3D printing Thread.

I have retract set to 5mm and retract speed at 50. This filament is much more stringy than PLA. I just need to work on the settings in S3D for carbon fiber and save the profile.

Try adding to the extruder retraction if 5mm is for the bed at 50m/s.
 
11 hours. doing the back now to hold the picture. Tried to cut corners and bit me in the butt.

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Starting my first big project today. Going to print Han Solos blaster. Total print time is around 30ish hours assuming all goes well.

Also if you guys haven't tried proto pasta I suggest you do. This stiff prints like butter with my micro swiss hot end.

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Wife sent me an email with a list of things she wants printed for Christmas knick-knacks. Here's the first set. She's started ordering filament off Amazon herself. I told her she needed to learn how to use the printer, but figures she doesn't need to, that's why she has me. ;) Secret to a long marriage is keeping yourself useful.

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Got my CR-10S all setup and tuned over the past week. Found a perfect little table 29" square, at IKEA in their returns section for only $35, sturdy and very minor damage.
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Had my first failed print last night testing a different profile with low bed heat.
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Started printing my first useful items, AA and AAA battery holders.
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Had to use he remix versions for improved feeding but they're coming along well so far.
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This is with the included CCTree PLA. I have a roll of blue Zyltech and ordered some gray eSun PLA+.
 
Finished the battery holders and they came out really well. The AA holds 18 batteries. I just hot glued the labels on the front as recommended on thingiverse.
They took a long time to print: white body >3hr ea, blue ramp/base 1.5hr ea, labels 9min ea. So we're talking 5hr print time for each one.
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Today I printed a SilencerCo tool to disassemble my Octane both the rear cap and end cap. Took about 50min, PLA .2mm, 50% infill, came out great and works perfectly!
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Finished the battery holders and they came out really well. The AA holds 18 batteries. I just hot glued the labels on the front as recommended on thingiverse.
They took a long time to print: white body >3hr ea, blue ramp/base 1.5hr ea, labels 9min ea. So we're talking 5hr print time for each one.
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Today I printed a SilencerCo tool to disassemble my Octane both the rear cap and end cap. Took about 50min, PLA .2mm, 50% infill, came out great and works perfectly!
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Ok this makes me want one now.
 
Today I printed a SilencerCo tool to disassemble my Octane both the rear cap and end cap. Took about 50min, PLA .2mm, 50% infill, came out great and works perfectly!
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I have four different versions of those (ok, maybe three...I think I gave one to Scott @ THSF). They work real well.

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Have you tried any of the rods to align silencer baffles for reassembly?
 
@BigWaylon I saw your posts in the Arfcom thread as I re-read it the other day and was going to ask how you liked the tools but figured I'd just give it a shot. I may print the flat one as well to give me extra leverage. Plus, I almost WANT to break a functional item to get an idea of how far I can push standard PLA before going to the PLA+ that I have.

No I haven't tried the alignment rods, not sure I've seen them. Link?
 
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Most of the pics are dead, but there's a video still working. (I read somewhere this week there's an add-on to Firefox that allows all the PB pics to show up...but haven't tried it)

https://www.ar15.com/forums/armory/...-Rods-for-Octane-HD-and-Spectre-II/20-473484/

First post has a link to an older thread with links to all the files. If you try it out, let me know. I know you have at least one Octane (looks like a 9?), but wasn't sure if you have a Spectre. I'd think the same one that works for a Spectre would work with a Warlock?

I have the 9 & 45 Octanes, plus multiples Spectres and Warlocks.
 
Printed this 18 mini-screw driver holder from thingiverse using eSun PLA+, took 5hr, came out great. The base of it could've been half as thick but I don't yet know how to modify STL's.
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Printed this 18 mini-screw driver holder from thingiverse using eSun PLA+, took 5hr, came out great. The base of it could've been half as thick but I don't yet know how to modify STL's.

It's honestly kind of a PITA..be better to use a cad software to get your important dimension (hole locations and spacing) and build off of that.
 
It's honestly kind of a PITA..be better to use a cad software to get your important dimension (hole locations and spacing) and build off of that.
Good to know. I still need to find a good free/cheap CAD program. I used to use autoCAD and prodesk in HS and was pretty darn good with them but trying to use google sketch and a couple other free trials, I'm incredibly rusty!
 
Here's one you should all love... AA Battery Magazine!

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I found it on Thingiverse, it's designed to hold 14 AA's and is made of 4 parts plus a standard AR mag spring. There is a remixed floor plate to allow it to snap into the base plate just like a standard poly mag does. I simply cannibalized a couple D&H mags I never use.

The body took the longest at 7hr 53min at .2mm layers. The floor plate, base plate, and follower took another 4hr, so 12hr per mag. I made a 2nd for a friend. I printed in eSun PLA+, switching to gray for the follower to mimicks PMAGs. The mag body was the longest and tallest print I've done so far.

It went together really well though I did have to sand the follower down a bit with 220 to get smoother action. I was only able to squeeze 12 due to the friction of the batteries on the body walls.
 
Here's one you should all love... AA Battery Magazine!

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I found it on Thingiverse, it's designed to hold 14 AA's and is made of 4 parts plus a standard AR mag spring. There is a remixed floor plate to allow it to snap into the base plate just like a standard poly mag does. I simply cannibalized a couple D&H mags I never use.

The body took the longest at 7hr 53min at .2mm layers. The floor plate, base plate, and follower took another 4hr, so 12hr per mag. I made a 2nd for a friend. I printed in eSun PLA+, switching to gray for the follower to mimicks PMAGs. The mag body was the longest and tallest print I've done so far.

It went together really well though I did have to sand the follower down a bit with 220 to get smoother action. I was only able to squeeze 12 due to the friction of the batteries on the body walls.

Ok that is one of the first things I have seen that I liked and would want come from one of these printers. Besides maybe the silencer take down tool. I am not trying to be a kill joy and would like one of these but I am trying to find something to make with it that would save me some cash or that I couldn't buy somewhere else for a couple of bucks. Now when metal printers get cheap enough oh yea I'm in fo sho.
 
Ok that is one of the first things I have seen that I liked and would want come from one of these printers. Besides maybe the silencer take down tool. I am not trying to be a kill joy and would like one of these but I am trying to find something to make with it that would save me some cash or that I couldn't buy somewhere else for a couple of bucks. Now when metal printers get cheap enough oh yea I'm in fo sho.
Totally understand what you're saying, and right now they're still more for entertainment/hobby than money savings or convenience. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of useful items you can print, not to mention the freedom to design whatever you want, if you have the time and skills. But printing is slow, does have limitations, and is primarily centered around plastics for now.

I bought one because I'm a bit of a geek, a bit of a programmer and engineer at heart, so this is right up my alley. I don't print action figures and other BS, I try to only do functional items, as I've shared in this thread.
 
Would like an SD card holder (prefer one that can hold 2-4 cards)
anyone on here make one? Or am I better off just buying something off of amazon etc?
 
Interesting thread. I've never gotten into 3d printing, but I've designed pump systems for large scale printers that do things like boat hulls. On my desk I also have a small extruder that makes the filament, more of a toy compared to the extruders I usually work with putting out thousands of pounds per hour, lol.
 
Interesting thread. I've never gotten into 3d printing, but I've designed pump systems for large scale printers that do things like boat hulls. On my desk I also have a small extruder that makes the filament, more of a toy compared to the extruders I usually work with putting out thousands of pounds per hour, lol.
Pics??
 
3D printed house:

NANTES, France (Reuters) - Researchers have unveiled what they billed as the world’s first 3D-printed house to serve as a home in the French city of Nantes, with the first tenants due to move in by June.
Academics at the University of Nantes who led the project said it was the first house built in situ for human habitation using a robot 3D-printer. The robot, known as BatiPrint3D, uses a special polymer material
that should keep the building insulated effectively for a century.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...blic-housing-unveiled-in-france-idUSKBN1HH2HW
 
Lee Turret spare turret holder for use on pegboard. Found it on thingiverse.
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Took 2hr 50min at .2mm.
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Printing a second one right now for my .300blk setup.
 
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I came home from running some errands and knew my last part of the case feeder would almost be done but this is what I found.
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Sadly only about 30% printed before failing, the other 40%+ is birds nest.
 
So I'm still working on the SDB case feeder but ran into a major roadblock while trying to design the new mounts in Sketchup. Sketchup isn't bad, but it doesn't seem to lend itself very well to more technical designs, but the biggest issue was a personal one.

I'm more used to using AutoCAD and PTC Prodesktop like 15yr ago and nothing I've found seems to operate in a similar way. My biggest complaint with Sketchup was the difficulty in creating a screw hole, or negative extrusion. It's like an 8 step process because Sketchup doesn't create the walls within the new hole. I tried handful of different programs with little luck but kept reading of people praising Fusion 360 on a few FB groups.

Finally, I tried Fusion360 which is actually FREE for non-commercial use, and hallelujah! This is what I was looking for. I can start with a 2D drawing, set dimension constraints, easily edit them if I want, draw on either plane, extrude/shell/offset easily, simply create holes through an object, and the UI just seems so intuitive to me. Granted, I don't like a dumbed down UI, I want details but appreciate logic, organization/categorization, and good labels. I'm loving Fusion360 so far. I have a ton of learning to do, but was able to quickly and super easily design a couple sample items, just small custom bins for loose allen keys, razors, etc in my tool chest.
 
Pro-desktop? Showing your age :p I started on wildfire 4 and 5.

ON fusion be sure to back up everything...I don't trust the cloud..at all
 
Pro-desktop? Showing your age :p I started on wildfire 4 and 5.

ON fusion be sure to back up everything...I don't trust the cloud..at all
Haha funny thing is I’m only 31. Those are the 2 programs my HS used.

But I’m using the desktop version, not cloud. I guess I should double check that it’s actually saving to my PC and not a cloud drive.
 
Haha funny thing is I’m only 31. Those are the 2 programs my HS used.

But I’m using the desktop version, not cloud. I guess I should double check that it’s actually saving to my PC and not a cloud drive.
I'm 30. There is no other version, however it's link to the cloud. Only way to save a copy to your HD is to export it. I'm running the free version as well in conjunction with Inventor HSM Pro.
 
3D printers are very interesting to me.
But Im not very good at designing on those sorts of programs, I tried in a program a while back to do a 3D design and it just didnt work well.

But Im planning on getting the free educator trial of AutoCAD and trying again
If I were to dsign something, is it possible to send someone the file and them make it for me?
 
Yup, and there are companies that do exactly that for you, like Shapeways.
Depending on what material you want to use, I wouldn’t mind printing something for you. @HMP
 
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3D printers are very interesting to me.
But Im not very good at designing on those sorts of programs, I tried in a program a while back to do a 3D design and it just didnt work well.

But Im planning on getting the free educator trial of AutoCAD and trying again
If I were to dsign something, is it possible to send someone the file and them make it for me?

Go to tinkercad.com Completely intuitive and a great place to start. Actually do 90% of the designs there because it has most everything you need. I was working on a bit of redesign of the 3d-printable bumper and tinkercad fits the bill perfectly.
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