On: Seal-mounted camera recovered after 3 years on oce...

[dazhbog]

Why that camera has lines like this? Was it 3D printed? If it was molded it doesn't make sense to have those lines + paint.

Interesting nevertheless that it survived all this time.

[userbinator → dazhbog]

Looks like machining marks to me. I doubt something like that would be 3D printed.

I guess you could say that it was a very well-sealed camera.

[dotancohen → userbinator]

  > I guess you could say that it was a very well-sealed camera.

Well, it did fall off the seal. Though that's not very typical.

[prawn → userbinator]

Why wouldn't it be 3D printed? Not strong enough? I assume it's a fairly specialised item and shape.

[quartesixte → prawn]

Even if it was initially 3D printed, there is a fair bit of CNC machining that goes into making it a final useable product

[dazhbog → userbinator]

Oh yea CNC'd is more likely. A 3D print would never survive.

[torgian → userbinator]

Dadun-tsssss

[jstanley → dazhbog]

It definitely looks 3d printed, although the layer resolution is quite fine and the print quality is very good, and it hasn't been obviously damaged after 3 years in the sea, so I expect this is not printed in PLA on a home 3d printer.

Searching for "lidgard underwater camera", I found this blog post, which has more pictures but no explanation of how it was made: https://lidgardphotography.com/tag/sable-island/ - I still think it looks clearly 3d printed.

The domain name on the side is https://www.cats.is/

They have other cameras that are also clearly 3d printed, e.g. https://www.cats.is/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Croc-CATS-Cam... but they still don't mention how they're made, the page about their cameras is at https://www.cats.is/products/cats-cam/