1st XM5.7?
Waiting on the magazine. It fired and ejected a pre chambered round perfectly. I'll reprint everything after I dial in the bolt spring pressure. Love how quiet it is with ftn 4. Do not be dumb and use 99 percent infill cause it's a front heavy brick that way
26.5&37mm seam removal tool suggestions.
Wanted to ask the signal pros what the best seam removal tool is in their opinion. I've tried a flex hone for the 26.5 its not aggressive enough to finish the job in under 30 minutes and it only last about 3or 4 tubes before it's worn down. The homemade option included in some of the launcher projects was to finicky for me
Baby 15mm
Second baby m203 15mm I've built. Decided to make use of the AD5X color printing. If you live in the US and New to the hobby this is what id recommend building first. 40 bucks of hardware from Amazon isn't much skin to risk getting into gun cad and you'll have enough to build multiples.
Almost finished
Printed most of this about a year ago but never got around to buying the handguard. Feels pretty solid during rough fit. I haven't decided on where to buy the 3.5 inch buffer tube clone (kenri seems to be out of stock) so I'm building it in .22lr.
First color print*
Bought an AD5X last week after having a disappointing experience with k3 v1 Ace combo (bought it when k3 released). Yesterday morning I worked up the courage to try a full color print and it's a good feeling finally getting the taste of Anycubic's Dick out of my mouth. This is the finished product.
Murica
K2se opinions?
My go-to printer is starting get up there in age (kobra2 neo) I'm considering buying a new printer. The k2 se looks like a good deal. Quality of print is more important than speed or using anything other than pla pro/plus.
I just wanted to hear from anyone who owns one. I'm not dead set on the k2 it's just the best core xy I can find for the price if someone wants to recommend something similarly priced that they themselves own.
Any competent onshape users?
Before anyone gets cute I'm gonna lead with " yes I'm aware of how inferior onshape is to the other modeling options I can't afford the difference". With that out of the way I was hoping someone could point me to decent tutorial for the mid to advanced side of things. Most of the tutorials I've found are focusing on making video game assets instead of mechanical objects intended to be 3D printed.
Okboomer build.
I was interested in an okboomer build. My problem is I have 0 familiarity with 1911s. To compound this I've heard not all 1911 parts are completely interchangeable if you're mixing manufacturers. It's got me worried I might buy the wrong parts kit. I suppose worst case I could build a 3011.
I was eyeballing this one. https://www.sarcoinc.com/1911-45-cal-builders-kit-all-parts-less-frame-includes-new-slide/?srsltid=AfmBOoodvP1tDJIXuH2PkwQyJ5j2j6WPYadJAVNrT7tBIBLhu7RCE_vx
I wanted to see if anyone can speak from experience regarding their boomer builds.
Ump barrel wiggle
Has anyone had issues with barrel wobble developing over time (after about a year) with the stock mpr-tech ump? Have you found any other fixes that provide more durability than reprinting the retainer in a slightly smaller form? Is this unavoidable given the combination of design and pla pro ?
Finished this two days before the full release.
Printed the first iteration but my slide wasn't sliding so I was gonna wait till the full release but I saw there was an updated v1.5 frame and that particular one plays nice with my clone slide. Now there may be a third frame in my future 🙄 provided there's any significant changes.
I've only test fired twice but it's just as smooth as it's full Glock form. Might put a binary disconnector in there...see how it handles that
Showing off my progress.
Widened the hitchhikers shoulder piece and lock belonging to the retractable stock assembly. It doesn't interfere with ejection so the ump can be fired from all positions. It's a little wobbly fully extended in it's current iteration. It's 27.5 inches extended with the muzzle device so think about SBR rules and by way of transitive property...your dog. I'm not finished yet but if there's enough interest I'll upload its current iteration on my od account after work. I plan on modifying the rails and lock to get more stability out of them fully extended.
Stand and delivuh!
I think 15mm is overtaking 26.5mm as my favorite signal flavor. I really like how most of them are made from very few metal parts that require any sort of post processing. This could be a useful gateway project for otherwise antigun/ anti 2a 3d printer owners. Not to mention I love how I instantly feel like Dick Turpin when I hold a 15mm with a pistol grip.
New project preparedness
In the process of preparing a room to be my hobby room I consolidated most of my accumulated project hardware in a single container. I thought I'd show off a picture of it here so people can destroy me with reply photos of their superior hardware setups. I'll eventually repost a better representation when I finish setting up the room. Assuming there's any interest in as boring a subject as this.
$100 mac bolts at Kak.
Kak industries webpage has Mac bolts for 100 dollars. Dont know how long they'll be this low in price. There's an $85 blem bolt too but idk how many of those are available. I've got one it works with Glock and sten mags but the firing pin has a tendency to break and I got maybe 300 rounds through mine before it did that's actually how I saw the bolts on sale cause I was searching for a replacement firing pin. ( My firing pin breaking so soon could've been a one off however. My MAF arms bolt is twice as old and never given me problems)
Kneelsun v2
Finally got to go shooting brought the kneelsun v2 along and it did relatively well for 50 bucks. In case the file doesn't upload I'm including a link to Google drive source of the video. I didn't have dentures in so it looks like I have no chin.
Step up your candy game
Just got my sticker...I mean order (whoops, Freudian slip there) from pembleton and sons. Before I go on I completely understand how trivial this all is... I got everything I paid for. I received it in a reasonable amount of time. This entire post is naught but exercise in complaining about free toss in's -- I get that and thus I don't expect anyone to take me or this post very seriously. I also appreciate the stuff too however if you're gonna spend extra money on candy to give away (I dont think anyone perceives bazooka joe bubble gum as cheap or anything so I can't explain it with "they're just cheaper") its likely it will be considered more of a treat to adults if the candy is of an obscure nature. Parts dispensed sent fizzy warheads which I haven't had since '01 for example. Not to crazy exotic or expensive but also not something you see. MAF sent the cinnamon equivalent which was fuckin scrumptious. At the end of the day bazooka joe isn't terrible and you didn't have to throw an
My kid at heart Glock
It should be obvious but I was going for a halo look. I originally chose the g19 for my first Glock because I loved how the Paragon9 looked. I finally broke down and built one... a year late.
His n hers
Hire a Pakistani immigrant to build you one 😂