sado

Self Assured Defense Objective

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  • sadotoGeneral DiscussionDEFCAD selling my design
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    1 month ago

    They were more than happy to get me to sign up so they could transfer ownership of the model and “I also set up your partner account for sponsorship, so you’ll earn money for any downloads your project receives. Let me know if you have any other questions!

    So yeah, looks like they’re scraping and reposting to get people to sign up and post there or some shit.

    I should also note, even after they transfer you your own design, there’s no way to edit or delete the posting.


  • sadoOPMtoShow Off Your BuildsDB Alloy 5.7
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    1 month ago

    Yeah, when it first came out, I waited a couple months before it came back in stock. It may show that 3d2a is more popular than it used to be, and companies popping up aimed entirely at that market segment proves it. Ultimately it’s still going to be a niche low-volume product, so they’ll do it in smaller batches and get back to regular bread and butter production. Happy to see them doing it at all.





  • sadoOPMtoShow Off Your BuildsDB Alloy 5.7
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    1 month ago

    I haven’t seen any others offered in 5.7. The MPA upper is pretty decent, no complaints. You do have to trim a little bit out of the rear section for FCG clearance, but it’s not bad at all.



  • sadoOPMtoShow Off Your BuildsDB Alloy 5.7
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    1 month ago

    It’s definitely not .22 soft, but it’s not bad at all. Somewhat comparable to a P90/PS90 if you’ve ever shot one of those. They’re both direct blowback. A little snappy just due to the speed and bore height over grip, but not punchy and doesn’t hit hard at all.

    I really like the 5.7x28 round in general. I wanted to try it out on the cheap so that was why I built the DB. Liked it there so I picked up an M&P 5.7, loved that, then I went down the P90 rabbit hole and loving it there.


  • sadotoAnnouncementsKnown Issues (new users please read!)
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    2 months ago

    Yeah it’s a bit quirky. I’m more used to running old style forums/BBS type stuff. When I petitioned for c/fosscad ownership on “main” Lemmy(1), I saw your federated post on my old account but not my fosscad account. Took me a minute or three to realize that I had somehow deselected English (or just never selected it?), and either the Lemmy theme I’m using or my spam/cosmetic filters don’t show which languages I have selected. Pretty sure I have it unfucked now at any rate.

    1. Original mod inactive for ~3yrs, last post ~1yr old, so by all metrics abandoned.



  • sadoOPMtoShow Off Your BuildsDB Alloy 5.7
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    2 months ago

    PETG for the chassis, and the grip is PLA I think.

    A lot of folks shy away from it, but in some applications it’s quite good. With the Alloy having the reinforcement plates on the sides, it mitigates shock stresses and lets the PETG be good at being PETG in the other spots.






  • sadotoHelp & SupportI want advice or help
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    2 months ago

    You’re going to need a proper lathe and associated tooling, or get into EDM/Electrical Discharge Machining. Either of those processes is going to require a significant time and learning investment to be proficient enough to make a gun barrel.