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Sweep said:
I bought an Ender 3 Max this week because some of you lot have made me feel inadequate! 🤪 😁

I have almost no idea how to use it but luckily I have a friend coming over tomorrow to get me set up properly. Apparently he hates to see a grown man cry. 😉

The plan is to make bits for my own guns and for my kids to learn on. One of my daughters goes to high school in September and I've been told they do 3D printing in their design and technology lessons so I'd like her to get a head start 🙂
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Enjoy!
There's plenty of people of here that will help out if you need it!
My girls (8 & 12) love playing on tinkercad and seeing their designs come to life!
 
Hi, Yep another 3D printer owner

Ender 5, linear rails conversion, Dual Z axis, EZboard v1.0 Motherboard, Ezabl Pro, Titan direct drive extruder geared 3:1 with pancake stepper, V6 hot end, 4mm Broscilate glass bed with PEI sheet.

Not used for anything serious, just fun stuff and the odd bits and bobs to make life easier.
 
And another one.

Couple of SLA printers (mostly for jewellery scale work, but the Form 2 has a decent size envelope), couple of FDM printers.
I use Rhino for the majority of my CAD work; fairly adept with it.

Midway through building a Voron 2.4 as and when I have time to work on it.
 
I’ve got an old Anycubic Mega S, but I modified the balls off it… new trigorilla board, MOSFETs, tm2208 drivers, RaspPi control running Klipper, BL Touch, and a custom made carriage that was my first project on it to fit the V6 hotend that I then had a copper block machined up for. I print practically all of the time in either PLA+ or carbon fibre reinforced nylon, depending on what I’m making! I prefer PLA+ for its workability though, particularly if I’m making a draft - I can safely ramp up the speed to 3000 in Cura with no strings or blobs, but the 90° corners suffer a bit too much for a finished part then!
 
2 printers 1 prusa i3 mk2 but mk2.5 converted , 1 ender 3 v2 microswiss dd converted , Saltburn by the sea location really dont want to have these running 24/7 but more than happy to help members get what they need if they have no use of a printer i also have verry basic fusion skills
 
jchu_1988 said:
Moi.
Located in Didcot, S. Oxfordshire.
4 printers total. Started with 1 printer making AT44 mags in 22 and grew from there.

Capability:
Multicolour printing
PLA, PETG, PA-CF (when I am feeling adventurous)
All parts are designed and tested by myself
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Hello, what have you made so far shooting wise
 
Hey all,
I have some experience drawing in 3D Mesh and Solids using AutoCad. I also have some time on my hands and a wish to be able to create useful and/or fun things for air guns and air gunning. What do I need from a hardware, software and supplies point of view?

TIA
 
JonnieP said:
Hey all,
I have some experience drawing in 3D Mesh and Solids using AutoCad. I also have some time on my hands and a wish to be able to create useful and/or fun things for air guns and air gunning. What do I need from a hardware, software and supplies point of view?

TIA
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For me, calipers and item for fit testing, general tools like drill bits, deburring tools.

Software wise, whichever CAD package and slicer you prefer (dictated by what printer you have).

Useful to have, selection of screws/taps/dowels/orings/heat press inserts/nuts. You will pick these up as you go along when you need them.

More important is the mindset on how to tackle the problem, a lot of the prints that are being sold on eBay are really shocking in quality (swarf, support still visible, blobs and zits present). One particular mag seller on eBay has real issues with tolerances (pellet holes done line up with the entry and exit holes at all. Confirmed by Solware when I visited them).
 
Think I will be just having fun with mine so no fear of stepping on anyone’s toes. Might print a couple of mag holder boxes for myself but can’t trust myself to sell anything lol. However if anyone has the best place to buy filament etc and any advice on how to create your own stuff (for my daughter) please feel free to pm me
 
Hi all, New here but thought I would chime in.
Been printing Since about 2017 (when ever the first dodgy batch of ender3s came out).
Currently have a CR10v2 and took delivery of a Ender 5 S1 last week after cancelling my K1 pre-order.

Print mainly in PETG or PLA+ but hoping to build an enclosure for the Ender 5 to start printing ABS/ASA
 
jchu_1988 said:
For me, calipers and item for fit testing, general tools like drill bits, deburring tools.

Software wise, whichever CAD package and slicer you prefer (dictated by what printer you have).

Useful to have, selection of screws/taps/dowels/orings/heat press inserts/nuts. You will pick these up as you go along when you need them.

More important is the mindset on how to tackle the problem, a lot of the prints that are being sold on eBay are really shocking in quality (swarf, support still visible, blobs and zits present). One particular mag seller on eBay has real issues with tolerances (pellet holes done line up with the entry and exit holes at all. Confirmed by Solware when I visited them).
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Thanks for the info… Looks like I should. Be looking for a printer to start with, any recommendations?
 
JonnieP said:
Thanks for the info… Looks like I should. Be looking for a printer to start with, any recommendations?
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Depends on budget.
Low end (<£300): Ender 3 V2/ Ender 3S1 should be ok.
Mid range(<£700): Prusa Mk3
Higher end(<£1400): Bambulabs X1CC

Depends on how much fettling you prefer not to do.
 
Mega S can be picked up brand new on eBay for £99, as the model changed and people are flogging old stock. I know ‘cause I got one! But it has drawbacks being an older model, its noise being the biggest one. But if you can work an Allen key there are videos all over YouTube telling you how to take them apart and cure that and what parts to buy to do it and it really is child’s play to do it. You can end up with a beautifully accurate but quiet printer for £120 that way. Then if you want to fettle further there’s other things you can do, such as changing the firmware, changing the hot end, running it remotely with a raspberry pi, and so on. It can sound daunting at first but there’s some brilliant step by step videos and if you’re part way through the work and decide not to proceed it’s all reversible!
 
I have an Ender 3 modded to high heaven.

Use it to make functional parts for stuff I need around the house (robot vac cogs etc.)

Never thought of using it for my air rifle, so open to suggestions for my HW100!
 
I currently have an Ender 5 S1 pro which is far better than my previous model. I use Autodesk Fusion 360 to design a whole range of air rifle and air pistol related objects - would be lost without it!
Recent projects include: benchrest front plates for Anschutz and Red Wolf rifles, top plate and feet for two different commercial front rests, pellet boxes, several different forms of barrel tuner / 'harmoniser', wind indicators and 14 / 17cm shooting target frames.
As I enjoy problem solving almost as much as shooting; the ability to conceive, design and produce an accessory all within a few hours adds enormously to my enjoyment of the sport.
 
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spaspeckerthedull said:
just taken delivery of a creality ender 3 S1 pro

the learning curve starts here ............
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Its a great little printer - very capable of printing with most types of filament. Make sure you really understand how to level the bed - its a bit different to most 'basic' printers but once you run the auto-leveling routine and set the off-set, it should work perfectly for a long time without needed adjustment.
 
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