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kaewon

@ kaewon @forum.guncadindex.com

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  • I suck at CAD but this may be dope!

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  • I lot of stuff done here, and even commercial aftermarket parts, are just tacticool. There are advantages to being able to shoulder a handgun and different advantages to a dedicated pcc. Handgun parts kits can also be much cheaper so price plays a role. You don't see many people printing parts to put on a $2k+ gun. A lot of handgun builds can be done for <$200 and you'll see people doing anything and everything they can for it. Most cheap pcc are also blowback while most handguns are recoil operated so have less felt recoil and feel less clunky with less reciprocating mass.

    The same laws that apply to commercial guns apply to homemade guns with some people having more legal limitations depending on location.

    Everything we do here is for fun usually. Most agree that a 3d printed gun isn't ideal for uses where your life depended on it vs a factory gun (plus jury implications) unless you are in a restricted area. So for most these are just range toys.

  • On to the next one! DeAR22 Rerelease

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  • I never understood why people use such high z distance. The bottom looks like spaghetti like you printed with no supports. I use .16 and supports come off easily if you change settings to decrease layer adhesion ONLY for support interface. Most of 300's settings are different from what I use.

  • I suck at CAD but this may be dope!

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  • There's limitations of course since only plastic fdm is cheap enough for hobbyists but reliable guns needing high precision is not the case depending on the platform. Depending on the builder, some designs can last thousands and thousands of rounds like a commercially made gun. Especially if the only printed parts would be polymer on the actual gun.

    For most platforms, metal is necessary just at a strength limitation. That's where using commercial parts comes in and parts can be quite cheap in the US. More complicated mechanisms also need to be metal so full diy is limited to blowback usually.

  • Printed Revolver Cylinder.

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  • For 22 colibri maybe but not much else. There's other revolver designs out there and you can see what needs to be metal

  • PA6 drying

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  • S4 only does 70c so not worth buying. If you look for deals, there are larger food dehydrators around 100 that will do 90c and fit 3kg spools. Put in a spool holder and you can print out of them.

  • PA6 drying

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  • You said 110c so you mean the e2 not the s2? S2 only goes to 70c. E2 goes to 110c.

  • PA6 drying

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  • FDE ODG color comparison

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  • A quick dive into some basic photography knowledge. You'd calibrate to RGB as that's what monitors are comprised of. Typically you'd have to use an external device but the best way without one is http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/. However most people don't even have professional monitors so couldn't even calibrate well which makes it's futile. You'd still get a very large variance in color especially from an average joe just eye balling it.

    The photo itself has a white piece of paper for white balancing. If I had photoshop, I could color correct it...correctly. The only solution still goes back to a relative comparison. Just buy one of the filaments, a cheap spool of pla pro, and it'll get the job done.

  • Apache case sale

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  • Ammo cans are also $10.

  • Apache case sale

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  • Camo Stencil tool for 3D printers and laser cutters

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  • Would the people that use this please post the files? Then we can group the files together and have a stencil pack.

  • 2011maxxin

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  • The colt is 45 so not relevant other than mentioning price. The llamas are 1911 which were also made in 9mm, 22lr, 380 and some others but I can't find concrete info on fitment. Some say it doesn't fit but others have swapped parts so it might just be normal 1911 cross-company issues.

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  • I already have a colt kit that was 300 which is why a ria 9mm kit for the same price doesn't appeal to me. I forgot to mention the llama kits that are below 100 that I was looking at before that I will likely get

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  • There's also llama kits for sub 100 but those might need their own design

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  • I was going to make it glock mag compatible which cuts cost on mags I already have and printing mag catch.

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  • I can buy a whole 1911 9mm for 300 which makes them unreasonable to me. Someone said they have seen sales down to 200 but I have yet to see it.

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  • I still haven't found a reasonably priced kit.

  • $100 mac bolts at Kak.

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  • 100 is their usual price. It says on sale but it's constantly on sale.

  • Plastikov v4 kits

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  • I meant specifically from aoa. I too own a romanian kit but wasn't bought from them. It was similar price but came with the furniture and had cut receiver nubs. I think anyone building an ak knows cugir is probably the cheapest decent ak kits.

  • Plastikov v4 kits

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  • Yes and I believe they are the most commonly used kit because they are always in stock.