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Posted: 11/20/2023 7:46:00 PM EST
[Last Edit: Krink]
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Quote Historyyou have my attention this is just getting better and better all the time,enthusiasts pushing boundaries out of curiosity and necessity. the future is here and it looks pretty cool,I'm going through a divorce but once it's done I'm going to be getting a printer and learning how to use it |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:05:01 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kcolg30: Seems dangerous. Even top manufacturers have their own products kaboom due to faulty parts and ammo, and they have been doing it for years. I can't imagine an amateur making something that potentially could kaboom due to their inexperience and using substandard materials.  Print Shoot Repeat - The HK Slap (Official Music Video) |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 8:36:12 PM EST
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Arfcom is not the place for the future of firearms.
Arfcom is the place to learn what trigger pin is correct for a AR15 built and issued in 1979. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:01:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Knife_Sniper: Mesmu it seems as though you are a believer in the empowerment of additive manufacturing and it's ability to democratize firearm design and accessibility beyond the control of the state. This stuff needs to be banned. Think of the children. Arfcom, don't go rush out and buy a 3D printer like the bambu labs P1. I mean you have to download a file. Slice a test print. Maybe fail at a few designs before you understand what your doing. Waste a whole $20 spool of PLA+ before you get good. Much too difficult. Go through an FFL for all your firearm needs like a good citizen. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Knife_Sniper: Mesmu it seems as though you are a believer in the empowerment of additive manufacturing and it's ability to democratize firearm design and accessibility beyond the control of the state. This stuff needs to be banned. Think of the children. Arfcom, don't go rush out and buy a 3D printer like the bambu labs P1. I mean you have to download a file. Slice a test print. Maybe fail at a few designs before you understand what your doing. Waste a whole $20 spool of PLA+ before you get good. Much too difficult. Go through an FFL for all your firearm needs like a good citizen. I’ve been in the market for a good printer for a few years. I take it this is a decent one for the money & PLA+ is a decent quality filler? Anything better to consider? I’m fairly fluent in AutoCad & drafting. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:06:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gtfoxy: I’ve been in the market for a good printer for a few years. I take it this is a decent one for the money & PLA+ is a decent quality filler? Anything better to consider? I’m fairly fluent in AutoCad & drafting. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gtfoxy: Originally Posted By Knife_Sniper: Mesmu it seems as though you are a believer in the empowerment of additive manufacturing and it's ability to democratize firearm design and accessibility beyond the control of the state. This stuff needs to be banned. Think of the children. Arfcom, don't go rush out and buy a 3D printer like the bambu labs P1. I mean you have to download a file. Slice a test print. Maybe fail at a few designs before you understand what your doing. Waste a whole $20 spool of PLA+ before you get good. Much too difficult. Go through an FFL for all your firearm needs like a good citizen. I’ve been in the market for a good printer for a few years. I take it this is a decent one for the money & PLA+ is a decent quality filler? Anything better to consider? I’m fairly fluent in AutoCad & drafting. If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:11:34 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RottenPumpkin: Arfcom is not the place for the future of firearms. Arfcom is the place to learn what trigger pin is correct for a AR15 built and issued in 1979. LOL. If wr ever get front page hacked I hope that description is used. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:12:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ag04blast: If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:15:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ag04blast: If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. Prusa now has competition from Bambu Lab and the Bambu Lab printers can run circles around Prusa machines. The Bambu Lab P1S is a seriously good printer for $599. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:18:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Obsessed-: MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Obsessed-: Originally Posted By ag04blast: If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. Price vs performance Bambu still wins. At the MK4 price you can nearly get a Bambu X1C that's enclosed. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:23:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Obsessed-: MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Obsessed-: Originally Posted By ag04blast: If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. Is it smarter to just get components in a bundle, like so. https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-mk4-enclosure-bundle/ |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:27:45 PM EST
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Originally Posted By memsu: Originally Posted By -Obsessed-: Originally Posted By ag04blast: If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. Price vs performance Bambu still wins. At the MK4 price you can nearly get a Bambu X1C that's enclosed. You mean this one? https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/x1-carbon-combo?variant=41094491406472¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIye7Kg4XUggMVMTjUAR1WEQaKEAQYASABEgIBmfD_BwE I’m not opposed to spending the money for a good product that has little headaches. |
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KY, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:29:09 PM EST
[#12]
3D printed guns are the future.
I wanted a G19 length grip on a 17 frame so I spent a weekend in CAD and whipped this bad boy up. I think it's fucking awesome.  Downloaded this pump action AR in .223 and put an old barrel in it with a welded gas port. Works great. 
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:30:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gtfoxy: Is it smarter to just get components in a bundle, like so. https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-mk4-enclosure-bundle/ Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gtfoxy: Originally Posted By -Obsessed-: Originally Posted By ag04blast: If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. Is it smarter to just get components in a bundle, like so. https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-mk4-enclosure-bundle/ For the same money you can get a Bambu Lab X1C with AMS (multicolor printing or support material). https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/x1-carbon-combo |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:39:11 PM EST
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Quote HistorySTL? Round count? |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:41:30 PM EST
[Last Edit: KELBEAST]
[#15]
I’ve done a LoPoint (HiPoint 380) and it’s terrible. And I don’t think it’s just because it’s printed. I’ve also printed a Shield M&P9 lower and I’ve been meaning to bid on a parts kit. And eventually I want to do the Mac n Cheese in 22TCM 9r, or something similar
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:42:44 PM EST
[#16]
Nah. I think it's cool, I just don't need another time and money sink. I'll just appreciate others' work.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:43:15 PM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By memsu: For the same money you can get a Bambu Lab X1C with AMS (multicolor printing or support material). https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/x1-carbon-combo The biggest problem with Bamboo is that you have to use the cloud. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:46:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forgetfull: STL? Round count? I think it's still in beta. Gonna be called the OK Boomer! |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:47:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV8guy: The biggest problem with Bamboo is that you have to use the cloud. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV8guy: Originally Posted By memsu: For the same money you can get a Bambu Lab X1C with AMS (multicolor printing or support material). https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/x1-carbon-combo The biggest problem with Bamboo is that you have to use the cloud. You can print using the SD Card slot to bypass that. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:52:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By memsu: For the same money you can get a Bambu Lab X1C with AMS (multicolor printing or support material). https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/x1-carbon-combo Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By memsu: Originally Posted By gtfoxy: Originally Posted By -Obsessed-: Originally Posted By ag04blast: If I was going to go buy another printer that I just wanted to run - out of the box - hands down would be a Prusa MK3 variety. MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. Is it smarter to just get components in a bundle, like so. https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-mk4-enclosure-bundle/ For the same money you can get a Bambu Lab X1C with AMS (multicolor printing or support material). https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/x1-carbon-combo I linked to that one in my other post. What filaments do you recommend for getting started? I see they have a bundle for just under $1,500. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:54:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By memsu: Prusa now has competition from Bambu Lab and the Bambu Lab printers can run circles around Prusa machines. The Bambu Lab P1S is a seriously good printer for $599. Print speed isn't necessarily good. I've found, depending on the polymer, the faster you print, the lower the layer bonding and print strength. Also, just moving the print head around is great, but volumetric flow is a big deal for large nozzles. Basically, If you want to print for strength, enclosure and learn to keep the heat at the sweet spot and don't overrun the polymer. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:54:37 PM EST
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I have had great luck with overture PLA+ from amazon. Clean and consistent prints.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:58:47 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: Considered, yes. Dismissed, also yes. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:59:27 PM EST
[Last Edit: memsu]
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gtfoxy: I linked to that one in my other post. What filaments do you recommend for getting started? I see they have a bundle for just under $1,500. PLA, PLA Plus/Pro/Tough/+ are easy to print. On the Bambu Lab any filament they have will print very easy in their machines. PETG is easy to print but can have issues getting stringing under control. I think ABS when printed in an enclosure is easy to print, but unenclosed can have warping issues. I bought some Polymaker PA6-CF but haven't printed anything with it yet. For 2A prints I use Polymaker filaments PLA Pro. They also support the gun community. For just cheap decent filament supposed to be made in the USA I buy NuMakers in bulk for $13.30-$14 per roll of PLA+. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:01:39 PM EST
[#25]
I made one in the 2013 timeframe. No desire to make another.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:06:58 PM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Caboose314: I made one in the 2013 timeframe. No desire to make another. That was dinosaur tech, the birthing of 3D printed guns really. Today's designs are FAR superior. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:10:06 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By November5: The mag catch is printed Printed catches are common in the cottage industry. For example, CROM offer one for Ruger PC. Their is truly printed. We order ours in MJF Nylon 12 with glass, and use them with metal magazines. With MJF, you cannot even tell that an additive technology was used. It's basically a plastic ceramics. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:13:37 PM EST
[Last Edit: zaitcev]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By memsu: Bambu Lab dropped a bomb on all other 3D printing companies this year with their line of printers. You have ease of use and perfect prints right out of the gate. Way faster than Prusa machines with the same just works out of the box. Of course Core XY is faster than a bed slinger, but Prusa sell a Core XY printer of their own now. Bambu is proprietary unfortunately. We cannot trust them. So, I ordered a Mk4 a month ago. It's sitting in the box in the office, waiting to be added to the Mk3+ in the shop. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:14:39 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rat_Patrol: That was dinosaur tech, the birthing of 3D printed guns really. Today's designs are FAR superior. Are computers to run 3d printers like gaming computers where they can be built to make the printer do better things, or can most computers do the same thing? |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:16:11 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Knife_Sniper: The blistering white hot edge of the firearms design frontier doesn't come from the engineering lab at KAC or the mad machinations of Mark Larue... They come from donutluver6969 working off his free cad software and shit posting his designs on Reddit. https://riptiderails.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality%3D85/assets/images/305613955_647426963270087_4596601467514912807_n.jpg Is that a Mac? I like it? |
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OR, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:20:50 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Obsessed-: MK4 is out now. Great printer. Bambu boys hate to see it but now that the MK4 has input shaping it's keeping up with and at times exceeding the Bambu's throughout, especially with larger nozzles. It's that the big one I keep hearing really poor things about? |
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OR, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:24:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JellyBelly: Are computers to run 3d printers like gaming computers where they can be built to make the printer do better things, or can most computers do the same thing? Snag a $100 eBay micro computer and use that to slice your files. A 3D printer is no more than a CNC hot glue gun. The computer creates the GCode (commands for the printer to move) and that GCode file gets transferred to the printer. Printer takes care of the rest. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:25:17 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Gingerbreadman: This is where I see 3D printing really shining in the home gunsmithing world. Making the tools that help make the parts. My favorite so far is the tool to make rifled barrels with a home-brewed EDM setup. I love the 3D printed gun designs that people are coming up with, but I wouldn't trust any of them to hold up under serious use. Lost wax/pla casting was the first place my mind went |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:25:59 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jambalaya: I've done just enough 3D printing to know that the kind of filaments I want to use for most of my projects, (not necessarily gun related) require a printer costing around $1500. I can buy a lot of small parts for less than that. When I can buy a turn key printer that can print CF and glass fiber filled nylon and other high temp filaments right out of the box for under $500, and do it really well, I'm all in. Until then, my PLA/ABS printers just sit idle because I am not interested in spending hours fiddling with them to get them to print well, or in trying to load upgraded firmware and modified hotends and rigging up enclosures to get them to do a "just okay" job at printing nylon. I have an Ender 3 V2 and an Ender 5 pro, plus the enclosure, plus a high temp creality hotend. But I don't want to spend my precious free time getting it to work together. I think creality released firmware for the Ender 3 V2 that will work with the new hotend, but not yet for the Ender 5, and that has an older board and display than the 3V2. $500, maybe even as much as $600 for a printer that I can plug in, load CF nylon, slice and print high quality prints is where I am back in the hobby. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:28:56 PM EST
[#35]
Ive printed 3
2 glocks 1 AR |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:30:10 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JellyBelly: Are computers to run 3d printers like gaming computers where they can be built to make the printer do better things, or can most computers do the same thing? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JellyBelly: Originally Posted By Rat_Patrol: That was dinosaur tech, the birthing of 3D printed guns really. Today's designs are FAR superior. Are computers to run 3d printers like gaming computers where they can be built to make the printer do better things, or can most computers do the same thing? Any basic computer can run the slicing programs. A few years ago you had to slice the file, transfer it to an SD card, and then put the SD card in the printer. Then people started using Raspberry Pi to interface with the printer to send files wirelessly. That led to people running Klipper firmware which ran on the Raspberry PI and it only used the board on the printer to control the motors. All the major GCODE was done on the Raspberry PI since it had a much higher processing ability than the stock printer boards. Now we're seeing printers coming with Klipper firmware from the factory. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:31:13 PM EST
[#37]
If I could get my Ender 3 to work, it might be an option.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:34:38 PM EST
[#38]
I'm not sure what there is there to consider.
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:35:43 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DFARM: Lost wax/pla casting was the first place my mind went  Metal Casting at Home Part 77 Lost PLA/Greensand Casting for the Myfordboy 3D Printer  Lost pla casting a 3d printed impeller  Casting Car Emblems from 3d printer to METAL casting / vehicle restoration - Lost PLA Method |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:43:59 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rat_Patrol: That was dinosaur tech, the birthing of 3D printed guns really. Today's designs are FAR superior. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rat_Patrol: Originally Posted By Caboose314: I made one in the 2013 timeframe. No desire to make another. That was dinosaur tech, the birthing of 3D printed guns really. Today's designs are FAR superior. I designed my own after Cody Wilson printed the aluminum AR-15 design and got a pathetic result with it. There was a thread in team about it. Mine made it through several hundred rounds before it failed and I lost interest. |
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USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:48:14 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gtfoxy: I’ve been in the market for a good printer for a few years. I take it this is a decent one for the money & PLA+ is a decent quality filler? Anything better to consider? I’m fairly fluent in AutoCad & drafting. Meh. Bambu has had some controversy around it lately for (1) astroturfing the fuck out of Reddit, (2) scraping Prusa's free STLs site and uploading the files onto their own mandatory-registration site, (3) having some sort of "printer phone home" software if you connect their printer to the internet (which they can't force but they do push). My Creality ran fine out of the box (contrary to all the "spend six months tuning it" crap people post). The only thing I've changed on it was adding Z-axis braces, which come stock on the newer models anyway. They do help a lot. "PLA+" is not a standardized product, every manufacturer does it differently. Overture PLA+ is supposedly the second-best of the breed, I don't remember what the best PLA+ was, probably MatterHackers. Most of the available designs have filament recommendations in their README files. For example, Hoffman's Orca recommends GF-Nylon for their barrel mounting blocks, with the rest IIRC being PLA+. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:51:47 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sebastian_MacMaine: Meh. Bambu has had some controversy around it lately for (1) astroturfing the fuck out of Reddit, (2) scraping Prusa's free STLs site and uploading the files onto their own mandatory-registration site, (3) having some sort of "printer phone home" software if you connect their printer to the internet (which they can't force but they do push). My Creality ran fine out of the box (contrary to all the "spend six months tuning it" crap people post). The only thing I've changed on it was adding Z-axis braces, which come stock on the newer models anyway. They do help a lot. "PLA+" is not a standardized product, every manufacturer does it differently. Overture PLA+ is supposedly the second-best of the breed, I don't remember what the best PLA+ was, probably MatterHackers. Most of the available designs have filament recommendations in their README files. For example, Hoffman's Orca recommends GF-Nylon for their barrel mounting blocks, with the rest IIRC being PLA+. There are also a couple small clips that HAVE to be printed with Nylon. Hoffman also sells them on his site for a few bucks. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:53:10 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By memsu: https://preview.redd.it/5xgmf0bmqgu71.jpg?width=1148&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44919fc749c3b5d593e43204d17be17d7f757b6a https://preview.redd.it/h4p6775tqgu71.jpg?width=1684&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbe359f35a7717b6a0e33d53d64528720da0e335 https://preview.redd.it/fazpi85tqgu71.jpg?width=1276&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c91ad048f0698ae223fa8e0c266526f3ba8bc955 https://preview.redd.it/vh66g75tqgu71.jpg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b73f0badec5bcef72dcc7a2075d97706a5373573 That is awesome. Do you have the file for it you can share? |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:53:11 PM EST
[#44]
Nope cant I live in oregon..
  
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:55:57 PM EST
[#45]
No.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 10:59:09 PM EST
[#46]
 Attached FileMaybe thought about it once or twice Theres top tier like daniel defence.. then good tier like PSA .. then budget tier .... but then theres a special shit tier i would call expedient tier. A home milled 80% might be stronger but accuracy of the cuts may or may not be anywhere as close as printed. IMO the above is the minimum of expedient tier that could be used as a sub for a factory made AR lower in a pinch.. Meaning no goofy accomodations and can be left in your car and wont just fall apart and the cuts are all accurate. Still expedient tier tho and not as good as basic tier poverty pony lower. Hoffman is a mad man but making an upper from printing still has a heat problem that wont be solved without PEEK or PEKK |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:02:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jm0502: That is awesome. Do you have the file for it you can share? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jm0502: Originally Posted By memsu: https://preview.redd.it/5xgmf0bmqgu71.jpg?width=1148&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44919fc749c3b5d593e43204d17be17d7f757b6a https://preview.redd.it/h4p6775tqgu71.jpg?width=1684&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbe359f35a7717b6a0e33d53d64528720da0e335 https://preview.redd.it/fazpi85tqgu71.jpg?width=1276&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c91ad048f0698ae223fa8e0c266526f3ba8bc955 https://preview.redd.it/vh66g75tqgu71.jpg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b73f0badec5bcef72dcc7a2075d97706a5373573 That is awesome. Do you have the file for it you can share? https://grabcad.com/library/springfactory-v-1-0-the-spring-bender-1 https://defcad.com/library/ea152887-942e-4355-954e-ae5b3ea8892d/ |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:12:48 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Blob: 3D printed guns are the future. I wanted a G19 length grip on a 17 frame so I spent a weekend in CAD and whipped this bad boy up. I think it's fucking awesome. https://i.imgur.com/pPwxH20.jpg When will we ever lean, this man lost his thumb to a 3D printed gun. Kcolg30 was right all along.
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USA
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:14:46 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sandboxmedic: There are quite a few videos coming out of Europe of printed guns running full auto and a fair number of those printed 9mm subguns were used in some conflict in SE Asia (IIRC) recently. In the few videos where anyone talks, they generally mention that they're for short term use; I'm assuming they mean assassinations/ambushes, and use as a means to acquiring better weapons. The cartels are definitely running CNC machines and there are ways to use 3d printing to make rifled barrels and other parts so the tech is moving quickly. And then there are places like NY where they've proposed registration on 3D printers.... They weren't just "used" they have entire covert factories that are churning out FGC-9 full auto smgs, they're home making bolts and barrels with rifling using designs and guides from the fosscad community.   
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Posted: 11/21/2023 7:07:31 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JellyBelly: I'd rather print plastic car parts. I was thinking today how cool it could be to make drop in LED tail lights for old cars with little aftermarket support. I designed and printed many for my old land cruiser. I got it as a shell, but it was originally a diesel. I made 6.0 emblem for the grill, the preheat light became a microphone shroud for my BT audio, I designed and printed an obtanium radio bezel. All out of Abs |
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