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Posted: 1/10/2015 7:39:12 PM EDT
For XMas I got a new 3d printer and have been trying to print out all kinds of gun related items. So far I've printed grips, mag releases and a Glock slide cover. I uploaded the designs to thingiverse (user printed firearm) and also just started a new blog to share the designs.
Do you guys have any good ideas gun related items I should print? If you want you can check out my blog to see what I have already done www.printedfirearm.com |
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about how much was the printer? is it easy to use for a beginer?
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Great stuff - the chamber flags in particular are a good idea.
How about dummy training rounds? If your printer can do ABS they might be able to stand up to a few cycles of ejection/etc before they're torn up. Would be worth it IMO. |
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There's a guy on rimfirecentral.com who printed otherwise unavailable Izhmash Biathlon rifle magazines in .22WMR. I have 2 of them! I searched from one end of the Internet to the other and found nothing until this guy announced he was going to print them!
Link Pretty neat project! |
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about how much was the printer? is it easy to use for a beginer? View Quote I got an XYZ 1.0 printer for $400. The printer is pretty straight forward and not much more difficult to use then a normal PC paper printer. The hard part is finding or creating the CAD/STL design files to print. That is the purpose of my website to make it easier to find and share 3d printed gun related items. If you're just looking for general things to print thingiverse has a bunch but they will pull gun designs from their site |
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Please school me because I know nothing about 3D printing.
Could you print replica firearms? I would like to have some replicas to hang behind my bar just for show. Could it be done and what would it cost? Thanks.... |
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Great stuff - the chamber flags in particular are a good idea. How about dummy training rounds? If your printer can do ABS they might be able to stand up to a few cycles of ejection/etc before they're torn up. Would be worth it IMO. View Quote The snap caps are a great idea! I have a 22lr SW revolver that snap caps would be great for, thanks for the idea! |
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The snap caps are a great idea! I have a 22lr SW revolver that snap caps would be great for, thanks for the idea! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Great stuff - the chamber flags in particular are a good idea. How about dummy training rounds? If your printer can do ABS they might be able to stand up to a few cycles of ejection/etc before they're torn up. Would be worth it IMO. The snap caps are a great idea! I have a 22lr SW revolver that snap caps would be great for, thanks for the idea! Use the yellow plastic drywall screw anchors, they're cheap and perfect for rimfire guns. There are very few firearm parts made by current printing methods that I would buy. That doesn't mean I wouldn't make something to try, but I'm not going to buy anything. |
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Use the yellow plastic drywall screw anchors, they're cheap and perfect for rimfire guns. There are very few firearm parts made by current printing methods that I would buy. That doesn't mean I wouldn't make something to try, but I'm not going to buy anything. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Great stuff - the chamber flags in particular are a good idea. How about dummy training rounds? If your printer can do ABS they might be able to stand up to a few cycles of ejection/etc before they're torn up. Would be worth it IMO. The snap caps are a great idea! I have a 22lr SW revolver that snap caps would be great for, thanks for the idea! Use the yellow plastic drywall screw anchors, they're cheap and perfect for rimfire guns. There are very few firearm parts made by current printing methods that I would buy. That doesn't mean I wouldn't make something to try, but I'm not going to buy anything. Good idea on the drywall anchors but I still think ill try printing some out for my other caliber guns |
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Can you print anime figures??
My daughter draws the anime stuff like it came of a copying machine She's really good at it. I want to get her into painting some figures and use the money to help Pay for her cheerleading trips
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I would like to see a 3D printed receiver for the CETME L kits that were just imported. I bet there is a market for 3D printed receivers for all of the parts kits that have been imported over the years. Just think of how nice of a dummy gun they would make.
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Can you print anime figures?? My daughter draws the anime stuff like it came of a copying machine She's really good at it. I want to get her into painting some figures and use the money to help Pay for her cheerleading trips View Quote you can print anything! check out thingiverse to see thousands of free designs |
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I would like to see a 3D printed receiver for the CETME L kits that were just imported. I bet there is a market for 3D printed receivers for all of the parts kits that have been imported over the years. Just think of how nice of a dummy gun they would make. View Quote Use 3D printer to make slightly oversize pattern. "Scale" function in most any CAD program. Use oversize pattern to make silicone rubber mold halves for a "master" mold. Use Master mold to make many pattern copies out of castable wax or resin. Use pattern copies to cast aluminum receivers. ??? Fuck the ATF. |
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I have 3 new items/posts coming today and the first one is already up :)
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How tough (durable) is a printed part? View Quote using fdm, it depends on the axis that you print at along with a ton of other fun details (layer height, temperature, head speed, etc.) There are alot of material options available now but as far as durability goes, it depends on the size of the item and your application. Otherwise, it's as strong as any other plastic part as your pressure points are perpendicular to the layers. Its very easy to outpace yourself and print a ton of trinkets. It's a completely different art when you want to print something useable. |
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Here's a model I drew. It isn't perfect. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp1/FrozInAK/explodedframe_zpsacee7b0e.jpg http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp1/FrozInAK/right_zpsad951e23.jpg http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp1/FrozInAK/slideexploded_zps74e81d55.jpg I drew everything but the springs and grips. It was created in Solidworks The only thing I printed for guns is a wrench. I haven't published it, but there is a picture in the Secret Santa thread(pg 15). Later versions were smoother on the edges and had letters debossed on the spherical portion on the rear. Where is a good place to publish/upload such a thing. Do you have the file for the CZ grips? View Quote FrozinAK you can find the CZ grips file on my blog or thingiverse page www.printedfirearm.com Thingiverse would be a great place to post your wrench or any other design. Also if you didn't want to create an account you could send it to me and I could post it on my thingiverse page for you. PM me if you want to go that route and ill send you my email. |
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I didn't see the grips on your page, but I found them elsewhere.
There is some stink regarding Thingiverse patenting users uploads. I uploaded my file anyways since it isn't revolutionary. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-become-takerbot/ The color of the text is really light and hard to read when typing in the comment box on your page. I uploaded the wrench and sent it to your site. |
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http://grabcad.com/library/ruger-10-22-weldable-receiver
Best, JBR |
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I didn't see the grips on your page, but I found them elsewhere. There is some stink regarding Thingiverse patenting users uploads. I uploaded my file anyways since it isn't revolutionary. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-become-takerbot/ The color of the text is really light and hard to read when typing in the comment box on your page. I uploaded the wrench and sent it to your site. View Quote got your message thanks! |
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<a href="http://s957.photobucket.com/user/762RUM/media/DDCFE246-F242-4580-89E3-F81206516224-4222-000008299092E364_zps698f83c7.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/762RUM/DDCFE246-F242-4580-89E3-F81206516224-4222-000008299092E364_zps698f83c7.jpg</a> Level mount <a href="http://s957.photobucket.com/user/762RUM/media/8E12EF06-D142-44D8-B0C7-248BCC2AC3A5-837-000000B28E0F6AA5_zps51108df6.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/762RUM/8E12EF06-D142-44D8-B0C7-248BCC2AC3A5-837-000000B28E0F6AA5_zps51108df6.jpg</a> Offset switch mount that slides onto XTM rail cover View Quote RUM do you have the files posted somewhere? |
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cz grips now up on printedfirearm.com
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If I had a 3D printer, I'd do a extended mag-release protector for my Crossbreed CZ75 holster.
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OK - You guys are getting me kinda interested in this.
How hard is it to program? |
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It's easy . . . I have a Makerbot mini at work so I just draw the parts in solid works, save the file as an STL, upload it to makerbot desktop, move/scale in the program, and press print. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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OK - You guys are getting me kinda interested in this. How hard is it to program? It's easy . . . I have a Makerbot mini at work so I just draw the parts in solid works, save the file as an STL, upload it to makerbot desktop, move/scale in the program, and press print. 57fairlane how do you like the makerbot mini? From what I've read its pretty pricy but is super easy to use. I have the XYZ da Vinci 1.0 which was only $400 and the build volume allows me to print lowers if i wanted to which is nice |
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57fairlane how do you like the makerbot mini? From what I've read its pretty pricy but is super easy to use. I have the XYZ da Vinci 1.0 which was only $400 and the build volume allows me to print lowers if i wanted to which is nice View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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OK - You guys are getting me kinda interested in this. How hard is it to program? It's easy . . . I have a Makerbot mini at work so I just draw the parts in solid works, save the file as an STL, upload it to makerbot desktop, move/scale in the program, and press print. 57fairlane how do you like the makerbot mini? From what I've read its pretty pricy but is super easy to use. I have the XYZ da Vinci 1.0 which was only $400 and the build volume allows me to print lowers if i wanted to which is nice I would put it as decent. The tolerances seem to be within .010" or so which is great for ergonomics and aesthetic value and can be sanded/filed to get parts to actually work. I've also printed holes as the minor diameter size of threads and the plastic can be tapped no problem. The mini can only do a 4.75" cube so lowers are out for me but the parts I've done at work (for the most part) are smaller than the size limitations so its been fine. We bought it to see if we could use it enough to justify a higher end model with better resolution and there's only been one day in the past 2 weeks that I haven't had it running. |
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