EXO - Custom Earbud Design & Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- Complete design and build process of wireless custom in-ear headphones and case. Exploring the process of electroplating 3D prints, 3D scanning, co-molding parts, mold design and casting.
All 3D printing was done on a FormLabs Form3 printer in Clear and Elastomeric resin.
More info on electroplating 3D printed parts (unaffiliated):
/ @hen3drik
Intro/Outro track:
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00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Project Overview
02:45 - Ear Cast & Scan
04:02 - Custom Test Part
05:26 - Concept Design
07:42 - Beats Buds Teardown
09:35 - Hardware Integration
12:27 - Electroplating 3D Prints
15:22 - Comolding
19:04 - Silicone Casting
23:32 - First Testing
25:55 - Beats Case Teardown
27:58 - Custom Case Design
29:10 - Case Build
37:15 - Custom Earbuds - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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"A design that hasn't been done before and hope there's not a reason for that"
A talented engineer who also understands marketing intricacies... a rare creature 😊
I’m watching this after your very sick trackball controller video and I think it’s cool that for both of these projects you acknowledge that it’s a weird idea that probably isn’t being done for a reason, but you go for it anyway. I think thats such a great mindset for creatives. It leads to some really cool stuff.
You are the only person on TH-cam making things that could be actual commercial products.
Your projects are very unique. I haven't seen anything like them on this platform. I would love a series that dive deeper into the steps of this project. Especially around designing the model around the scans of both the ear and the earbuds internal. Mould design are also very interesting too. You seem very experienced in this. Steps that seem boring to you can be very valuable for people who hadn't do anything like this before.
Yep, I cover a lot of ground on each project and I’m still figuring out how deep to go on any given topic. I don’t want these to turn into 2 hour+ situations so, unfortunately, I have to gloss over some of the details in the single video format. The episodal format I tried on the VR headset build let me dig deeper on topics but didn’t seem to catch on viewership wise. Down the road I might do a second channel that is more step by step instructional content but for now it's early days for me and I’m figuring out my channel structure as I go.
Thanks for the paise and constructive feedback though! Super helpful for me in figuring out which direction to take things.
@@ChazzyLP I have a suggestion, if I may? Split it up into a series? Each episode focusing on a different aspect of the process. That way you can get detailed in each video but the whole video won't be a few hours long and people will be able to fit it into their lives better that way. Then you could also do an "overview" video that sort of just explains it all in broad strokes for everyone else who's not interested in the minutiae
@@ChazzyLP It's a lot more work for you, so you would have to decide if it's worth the effort, however, from the viewer's point of view, having both formats available (a summary video and then a series of more detailed videos) sounds great, in the sense that it would cover the preference of absolutely everyone that might be interested in stuff like this. You could perhaps pilot the idea in a future project and see what the response is like! Congrats on your channel and videos by the way, hadn't seen anything so impressive in a long time! :) If it's not intruding too much, I'm curious, what is your background?
Thats what he did with his vr video @@3nertia
I think we all found a absolute genius before he blows up and becomes famous! Holly shit dude you’re a genius and your builds are so so well done! Keep doing what you’re doing!
My dude out here building stuff that are better than
commercial ones that people actually want to buy!!
I love this channel so much. I often daydream about projects just like the ones you tackle and seeing you get such amazing results inspires me to push through the roadblocks and chip away at them in my limited spare time.
Beautiful work and presentation!
Do it.
Absolutely incredible design and assembly process. I did think it was a bit odd that you didn't mention the sound quality at all - I think a follow up video with your thoughts after using them would be great.
Those are hands down the coolest earbuds and case I've ever seen. Very cyberpunk. **chef's kiss** And the video was so well done, I stayed riveted and fascinated throughout. I eagerly look forward to your next project.
You a genius, a true renaissance man, this channel and your portfolio are incredible.
Amazing channel dude, just wow. I bet this channel will explode given a bit more content.
It is sort of frustrating that I want so many of the things you make since they look incredible! You must be an artistic engineer because those look incredible
I'm OBSESSED about these kind of projects, thanks so much for sharing the process! 🔥
Amazing design! Wonder how they sound in the printed enclosure... would they hold in place in a run situation??
Congrats man!! Underestimated Talent you got there!! Keep printing awesome things!!
This deserves million views at least
thats a genuinely genious design of ring handle on a box, amazing job overall
That overmold design 😻. Lovely work all around and a sweet video edit. Thank you for sharing.
Hey, for the electroplating, maybe try guitar shielding paint? Its a product you can buy thats meant to be applied to wood, and is conductive on its surface without polishing. I dont know whether you could put it through an airbrush without thinner, but it could be a thing to try.
Dude your channel is amazing! This is super professionally presented and executed!
This was mentored in other comments but I'd also would really like to see more step by step content on how you convert the rough 3d scan into smt that is usable in fusion
The type of earbuds made by a Cyberpunk replacement organ manufacturer. Very cool design.
The final case reminds me of a light cycle from Tron, looks great!
This turned out excellent, fantastic build! The copper/translucent aesthetic gives some fun ideas for future projects as well. Nicely done! :D
super underrated channel! this is top tier content. A true pleasure to see the immense engineering you put into your work!
What an impressive project! congrats on finishing this one!
Thank you for sharing this overview. Your mold is really well design for your application.
Excellent work! Thank you!
Such a great job documenting and explaining your whole process. Pro work my dude! Keep up the vids and creative projects :)
Realy Amazing Work!
these look so good holy- just makes me wanna get a resin printer even more
i love the sligly clear look, reminds me of older electronics
@@redmask1356reminds me of the frosted N64s
This is one of the coolest projects I've seen in awhile!
Love the copper design elements. But having worked with copper in the brewing industry and having to regularly polish it, I know it wint stay this pristine for long.
Or have I missed anything and you added some kind of coating?
I wonder how well the electroplating would up to repeated polishing.
Incredible work! Very inspirational.
Wow, great content. Thank you very much for sharing!
I watched thounsands DIY videos and yours is one of the best. You earned a subscriber.
awesome work man. love the electroplating process.
Thanks man!
Absolutely amazing!
best custom project i've seen so far. i rarely comment. but the amount of work dedication, discipline is awesome. super cool! thumbs up
Well done this is an excellent project and documented process!
This guy is just like someone from the 18th century in terms of invention design and Phenotype, our ansestors would be proud
great work m8. loved every second. got inspired to build stuff my self. THANKS for that
Hats off to you Sir, you are awesome, impressive work! ^_^
Incredibly cool project overall. I can consume content around diy mold design work like this for hours and there really isnt a lot of it available online.
Great video and great project - although after the last one, I wouldn't have expect anything less 👍
Love it. Ive been looking for something like this for a few years as rugby has given me cauliflower ears. Time to purchase a scanner now. Really great video.
Hello day good sir. Stumble upon your channel accidentaly tbh. But now cant wait for your next project. Keep up the great work.
Nicely done!
Amazing work on cad ,the 3D part the fittings bro you when all aboard. New sub by far 🎉🎉
My congratulations and sincere admiration! Beautiful and inspiring!
You might want to double check your use of opaque (not see-through at all) vs transparent (clear) vs translucent (frosted). Cool and ambitious project!
The idea you raised in the MR series about custom 3d scanned products would pair well with a product like this. Glad I found your channel! For someone who's dreamed about living that Hiro Hamada maker life, what advice would you give to guide their trajectory into this world? An engineering or product design course?
Amazing. Well done !!!
Very well done - these would fit right in to a sci-fi movie set. The video was well made too.
You need a Discord server! I could see a great and helpful community being formed around you and your channel.
so pleased to see your subs double in size in 2 days
I am so grateful that people like you exist
Потрясающе вышло. Как выглядят в ушах - отлично! Футуристичный дизайн!
this is soo amazing man... cheers.
Excellent work!
This is insane. Great work.
Great work!!! :)
Insanely amazing, would love to have the tools for such a project :o
You are more than a creative genius artist
Great video! 🎉
Wow, very well done.
Really well-documented process and an excellent idea. One question that came to me after reading the comments... why is the big copper ring not the hinge for the enclosure? (think hubless wheel).
Nevertheless, thanks for sharing your journey. Can't wait to see what you come up next. By the way, how do you like the shrink-wrap feature in Rhino?
Thanks! The cover was originally designed to slide out on spring loaded linear guide rails. After a bunch of testing I found it to be too fragile so I switched to the pin pivot as a quick & easy hack fix.
Agreed that pivoting around the ring would have been way cooler!
I’m also still on Rhino7, all the part & mold making was done in Dendro Voxels. Looking forward to exploring the new Rhino8 features in the new year though!
You should fill up some of that dead space with BIG batteries, if the electronics can take them without being confused or anything like that. having more charge time is always good! (this would be possible for the buds, but MUCH easier for the charging case, which is what I meant!)
This is a stunning piece of engineering, I would love to try my hand at making a custom charging case for my earbuds. It should be easier than making headphones 😅
Amazing. I love this video.
this is really cool
during the case teardown, I'd have used IPA to get the battery out if they're stuck down with adhesive, usually works!
Awesome project by the way!
Gonna be real fun when you remake these about a couple of years from now because the batteries inside the earbuds die out
It'll be fun to see how you'll tackle the next try!
It would be crazy if you could also make us such individual headphones!!!!! 🤩😍 🤩
If you create an impression putty, you can start a real business with it! 🤓😎
Between silicone and plastic connection, you have to use a bond! 😉 is also available in dental technology, for soft lining!😁✌️
love your design
Great work and love watching the process. What was the elastomeric material you used?
That is freaking super amazing wtf
Wow. I want this!
You are truly an inspiration. Thank you
If these have a good microphone, maybe you can use them creating your TH-cam content for audio pickup?
Damn those look great!
Great to see someone else in ID just doing all the projects I wanna do lol
What a time to be alive.
Very cool design! How's the wireless signal performance? Did the electroplating mess up the antennas? Does the ANC still work well?
Great build.
Couple questions thou:
- how do you operate earbuds? (playback control, pairing, etc)
- does electroplating worsened bluetooth connection? Lattice design may work like an antenna or a Faraday Cage if I'm no mistaken
Amazing.
Heads up, the blender render you can set the "volume" to something to get a better result, just blurring the surface of the mesh isn't very accurate in subsurface effects.
I like it a lot!
Great project, excellent documentation of the process.
I found myself wanting to see the modeling steps (just because I have no experience on those particular modeling tools).
This would be a two month project for me. How much calendar time did you spend, end-to-end?
Thanks! I do the channel stuff part time and it took me ~4 months from start to upload. Probably around 2 months continuous work (including the editing). The electroplating process really slowed me down on this one because I had never done it before.
I wish I had added a little more content on the 3D modeling side as well! If your interested, my last AR/VR project goes into much more detail on the CAD stuff:
th-cam.com/play/PLmJZJ9S-caJ35wOai0nskCBB4q7VMKVaE.html
awesome work! Makes me want to build my own, even if I sadly lack many of the skills and machines to pull it off. Maybe a less complex and more easily replicable build could be an idea for the future? I'd love to see a variant which uses only an FDM printer and can be replicated with medium amount of effort for true open source custom fitted earbuds.
Very cool. Though personally I’d have designed the IEMs and the charging case to have user-replaceable batteries. Or LiFePO4 cells that would last a lot longer, though you’d have to check the undervoltage cutoff threshold of the IEMs and modify the charging voltage of the case.
yea. now i want some of those :)
Subbed. This shit is insanely dope charlie
Beautiful and cool!
But... Copper is a fairly active metal and over time, contact with air and skin secretions will oxidize and these oxidation products will stain hands and contacting tissues, as well as the appearance will not be so presentable.
I see a couple of ways out of this situation:
1. Coating exposed areas of copper with something like a transparent varnish.
2. Use secondary electroplating with more resistant metals. With silver, it is relatively simple to nickel or chrome plating, they are much more wear-resistant to a heap, and with a color similar to copper... At first glance, nothing comes, except gold.
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Красиво и круто!
Но... Медь достаточно активный металл и со временем от контакта с воздухом и кожными выделениями будет окислятся и эти продукты окисления будут пачкать руки и контактирующие ткани, так же внешний вид будет не таким презентабельным.
Я вижу пару выходов из этой ситуации:
1. Покрытие открытых участков меди чем-нибудь наподобие прозрачного лака.
2. Использовать вторичную гальванику более стойкими металлами. С серебренным цветом относительно просто это никелирование или хромирование, они до кучи сильно более износостойкие, а с цветом подобным медью... На первый взгляд не приходит ничего, разве что золото.
Awesome
Why the EXO brandind and detailing on the earbuds tho? Did I miss something while you started explaining the concept design at 5:26, is there a significance to the EXO acronym/word?
I saw your stuff and was like this guy is a nut, OFC he uses rhino, no lie though these are more like jewelry than headphones
Why are you not working for a major company? Amazing.
Respect
Can you document rhino modelling. You are really good at it
Cool
How well did the Bluetooth work after assembly? My first thought with the electroplated truss frames was "thats a lot of copper foil around that Bluetooth antenna".
I think it's not going to have any effect, because there's no metallised structure on the inner side and the extent where it wraps around is less than 29mm, which is the bluetooth quarter wave. So this metallised structure should effectively be invisible to BT.
@@SianaGearz would it not still impact the directional performance of the antenna? I am not an RF engineer, I don't have much antenna experience at this small scale.
@@kschleic9053 I think there might be a little bit of a reflection for the direction that goes up and away and no attenuation or reflection in other directions, the wave basically has the opportunity to wrap around the structure since it's narrow enough.
But i'm also not an RF engineer in particular, just a computer engineer, so i can't be super certain, it's just my feeling. I do have some second hand experience with colleagues placing metal on the keepout area in quite unfortunate ways though, so i have seen structures that cause connectivity issues, and this build doesn't fill me with dread.