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So I received my ST today and love the accuracy/ease of use. However, it makes me nervous having it so close and slightly in front. Anyone have any protection ideas until the protective case is released? I was planning on using it with our First Tee kids but I am holding off until the unit can be protected.
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I as well would be interested if available or even being able to buy the plans or such. That is a great looking case.Originally posted by wbond View Post -
Hi guys, Yes it will work for LH and RH players the way it is designed now. If you don't need it too then you can leave one of the vertical slots closed since only 1 of the 2 line lasers is active depending on setting for LH or RH. When facing the unit the right slot is for RH players and the left one is for LH players.
As for joint orders or builds. It makes no sense. I live in Sweden and most of you I assume are on the other side of the big pond.
The plan is to build the prototype first and do the final adjustments. Then if I can find the time to prepare stuff I might share the plans and methods so anyone that wants to can build their own. Or alternatively build for others and sell or whatever. Makes more sense that someone in the US builds them and distributes them there.
In order to build it you will need a 3D printer (the base and the knobs) and some way of cutting 6mm plastic sheets with some precision.
I am still not happy with the bubble levels and need to find a design for the lid so it can be tightly secured.
I would like to integrate the bubble levels in the transparent lid, but have not found a design yet that is easy to build and allows for easy calibration. E.g. I would like the bubble levels to be adjustable with a simple screw on 1 side.
Here's a rendering from the back and an image of the work in progress. The knob is just a test print. The final one will have a longer screw.
The idea is that if you want to raise it high you can screw in the adjustment screws from the bottom up and if you need to raise it just slightly you can mount them from the top down.
For me this will be the driving range enclosure. While in the garage I have another bigger and heavier box on top, in addition. Pretty ugly but it can take a lot of abuse and the unit will not move if hit by a bounce back ball or even a shank. That bigger box has a wide opening similar to what we have seen from other builds here. (or the Skytrak official protection)Comment
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wow if it works and you can build more i'd love to buy one from you too - happy to pay for shipment on ebay and pay using paypal or something.Comment
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davray666 I didn't realize you were located on the other side of the pond. Either way, your design looks great. I wonder why those who designed the official skytrak protection didn't make the opening smaller like you did to protect the lens as much as possible. If you do get the plans finished and share, i would like to get a copy, at least of the front. I like to diy stuff anyway. Even if i don't get a clean "professional" looking cutout by doing it myself, i would like to cover that opening as best i can.Comment
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Sure, I will as soon as I have built the prototype and tested it properly.
Don't want a design floating around with my name that does not work as expected. If you want it now with a disclaimer I will give it to you.
The way this works is that once it's assembled I can see the laser lines and all the sensor positions and make a final adjustment while the unit is in the enclosure.
In general I have no plans to make any money out of this. Whatever I have in terms of information, I will share, but I will not build anything for anybody else.
By the way I got tired of trying to cut those plastic sheets with any precision. (Way to much cursing in the garage) So I redesigned it to be less transparent and more 3D printed.
Way much easier to build assuming you have a 3D printer. Will start the 3D print later this evening. 32 hours for the big piece.
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I said it before and I say it again. I bow to the captain. I want to know how much material cost you have into the printer supplies. That is even better than your last masterpiece. 3d printer? who'da thunk it? If you don't want to post it you can PM me.
I showed the engineer here at work your picture. He was impressed. He said hell if those things can do that great of work we can buy one (3d printer) and have it print a copy of itself and then send the original back. -
A 3D printer that can print it self! That would be great.
The material I plan to use is PLA. Cost should be in the range of 7$ for the whole thing. (No that is not a typo)
Another few $ for the rest should land it somewhere south of 20$ total.
Now with that said. Before you run off and buy a printer you should probably check out some sample prints in different materials.
To check if they meet your requirements in quality, strenght etc ... It's not like a laser printer, you need lot's of experience to print functional stuff.
The PLA material could not be used to replace the very strong transparent plastic that is in front of the sensors. There is currently no 3D printer material that can replace that. Not sure that was clear? Only the dark grey plastic is printed.
In 32 h I will be able to show you a picture of the print. I might even test shoot at it with a golf ball just for fun.
If it cracks it will still protect the Skytrak and I can always print a new one.
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This is a really great concept, I'm thoroughly impressed. Pardon my ignorance on this, but if davray666 could provide us the specs, could those of us in the states band together and send those specs to a place that does custom 3D printing and laser cutting the transparent plastic. If we could get a bulk order together it may make it more cost effective and likely that a vendor (if they exist) could do all the cutting and fabrication. Then the vendor could ship all the pieces to one of us and then just put it together and ship out to the US group individually?Comment
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Here is my attempt to construct some sort of protection for my skytrak for piece of mind of a bad shot or a bad bounce back. I am far from a craftsman compared so please be gentle with criticism . I would like to thank davray666 for helping me with location of where to cut the openings for shots to register. I did have to tweak the size of the opening and as shown a ball is unable to fit through the opening.Comment
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Stiggity, looks great. Protection is priority #1 for me, not looks, I'm sure my cuts will look way worse than yours!. One thing I've come across, that I didn't see in your design is the need to cover the top. It's happened to me a few times, that the ball would bounce off the netting and catch a couple uncovered spots on the ground and bounce on top of the unit (luckily mine was covered). This would largely depend on how your hitting area was setup. Just wanted to share my experience.Comment
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Stiggity , that looks safe:-) I would still be a little bit worried with the thickness of the transparent plastic. Looks thin. Did you test shoot it?
For those of you that want one as well but don't have the DIY skills, check this out.
Reasonable prices, on-line ordering. They also do 3D printing.
If I can find the time I will do a test order to check out the quality at least on the laser cutting. That is easy to get right.
The 3D printing is a different story. That I prefer to do my self.Comment
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Any ideas on where I should put my Skytrak? I have the truestrike mat and the Skytrak is sitting in the ball holders. I can't really figure out where else to out it. Though it's not 100% level. Any thought of recommendations would be appreciated
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ryanoneill1 very nice setup, move the gel pad to the 3rd section then you can put the skytrak on the 4th for all you iron shots and only move it for when you wanna use up your driver and hit that from the 4th.Comment
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Yea, I don't know how ideal moving the Skytrak will be between irons and woodsComment
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I'm going to cut holes out with a dremel. These are temporary cremation containers made of hard plastic.Comment
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