Cup×2
One-piece earcup: triangular-lattice grille with the flush logo, buttressed baffle bosses, the yoke pivot bosses, and the earpad retaining lip. Damping is accessed from the front (baffle off).
Daily Driver — Parts & Exploded View
Spin the whole headphone, drag the slider to explode it, click any part to isolate it, then check the print list below for what each part needs.
This is the Daily Driver as an interactive model. Drag the slider to pull the assembly apart and back together, toggle the sub-assemblies (earcup, gimbal, headband), or click any part to isolate it and inspect it on its own.
This page shows the current build — the latest version promoted as stable. To watch the design change in real time as it’s worked on, see the live beta view. It’s all developed in the open at github.com/makerphones/daily-driver.
Scroll into view to load · drag to orbit
Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom · slide to explode · pick one earcup and untick parts to focus · click a part to isolate it
The headphone is built from a small set of 3D-printed parts plus one bought metal headband bow. Everything below is exactly what you print to make one pair: the quantities are per complete headphone (two ears).
Parts to print
Section titled “Parts to print”Earcup
Baffle×2
Front driver-mount plate: driver guard + recess, 4 M3 rim holes, vents, and 3 standoffs for the clamp ring. The guard prints over the aperture.
Driver clamp ring×2
Retains the driver from the back: the driver’s rear nests into the ring’s recess, the inner shoulder catches the frame rim, and 3 M3 screws into baffle-back standoffs pull it tight.
Bought part
Dynamic driver×2
NOT printed: the bought driver. A mockup is shown in the 3D assembly above so the driver ↔ baffle ↔ clamp fit reads.
Gimbal
Plus the bought hardware per pivot (M3 shoulder screws + brass heat-set inserts). See the bill of materials.
Fork-yoke×2 (L/R mirror)
Wraparound bracket. M3 shoulder-screw pivot, ±20° tilt with a hard stop. Mirror for left/right.
Headband
Slider×2
Rounded Beyer-end-cap lozenge that clamps the 33 mm metal band: its two prongs drop into a recess and a cover plate + 2× M3 screws sandwich them. A slim post-bore barrel rides outside the band; the yoke’s round post slides in it for height and lets the cup swivel when unlocked, friction-locked by an M3 thumbscrew (Grado HP1000-style). Symmetric — the same print serves both ears.
Headband pad×1
Rough-draft crown cushion; the channel grips the bow. Form/retention TBD.
Bought part
Head bow×1
NOT printed: the sprung headband is a bought/formed metal part (reference only).
Optional
Logo accent capoptional
Optional press-in cap at the grille centre. The logo is flush single-colour by default — add this only if you want a contrasting accent.
Driver adapter ringoptional
Step-down ring to host a smaller driver in a larger baffle. NOT acoustically neutral.
For sourcing the bought hardware (the bow, M3 shoulder screws, and heat-set inserts) and rough costs, see the build’s bill of materials in the design spec. Each printed part is a starting point you can modify. The model is fully parametric, so changing a driver, a pad, or the head size regenerates the parts to match.
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