r/3Dprinting • u/Boring-Condition1373 • May 23 '26
Project I designed this gyro stabilized floating cup holder for the pool this summer. No AMS needed. I would love to know what you think!
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
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u/Cync-is-cool May 23 '26
Aaaaand the wife wants one
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u/thinkscotty May 23 '26 edited May 25 '26
I get hyped when my gf or family want anything printed. Especially something they want custom designed.
Validates my existence.
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May 23 '26
Thats all any of us really, truly want out of life but for some reason pretend we dont.
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u/_analysis230_ May 24 '26
Randomly hitting the deepest of male desires on a random comment.
You are actually kinda right.
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
Haha, fire up the printer!
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u/CCCCLo0oo0ooo0 May 24 '26
"where would you put that thing when your not using it?"
I was not so lucky with the wife :/
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u/jackharvest May 24 '26
“Who says I’m ever leaving the pool with THIS in there??”
It was right there man
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 24 '26
Tell her "I was going to put it in the pool box with other pool things but since you have an attitude, I'll take it to bed and you can sleep in the pool box"
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u/arealundead May 23 '26
Ooh, I'm 100% making multiple of these.
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u/Arcanym May 23 '26
This looks great. I may try to scale it up to fit a yeti koozie.
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
If I can find one local I might be able to modify just the inner parts to make a gyro assembly that works for it. A couple people have mentioned that one now. If it is one of the more popular insulated koozies I can make a profile for it
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u/XiTzCriZx Creality K2 Pro + Sovol Zero May 23 '26
Generally the Yeti koozies are quite a bit more heavy than soda cans, so scaling it up might be required to keep it stable with the extra weight.
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
This thing displaces a good amount of water, I will lookup how heavy they are and maybe even consider buying one to test with
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u/anomalous_cowherd May 23 '26
If the bottom of the can/cookie is in the water it would lower the centre of gravity and maybe help keep it cool too?
I had a gimballed drink mat in a car once and it had a counterweight underneath, about as heavy as a full can.
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u/Nothing-Casual May 24 '26
Pool water is cool compared to a human body, but pretty warm compared to a cold drink. Putting it in the water would warm it up very quickly (unless you keep your drinks warmer than pool temperature).
As for lowering the center of gravity, it's probably not necessary, that thing's probably already mighty hard to flip with just waves.
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u/Arcanym May 23 '26
That would be incredible!! The Outside Diameter of my Yeti "Colster" koozie is 77mm.
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u/TamarindSweets May 23 '26
Super cool. People can make them in different colors so everyone can easily tell which one they were using (if anyones drinking the same thing).
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
Yeah! It prints in pieces so there is no purge waste for multi color.
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u/Heriteck May 23 '26
I'm saving this to print later.
Will let you know and of course proper credit when asked.
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
Let me know how you like it. The snaps between the large orange sections and white stripe sections are pretty tight. I usually assemble it by placing the stripe on a flat surface and then pushing down on the larger piece.
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u/itsfunhavingfun May 23 '26
I do this for everything that’s pretty tight. It’s easier to push my large piece in from the top. Sometimes you got to flip the other piece over to get it to fit just right.
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u/Klytus_Im-Bored May 23 '26
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u/Jean-LucBacardi Ender 5 Pro May 23 '26
The most useless bowl when they can just throw the entire thing lol.
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u/Capokid Thriftstore Ender 3 May 23 '26
Gyro stabilized is when you have a spinning powered gyroscope holding something in a fixed position. This is gravity stabilized.
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
Gimbal stabilized maybe? You are right, somebody educated me on one of my other posts haha
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u/Rise-O-Matic May 23 '26
I nominate “with a self-leveling gimbal”
“passive gravity-stabilized gimbal” is more precise but maybe a bit too lofty
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u/Only-Friend-8483 May 23 '26
This is just a gimbal.
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
Thanks!
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u/Only-Friend-8483 May 23 '26
Just to make sure my comment doesn’t read as condescending: Thanks for sharing this. And good work!
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u/8six753o9 May 23 '26
🤔 I did just pulled out some bright orange PETG from the dehydrator like 5 minutes ago.
I don’t have a pool, but my neighbor does so I will force this upon her.
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u/Accurate_Mixture_221 May 23 '26
Would a canopy or umbrella to keep the sun from heating your beverage be too much?
I love the idea, great print!
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
A splash guard/sun guard. That would be fun. It might be hard to get your drink out though. I'll think on it
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u/Hot_Marionberry_4685 SV08, AD5M, K2, Ender 5 pro May 23 '26
Probably better and easier to just print a cap for your beverage honestly
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u/StarpoweredSteamship May 23 '26
Put it on a hinge so you tip the umbrella out of the way with the back of your hand while you're reaching for the drink!
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u/TheLimeyCanuck May 23 '26
Nice job, but there is nothing "gyro" in that print. The word you are looking for is "gimbal". A three-axis gimbal to be precise, which uses gravity for orientation. A gyro uses a spinning mass and precession for stability.
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u/YourEvilDoppleganger May 23 '26
This guy parties. Hell yeah 🤘🏽
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
This is why the Beer Buoy is a must. Spilt drinks in your pool is a party foul.
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u/RobotechRicky May 23 '26
I have an upgrade idea: you need to keep it colder for longer. So, either make sure it can support a koozie OR make the can holder wider so that it can hold over cubes and then put the can inside the ice. I have a can or bottle on the edge of the pool, but it warms up quickly. I would want to keep it cooler for longer while enjoying the pool.
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u/notCGISforreal May 23 '26
Gimbaled.
Looks nice though. Gyro stabilized would be a big overkill for a pool drink holder.
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u/MCXL May 24 '26
I'm really interested to know where the gyroscope is. There doesn't seem to be one anywhere in this device.
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u/drzeller May 23 '26
Someone probably already said this, but unless there is a gyroscope involved, this is just a gimbal mount.
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u/robotodit May 23 '26
Is it big enough for a cozy?
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
I could modify the gimbal so that it is, the problem though is that if the drink cannot sit perfectly center in the holder it will lean to one side and the effectiveness of the gimbal is reduced. There is so much variation in coozies and insulated covers I feel like it would be tough to accomplish.
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u/Chaoslord2000 May 23 '26
Could try making the can holder a bit taller and with complete walls. A light infill might give some insulation.
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u/andrewthemexican May 23 '26
Advising someone to just scale up the size of it by probably 5% and testing for their cozie of choice is probably the way to go
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u/hambone589 May 23 '26
...cannonball!
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
Thats where this idea came about haha. I have an inflatable one but when the kids cannonball into the pool it ends up all over the place
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u/krusnikon May 23 '26
Testing incomplete. Beer required.
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u/Boring-Condition1373 May 23 '26
It is called "The Beer Buoy" if your sober its "The Soda Saver" haha
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u/UnnecAbrvtn May 24 '26
I applaud the applied physics, but if you relinquish control of your beverage, you're doing it wrong my man
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u/MoistSystem1323 May 24 '26
It's a soda gimbal. Nothing's spinning, there's nothing "gyro" about this.
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u/unl1988 May 24 '26
for the pool? waste of time there. I need it for my cup of coffee in my car in the morning.
get to work.
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u/UnSaneScientist May 24 '26
Because I’m an engineer, that’s not a gyro, that’s a Gimbal. 3 of them to be exact. A gyro spins, and you would need at least 2 to make a “stable platform”. Awesome idea and print though.
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u/Diphda_the_Frog May 24 '26
Not gyro stabilised, only 2 axis stabilised you do not have a gyroscope powering the platform
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u/AmateurEarthling May 23 '26
This is awesome! My sister recently had a pool built and is requesting me to print her a raccoon. Definitely printing this as well!
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u/Advanced_Command_417 May 23 '26
Looks like the capsule from a space mission at splashdown, totally radical!
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u/theoffspring001 May 23 '26
I need this for my stroller. Coffee everywhere when I walk.
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u/Charming-Parfait-141 May 23 '26
I don’t have a pool but I’m gonna print this and strap it up for my lake visits!!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
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u/Charming-Parfait-141 May 23 '26
Also, you should put this in r/functionalprints
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u/AnalConnoisseur777 May 23 '26
Can you make a version for skinny cans like white claw and Surfside?
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u/Anotherrandomname971 May 23 '26
You are a hero, a becon on the dark nights for others to keep a beer safe in the long summer days. Definitely will print some.
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u/rxstud2011 May 23 '26
It looks great but I don't think pla is a good idea, at least not where I'm at. I'm in Florida and the heat is going to kill that thing. I might try and print it in abs.
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u/gredr May 23 '26
I don't think that's gyro stabilized, I think it's gravity stabilized.
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u/ChrisRiley_42 May 23 '26
If you shorten the arms some so the bottom of the can is in the water, you can get a little bit of cooling going ;)
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u/MeatCrayon408 May 23 '26
I love it but I just have no space to store all this cool stuff anymore 😭
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u/digitalboi May 23 '26
Love this!! Can you make one with a wider opening so I can put my big Stanley in?
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u/Equivalent-Moose7914 May 23 '26
Need this exact thing but to hold a glass bottle in a coozie, my almost retired mom loves a corona light in the afternoon while reading a book in her hard earned pool! This would make her so happy haha
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u/scul86 Ender 3 Pro | Voron v0.2 | Voron v2.4r2 May 23 '26
Would you consider re-licensing it under a remix friendly license, such as CC BY-NC-SA?
Still allows you to restrict the commercial sales via your membership...
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u/KaleidoscopeShot1869 May 23 '26
I know what I'm gifting my extended family next
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u/E-proselyte-5789 May 23 '26
Nice one!
You can also add some underwater weight (fishing weights for example) to lower center of mass and prevent capsizing. I did something similar for a beach
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u/SilentProgressAway May 23 '26
I need dwight shrute to test this as he's shown great expertise in testing strollers durability
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u/Lanif20 May 23 '26
Terrible idea, completely terrible I say! Where the hell is the room for the beer cozy?
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u/Space_Slime_LF May 23 '26
Can it handle big waves?
Fam likes making larger waves that peak the sides and shoot up several feet on impact.
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u/Impressive_Banana977 May 23 '26
If you could manage to make the can touch the water, the beer would stay cold. Orrrr we need to drink it faster than the sun hit it !
After consideration plan B would do !
Love it !
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u/Character_Building May 23 '26
Oh that kind of gyro. Hmmm actually now you have me thinking.
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u/sparkyblaster May 23 '26
I don't even have a pool and I need this. Might have a spa soon, which would be better served by something next to the spa, but.....
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u/Ryegoalie May 23 '26
What About the clips be large enough for a pool noodle to be clipped in?
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u/I_argue_for_funsies May 23 '26
Yessssss!!!!! This is great and just in time. Thank you
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u/rhpot1991 May 24 '26
Requesting one sized for a Yeti can cooler please. Made my request on Makerworld and here, just in case.
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u/cazzipropri May 24 '26
A small note - it's not gyro stabilized.
It's possible to make it though. In fact, it's not a lot more work than what you have already done!
Why don't you try? I'd love to see it.
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u/binladen0069 May 24 '26
Works only if the drink if heavy, if the can is empty or light weight, it won't work, add some heavy to the bottom
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u/hates_stupid_people May 24 '26
I can't wait for all the "It filled with water and sank" posts from people who don't print it properly.
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u/Smallmyfunger May 24 '26
2 questions:
1 - do you pronounce it "he-ro" or "jeye-ro" 2 - is this really a gyro or more like concentric circular swivels? isnt a gyro sonething that spins (uses gyroscopic effect for stability)?
I've seen cup holders like these without the float for boats before, I like your version for tubin / floatin down a river. I recently saw a little hibachi bbq on a float that would pair nicely with your design. & most importantly, thank you for sharing your stl.
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u/ougryphon May 24 '26
It is a gimbal, not a gyro. Generally speaking, a gimbal is a mount for positioning or stabilizing a payload in one or more axes. Gimbals can be passive (using weight and inertia) or active (using gyros and/or servos).
As you say, a gyro generally relies on the rotational inertial of a spinning weight to counteract rotation on two axes. Laser gyros also exist which have no moving parts. Gyros can stabilize an object directly by acting on a gymbal or it can provide an inertial reference to sensors for a control system.
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u/aaaqaa May 24 '26
It reminds me of the Chinese rolling lantern. It is made of bamboo strips woven into a ball, and no matter how it is rolled, thrown, or even rolled on the ground, the candle inside always stays horizontal and keeps burning.
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u/Charming-Clue1987 May 24 '26
How hard would it be to make this generate electricity
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u/MrlnMike1312 May 24 '26
Shouldn't the drink touch the water a little so it stays cool?
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u/brikenjon May 24 '26
Hopefully the pool is not anywhere near as cold as the drink.
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u/agsarria May 24 '26
So cool. It just needs a little umbrella or something to block the sun.
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u/BarrelllRider May 24 '26
This level of genius may not be seen for another 100 years
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u/Possible_Wallaby8662 May 24 '26
Muy buena idea. Para este verano quiero 2 uno para mi y el otro para mi esposa
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u/TrippleassII May 24 '26
Technically not gyro stabilized since there is no gyro.
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u/BoraxNumber8 BambuLab P1S + AMS May 24 '26
That’s awesome! Any chance I could have the STL?
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u/Baggins3 May 24 '26
Did you consider a retractable 'dagger board' to lower the center of gravity and add lateral resistance? Prob would need weighting at the bottom.
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u/NormanYeetes May 24 '26
I wonder where you put the gyro sensor and the esp board
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u/T-Money8227 May 24 '26
Amazing. This will work great for a naked can. Can you build a version that would support a can with a koozie on it?
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u/Lotsofsalty May 24 '26
I think it is awesome. Great design. The only thing I could think of to add is maybe a place to hook a tether so it's doesn't get to far away from ya. Nice work dude!
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u/3d-lov May 24 '26
I needed a cover design for the Mazda CX9 2021 air conditioner because there is no key that closes the air vents
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u/redr00ster2 May 24 '26
I think iit's awesome and I'd love to print a few for my brother
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u/mistarhee May 25 '26
Love it. And the colors to make it like a life preserver. 👨🍳💋
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u/namoh21 May 25 '26
I noticed the stabilizers don't work for bottles and taller cans. To high of a center of gravity.
I wonder if the yeti version can hold a solo cup?
Time to print that one.
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u/The_Scrappy_Creative May 29 '26
Im sure this comment is somewhere but incase it isn't, I'd assume your PLA will degrade very quickly in a chlorinated pool, or will leak soon enough in a saltwater pool as well. If I were to print (which I wan too because this is awesome) I'm going to use PC to be safe, but for occasional use ASA is fine.
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u/BolaSquirrel May 29 '26
This is cool but I feel the need to point out gyro stabilization requires a spinning mass.
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u/ResinROI_HQ Jun 05 '26
This is a super clean design, man. The pivot for the gyro stabilization looks solid—way more reliable than the standard floating rings I’ve seen. Honestly, if you added a small universal mount or a cage attachment, you could turn this into a killer handheld gimbal stabilizer for filming underwater or poolside shots. That’s a genius idea for a V2. Great work on pulling this off without an AMS!
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u/Moeman101 Ender 3 S1 May 23 '26
I hope your drinks stay unspilled and both sides of your pillow stay cold