3D printer

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Sorbate

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Does anyone on here have a 3D printer?

My wife bought me one for Christmas the Bambu P1S. Thing works great, I’ve been making price tag holders for work and tray separators.

At first I opened the box and thought, what the fuck am I going to do with this?

Took me a bit to learn how to use a CAD program, still suck, but I can make basic items.

Next step is to learn how to scan stuff with my iPad so I can make replacement parts for stuff at work that break instead of paying the overinflated equipment manufacturer prices.

Only thing I’ve had with the printer is one of the print head motors the plug got loose on the board so I got a motor b error, but plugged it back in and it was fine. Mind you it’s been running for 4 days when I’m home.
Guess it’s common.
 
Don't have one, but you can borrow one from our local library.. It's low quality, but we took it out a couple times and kids made some stuff with it.

I think with the higher quality ones you can do some crazy shit lol..
 
animal-inside said:
Don't have one, but you can borrow one from our local library.. It's low quality, but we took it out a couple times and kids made some stuff with it.

I think with the higher quality ones you can do some crazy shit lol..
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My wife got me one of the best at home types. It can print pretty much anything.
 
Sorbate said:
My wife got me one of the best at home types. It can print pretty much anything.
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About 10 years ago my work bought a high end one. We played around with it a bit and I wasn't impressed to be honest. I tried to print fishing lures, but they came out covered in riddges where the filament was laid down by the printer. So when the lure was done, it wasn't smooth at all and the plastic wasn't strong enough to be used as a fishing lure. I'm guessing they are a lot better now and the plastic filament we used might not have been great quality??

Crimals and printing functioning firearms with them so the quality has to be better lol
 
animal-inside said:
About 10 years ago my work bought a high end one. We played around with it a bit and I wasn't impressed to be honest. I tried to print fishing lures, but they came out covered in riddges where the filament was laid down by the printer. So when the lure was done, it wasn't smooth at all and the plastic wasn't strong enough to be used as a fishing lure. I'm guessing they are a lot better now and the plastic filament we used might not have been great quality??

Crimals and printing functioning firearms with them so the quality has to be better lol
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You can't print the barrels or trigger parts, but the rest of the gun, which is pretty much plastic now you can.

They are way better now, you can get really fine tips and get very little ridge now. I am only printing 90 degree items right now so no ridges.

The machines are not as expensive either. I know you get a entry level one that is $700 and prints great. Just more chance of print failures.
 
For labeling your printed parts, I have been using an inkjet colour label printer and it works well for durable, waterproof labels that won't smudge with handling. It pairs nicely with custom prints for organising storage or marking measurements. Great choice for practical home projects.
 
I've never used one but I have a friend who has a business, they repair computers and the do 3d printing, so much cool stuff in there.

The big thing with 3d printing firearms was ar15 lower receivers, that's the only part that had the serial number so you could print the lower and buy the rest of the parts, assemble it and have a functional ar15 with no serial number (ghost gun) I'm not sure if this was big in Canada but it was in the USA. You could also buy 80% lowers that were a real aluminum lower but still needed minor machining and could be done with a drill.
 
Negan said:
I've never used one but I have a friend who has a business, they repair computers and the do 3d printing, so much cool stuff in there.

The big thing with 3d printing firearms was ar15 lower receivers, that's the only part that had the serial number so you could print the lower and buy the rest of the parts, assemble it and have a functional ar15 with no serial number (ghost gun) I'm not sure if this was big in Canada but it was in the USA. You could also buy 80% lowers that were a real aluminum lower but still needed minor machining and could be done with a drill.
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In some states you can buy the parts and 3d print the whole gun. They sell kits.
 
Sorbate said:
In some states you can buy the parts and 3d print the whole gun. They sell kits.
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In most states you can legally build your own firearms as long as you're legally allowed to own one, a few exceptions or applications requirements in some states.
 
Sorbate said:
In some states you can buy the parts and 3d print the whole gun. They sell kits.
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It’s with high density plastic. As per a post i won’t repost from the old site, I saw this on the dark web during “tour” from someone that knows what he is doing. I also saw how instructional sites on casting a ceramic gun as well as how to get it along with the firing mechanism which is non metallic through the airport security. Pretty scary stuff on the dark web. Haven’t seen it since then which is many many years. That market place was outrageous
 
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