Looking for advice on 3D-printed zoom gears

9 hours ago, Davide DB said:

Youuuu Huuuuu

I revive this old thread.

I'm looking for a Panasonic 14-42mm MKII zoom gear. Any hint on a ready and working 3D project?

Thank you in advance

 

If your looking for an economical gear rather than a project you can buy one of these gears 3D printed from Deep shots for about 65 euro.

Thanks Chris,

I have only Nauticam gears but in this case their gear is more expensive than the used lens in itself!

18 hours ago, Davide DB said:

Youuuu Huuuuu

I revive this old thread.

I'm looking for a Panasonic 14-42mm MKII zoom gear. Any hint on a ready and working 3D project?

Thank you in advance

 

Davide, You may be in luck https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=panasonic+14+42&type=things&sort=relevant

Disclaimer : I have not tried them and am not familiar with panasonic lens range but some seem to match yours?

1 hour ago, waterpixel said:

Davide, You may be in luck https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=panasonic+14+42&type=things&sort=relevant

Disclaimer : I have not tried them and am not familiar with panasonic lens range but some seem to match yours?

I had already searched there. There is a zoom gear for the 14-42mm PZ which is a different lens. The other zoom gear seems to be just a sketch. I will try with Deep shots.

Thanks

17 hours ago, Davide DB said:

Thanks Chris,

I have only Nauticam gears but in this case their gear is more expensive than the used lens in itself!

No problem - it's a lot cheaper than the Nauticam gear and they have a lifetime wear out warranty.

I've just bought one.

Now I'm in the mess of post Brexit custom workflow. I did not pay any VAT and now I should pay it in Italy. What a mess!

On 3/25/2021 at 3:18 PM, Davide DB said:

I've just bought one.

Now I'm in the mess of post Brexit custom workflow. I did not pay any VAT and now I should pay it in Italy. What a mess!

I've been on the lookout for that one as well, but seems no luck...v1 yes, PZ yes, but v2 nope.
There is also a company in Germland that does 3d printed ones, no clue about quality:

https://igoscuba.com/Zoom-gear-Lumix-14-42mm-2?search=14-42

On 3/25/2021 at 10:18 AM, Davide DB said:

I've just bought one.

Now I'm in the mess of post Brexit custom workflow. I did not pay any VAT and now I should pay it in Italy. What a mess!

On behalf of the British Nation, I apologise unreservedly for the utter ***up of Brexit. I spent a 35-year career promoting Britain in the EU. I could weep.

30 minutes ago, TimG said:

On behalf of the British Nation, I apologise unreservedly for the utter ***up of Brexit. I spent a 35-year career promoting Britain in the EU. I could weep.

Hahaha.

I miss you guys

4 hours ago, makar0n said:

 

I've been on the lookout for that one as well, but seems no luck...v1 yes, PZ yes, but v2 nope.
There is also a company in Germland that does 3d printed ones, no clue about quality:

https://igoscuba.com/Zoom-gear-Lumix-14-42mm-2?search=14-42

Good to know.

Lens gears are the most outrageously expensive piece of equipment. A disgrace.

They should give them out like candy in hotel baskets, but...

P.S

After nearly two years and a couple hundred dives my DeepShot gear is rock solid!

Just saw this post. I am heavy in to 3d printing. I print all my gears. I use FreeCad as a design platform. A little learning curve but works great. Good tutorials from"Mango Jelly Solutions for FreeCad" on YouTube. I have already printed a watertight 3d housing for a Osmo pocket 2. I am now working an adapters for Nauticam housing to other ports.

Those look like some very nice gears, obviously high-quality prints! I'm just getting into 3D printing now and bought a printer a few weeks ago. I got a Creality 3 S1 printer. I've done a couple of original designs and printed in PLA and PLA+ to date. Results have been pretty impressive, but there was some adjustment to move from one material to another.  I did my designs in FreeCad and Fusion 360 so far, and may poke around with OnShape. My impression so far is that Fusion 360 seems to be quite a bit more sophisticated than FreeCad, and not any harder to use.

I'm curious what your are using for your prints, can you share some details? 

For gears I use a semi flex material, Colorfab nGen flex .For rigid parts I like California filament matte black petg. The  printede circular discs, to block out writing on the front of lens, uses this matte PETG. Parts are printed on  a Creality cr-10 v2, .04 nozzle. Freedad has a gear envolute gear in the parts design menu. Add the modulus, number of teeth and angle of gear and the extrude in the parts menu. I think PLA does not have the UV and heat stability of PETG.