What about 3D printed tees?

[JackedUpSwing]

Please make sure these stand up on fiberbuilt mats. The tomahawk tees were way more durable than the birtees, but they can’t stand up on the fiberbuilt mat(they just sink down in it).

[leibin]

I have a new design that lasted pretty well, but I ordered some Ninjaflex TPU with a hardness of 85A vs at least 95A on what I've been using. Should be here in a couple of days. I think I'll be able to do something closer to the birtee design and have longevity with it. I'll update the thread as that progresses.

[Mahoooner]

If anyone gets an update on that Fibrebuilt ramp, please let me know!

[Jnc10]

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4078821/comments

I printed version 6 of this tee and it seems to hold up the best out of all I have printed

[Jerome]

This went 15 shots with no signs of damage in 35F weather before I lost it.
TPU, 250 nozzle, 0.1mm layers. 20mm/sec speed.
No supports and printed upright.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ob7...ew?usp=sharing

[Jerome]

Sideways printed tee still split between layers. Increasing temp to 250 and changing layer to 0.1mm.

[Jnc10]

yep. i snapped a #48 right at the base in 3 swings

[Jerome]

For 100mph club head speed, If the club hits the tee 1 inch behind the ball it will strike the ball 0.006 seconds later. My thinking was that the ball would not move much in 6 thousands of a second. This design is moot for me anyway.

Being able to print(got my printer yesterday) and test designs helps a lot. Tomahawk like design (post #46) in TPU 0.2mm layers was good for 20+ swings. The cone shape is a big issue. The cone adds rigidity that we don't want. A sideways printed version of post #42 is much stronger and more flexible but it needs supports to print which is a pain. I just printed ,vertically, a non-cone version of post #42 with feet but no holes(i will punch the holes because they don't print well). Will test this soon.

I like post #48 but that base at the bottom has too much mass and thus inertia. It is going to want to stay in place while the top wants to shoot off at 100mph.

[leibin]

I think I somehow just flagged this post when trying to comment - my bad . Unless you pick the ball clean on that tee I think it will get in the way. The idea with the tee is tee have the least amount of interaction possible with both the club and the ball. I do like the thought process though!

[Diceberg]

I like the concept of absorbing the energy. Will this cause the ball to "move" in any unacceptable way just before impact?

[Jerome]

TPU version was still serviceable after 20 driver shots. I'll print 9 more overnight.

[Jerome]

Printed this in PLA just to test my printer. Broke second swing. Setting up TPU print now.

[Jnc10]

I made this with 20% infill with some goo quality TPU and it broke in 3 swings at the base where it meets the skinnier part
how much infill do you normally use?

[Jerome]

I had this idea last night. The thought is to vector the energy down and the tee wont fly away.

[Jnc10]

This is what I printed today