We use various 3D printers at work, mainly for enclosures and other bespoke fittings. Being a fly fisherman, it didn’t take me long to start wondering what I could use them for in the fly fishing/fly tying space.
This series will mainly be about me fumbling my way through the 3D printing world. Well, fumbling when it comes to flexible filaments. The hard material stuff is relatively easy these days if you know your way around CAD.
My first attempt was building a device for reeling my backing on Fortunas quicker. Getting them off is easy using those geared line winder tools and something to wash backing on -( see https://themissionblog.com/clean-fly-reel-backing-the-leaf-trap-line-trap/ )
It took a bit to get the fit perfect, but once the CAD work is done its just rinse and repeat.
Printer: PRUSA MK3S+
Slicer: Prusa slicer initally but settled on Simplify 3d later.
Filament: Prusament PLA
Nice piece of design work. I have found 3D printers to be great additions to my fishing arsenal. I’ve bought two and built two from scratch and have printed numerous items to assist my fly fishing habit as well as my fly tying addiction. I got both Delta and Cartesian printers but my current favorite is the Creality Ender 5plus because of it’s large print volume and it’s reliability right out of the box. For the last 8 years I have also printed fly and spinning rod handles with the printers.