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What have you just 3d printed (for airsoft)

just plain ol' pla+

its strong enough due to the wall thickness :)

 
Knocked up a simple fan mount for my goggles:

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A quick and dirty print (0.3mm layer height so the curves aren't all that smooth) to test the concept - and it works great. The PLA works surprisingly well to dampen nearly all the fan vibration.

MK2 will have a rubber gasket between the fan and mount and integrated on/off switch with concealed wiring for the switch and fan.

 
So gone down a rabbit hole - the Ender 3 printer is like £130-150. 
Worth the investment?

 
They certainly seem very popular, so theres loads of support out there.

Loads of upgrades for it too.

I use an anycubic mega s, which coming up to a year of a lot of use, has been practically faultless.  

 
rj1986 said:
Worth the investment?
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Yep - If you like making stuff then it's a great tool to have. I'm toying with making an OpenRC F1 Car over the next few weeks because whilst it'll take hours/days to print, it'll cost very little in material cost. I want to model some scale RC boats too, so that's on my 'to-do' list also. I have various Airsoft ideas I want to try, but I need to improve on my modelling skills in Fusion360 first.

I would splurge the extra on the Pro model over the stock Ender 3 I think, and it can be had for £136 (£142 with glass bed) from the new dedicated Creality UK warehouse website that launched last week. 1st time customers get £8 off on orders over £150 so I would add a roll of filament to get started with.

I have the V2 (approx £170), which is pretty much a Pro with a different screen, 32 bit board and a power supply stupidly tucked away and shrouded underneath which makes it sound like a Jet engine due to the lack of airflow. The (older) Pro has the power supply in a more sensible location, a more practical screen, yet has a few nice upgrades over the stock Ender 3 model, but I'm not sure what board it comes with though.

As it's open source, there a stupid amount of upgrades and spares available for it, along with the community support and YouTube videos to help guide you.

 
My tip is to not to get the glass bed. Get an aluminium one and stick a 0.3mm PEI sheet on it. That stuff is brilliant. Sand it once thoroughly with fine sandpaper.

 
MiK said:
@Speedbird_666 Is it worth paying a bit more for the Ender-3 Max be a good investment @ £213 ?
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I think it's a slightly scaled-up Ender 3 Pro, with a couple of upgrades (metal extruder) - I'm new to 3D printing myself, so I can only go on what I researched on YouTube etc.

Here's quite a good review:




Whilst having the extra build area is probably nice to have, bear in mind 3D printing takes ages. So if you have a print that fully fills the Max, expect 24hr+ prints, especially if it's something intricate.

I'm lucky in that my work is shifting to a permanent work from home model, where at most I'll only ever be in the office two days a week, it means that I can set prints off in the morning and keep an eye on them throughout the day. I would be gutted if a 10-15hr print failed halfway through whilst I'm out and I came home to a colossal mess of plastic.

 
@Speedbird_666 You are a level up on my 3D printing skillz :P

Yea the 3Max has a ton of upgrades which means I don’t have to (and kill it) so I think the extra £quids imho is worth the less amount of stress and besides the wife is gonna kill me for £150 or £230 and when I get out of the doghouse I’ll still have the printer.

I am also gonna use the “Well Darling I won’t buy that new pewpew I was looking at” she doesn’t know or understand the UKARA thing or that fact I don’t have mine atm so I couldn’t buy the pewpew anyways :P  

 
rj1986 said:
I'm telling my mum
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Don't forget to pick up some Yellow bed springs (amazon etc.). They make bed-levelling much easier and consistent.

MiK said:
@Speedbird_666 You are a level up on my 3D printing skillz :P

Yea the 3Max has a ton of upgrades which means I don’t have to (and kill it) so I think the extra £quids imho is worth the less amount of stress and besides the wife is gonna kill me for £150 or £230 and when I get out of the doghouse I’ll still have the printer.

I am also gonna use the “Well Darling I won’t buy that new pewpew I was looking at” she doesn’t know or understand the UKARA thing or that fact I don’t have mine atm so I couldn’t buy the pewpew anyways :P  
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I got lucky, my youngest son has been hounding my missus for a 3D printer for the last 6 months (he's obsessed with the idea of making his own table-top games and scenery - he's only 8 bless him), so when they were on offer via the Creality website to coincide with Amazon's prime day, she couldn't really say no.

 
Speedbird_666 said:
i got lucky, my youngest son has been hounding my missus for a 3D printer for the last 6 months (he's obsessed with the idea of making his own table-top games and scenery - he's only 8 bless him), so when they were on offer via the Creality website to coincide with Amazon's prime day, she couldn't really say no.
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YES this ! If you can dump a sneaky purchase on the kids your in like a greased ferret !

 
Dropped of of my mags and broke the feed lip. I've ordered a couple of spares but I found a file on Thingiverse - here - so printed one. It fits and feeds ok but the pusher doesn't go up fully to hold open the slide on mag empty. 

I'll give it a little fettle and see how it goes.View attachment 123516

 
Oh. Oh dear. 

For years i've had a thing for the Welrod. You know, the sneaky bastard WW2 assassins' gun. 

The boy got a creality for Christmas and has been getting to grips with it and i've just discovered that a cheap n nasty springer can be fitted into a 3d printed shell for a springy welrod....has to be my next project. On top of the other 30,000 jobs i have to do. :D  

 
Egon_247 said:
Oh. Oh dear. 

For years i've had a thing for the Welrod. You know, the sneaky bastard WW2 assassins' gun. 

The boy got a creality for Christmas and has been getting to grips with it and i've just discovered that a cheap n nasty springer can be fitted into a 3d printed shell for a springy welrod....has to be my next project. On top of the other 30,000 jobs i have to do. :D  
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Definitely needa full build thread of its own. ?

 
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