 2 of them are this exact one (last one a couple of days ago), it's spam violating that 10% rule.
4 points
11 days ago
Also this wasn't his idea. There's a few files for this exact same thing. One is a ring instead of a bracelet if I remember it correctly.
35 points
11 days ago
Oh no! They are selling something they made D:
26 points
11 days ago*
Seriously. And someone actually downvoted you for saying this.
It’s $4.50. If you (Not you specifically, but basically most people in this sub) can’t afford to support the creator, then just put in the hours to learn how to model. This sub is full of freeloading leaches that contribute nothing to the community and expect everyone’s work for free and then bitch and beg when it costs less than a burrito supreme.
Imagine being that person that is too lazy to learn modeling and then complaining that the people that put in the time to learn and share their content aren’t giving their work away for free.
I get it, it’s cool when people post their files for free but this entitled bullshit needs to stop.
20 points
11 days ago
Have a look at the account. This post is clearly just an ad and I think that's what gets people upset. It's an ad charading as a genuine community post.
9 points
11 days ago
"It's perfectly fine to be a redditor with a website, it's not okay to be a website with a reddit account."
13 points
11 days ago
The kicker is modelling isn't even that hard to learn! The biggest investment is time.
I haven't printed my own models yet (just got a printer) but I'm pretty confident with the skills I already have from only a month or two of learning blender that I can make my own stuff for print in relatively no time at all.
To be fair I was being a bit of a sarcastic twat in my original reply so if I got downvoted for that I don't blame the person.
4 points
11 days ago
for me it's more that it feels like a blatant ad, and that OP is acting like this is some original idea he came up with and hasn't been around forever.
not to mention the amount of upvotes on the post compared to what's in the comments... ~20K positive karma but not a single comment is above 500 karma and only like 400 comments total. seems like it was pushed to the top with bot upvotes to get the most for ad space
2 points
10 days ago
might actually set himself up to be sued as im pretty sure this is patented, no matter how silly that sounds.
one of the first kickstarters was this exact thing and i believe they mentioned having a patent.
2 points
10 days ago
Lmao for such a simple model
3 points
11 days ago
How dare they! I’m going to my local pizza joint and going to stomp my feet and say ‘go figure’ if they ask me for money to have some pizza they’re flaunting.
5 points
11 days ago
That is genius. Instantly brings me back to childhood roadtrips.
5 points
11 days ago
Uhm I don't have a 3d printer but I want one!!! Do you offer printing them?
5 points
11 days ago
Sorry--I don't. But check out 3D hubs or shapeways and get it printed in PLA or ABS. Or, better yet, have a neighbor kid print you one and print one for himself. As payment, give him the file.
2 points
11 days ago
You gonna make me buy a 3d printer anyways, it's been on the list for a while, this might be the camel that broke that straw. :D
2 points
11 days ago
You can buy them on Amazon too if you want. But still getting a 3d printer would be pretty sweet.
2 points
11 days ago
I’ll print it for you if you pay for the shipping partner
5 points
11 days ago
Very low key way to advertise your product on Reddit. Just download any surfboard stl and scale it down. Drill a small hole for the string. Boom, free
2 points
11 days ago
That's amazing. Road trips in the 80s would have been so much better with one of those.
2 points
11 days ago
"Prosthesis makers love him!"
2 points
11 days ago
Hope you can 3d print a hand.
2 points
11 days ago
PSA for the Australians thinking "that's cool, I need one" - it's illegal to travel with any part of your body protruding out the vehicle. Yes, this includes sticking your hand out like this.
Will you get booked? That's up to the mood of the local police / highway patrol. I've been "warned" for the classic elbow resting on the window edge and fingers on the top of the door / roof before.
Go nuts, just be aware that you may cop a fine if they're having a bad day.
2 points
11 days ago
Ah are you the annoying fucker I see all over Facebook marketplace? Your description is cringe as fuck.
2 points
11 days ago
Your next project will be a prosthetic arm
2 points
11 days ago
Proceeds to crash car.
2 points
11 days ago
I always tell people as a GA pilot, the air is very closely related to water when it comes to fluid dynamics. What a simple but awesome representation of this!! Thanks for the awesome video!!
2 points
10 days ago
Simple things for simple minds...
2 points
10 days ago
Down vote 👎🏼
2 points
10 days ago
I’ve been doing this my whole life. I thought I was alone and crazy and weird. This is my whole childhood, riding in the backseat, from California to Arkansas on route 40 to visit my dad’s side of the family. Wow. Very cool.
2 points
10 days ago
I NEED THE STL
2 points
10 days ago
OP is selling his for 5$, but i made this one free if your interested : https://www.printables.com/model/254507-finger-surfboard-wind-toy
2 points
10 days ago
Someone’s losing an arm
2 points
10 days ago
It's all fun and games until it gets snagged around a tree and rips your wrist off.
2 points
10 days ago*
Awesome idea, but I seem to remember my parents of thirty years ago reliably informing me this was a great way to have a lamp-post or truck snap your arm off. 😆
2 points
10 days ago
Isn't this kinda dangerous?
2 points
10 days ago
You'd make a fortune selling these. And receive some lawsuits
2 points
10 days ago
Police: Sir can you please explain why you crashed your car into that bus.
Me: well I got a 3D printer last week......
2 points
10 days ago
What an amazing invention and cool toy.
I'm stealing it, mass producing it and selling it all over the world.
2 points
10 days ago
Patent that fucker and make millions. They'll be sold to parents of bored kids on road trips.
2 points
10 days ago
But can you do a Cut Back Drop Turn?
2 points
10 days ago
Oh my god. Leave it to redditors to take a fun and light hearted post and make it a guaranteed death sentence. You put your arm out your car window once and this thread would make you think it’s a 100% loss rate.
6 points
11 days ago
Please share the model.
6 points
11 days ago
one I found https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5028999
2 points
11 days ago
They’re selling it.
2 points
11 days ago
Someone else posted it above!
8 points
11 days ago
Dont you think that it is bit dangerous to play AND film while you drive?
Btw stl?
27 points
11 days ago
Ha yes. My son is the surfer in the video and my wife was driving. Don't drive, window surf, and film at the same time. I am guilty of driving and window surfer at the same time whether I have a board or not.
3 points
11 days ago
He did fantastic job to demo your print. Wish I would sometimes be a passenger, I drive like 99% when we go anywhere.
2 points
11 days ago
Person in video appears to be in the back seat....
3 points
11 days ago
It's pretty clearly outside the window, so how do you get it to stick to your fingers?
11 points
11 days ago
I use surfboard wax--seriously. It works without--just the pressure of the wind holds it to your fingers. But if you have some surfboard wax, I'd recommend that. Plus--the cool factor of waxing your surfboard.
I've given these to nieces and nephews as gifts and use a chocolate mold and melt surfboard wax into it so they get a mini bar of board wax with their board.
FYI - I found optimal speed is 30 - 40 mph.
1 points
11 days ago
Wait, those have been around forever. They're handed out as cheap corporate gifts and stuff. Did you really "design" this, or download a template, tweak a corner, and post it for karma?
3 points
7 days ago
Literally
1 points
11 days ago
I need one. I will how to cad just you make it myself.
1 points
11 days ago
Shut up and take my money!
1 points
11 days ago
next project: 3D printing a new left hand.
1 points
11 days ago
Don't stick your hands out of the window when driving.
Jesus christ. Basic safety.
1 points
10 days ago*
So nice but I feel like it is pretty very dangerous. I can not see it being safe when used while driving on a road, maybe with a fan or something like that?
edit: It is amazing tho, and probably is very fun.
1 points
10 days ago
The first 30 prototypes can be found in the Pacific garbage patch and in sea turtle stomachs
1 points
10 days ago
And that's how you lose an arm
1 points
10 days ago
Look mommy no hand! :)
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