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Patrol Base is a good, reliable supplier. I ordered some nuprol .25g bb's from them... 9000 to be exact. They emailed me saying that they were out of stock(but would restock the following week) and apologised, suggesting they could either remove the order or change them for Blasters and refund the difference. I replied and an hour or so later they emailed me back saying they were intact being restocked that day and so would I like to change them back to nuprols (which I did). They arrived within 2 days (which is faster than the postage I paid for!) and had a free patch included!

The arduino receives g-codes from the control pc and forwards it to the ramps which converts it to directional data for the pololu stepper drivers which intern controls a set of NEMA 17 stepper motors. I'm an engineer by trade and a geek by night I work with a range of CNC machinery ranging from 5 axis machining centres, lathes, grinding machines and such manufacturing industrial turbomachinery The tool changes will be manual (for now) but an optional pause can be added to the program for that

Cheers haha, the printer upgrades are easy to do as I just need to buy extruder drives and hot ends then just replace the melzi with an arduino mega and ramps board Which I already have, it's just the calibration that'll be a pain! As for the lathe, it'll use the same electronics as the reprap, probably just with different firmware. The only issue is money as with anything haha, decent lathes arent cheap!

Hi all, sorry for reviving an old thread but I did some 3d printing for airsoft on my Reprap Mono Mendel. I printed about 20 risers which worked well and we're sturdy. They were printed using ABS and a 0.5mm nozzle (which isn't the best haha, I'll be upgrading to a 0.3 or smaller soon). The parts turned out well, the only issues I had was the surface finish (could be fixed with a file but that's just plain tedious), I had to tap all holes by hand as the printer is only capable of making rough large diameter threads and clearing away support material is a pain. I also printed a glock 17 extended mag catch which my friend tested and said it says a good fit and functioned as intended, obviously it would be a better fit with a smaller nozzle. And a mock suppressor with perforations (honestly, it amplified the noise rather than muffling it) for my G&G Xtreme 45 which screwed onto a plug which push fit into the end of the barrel. I do plan on adding additional extruder, one for PLA support material, one 0.3mm nozzle for printing and the 0.5mm for rapid infill. I will also be making a chamber to trap the heat from the bed to stop warping and a liquid cooled metal hot end to stop it from overheating... I also plan on getting a lathe which I will convert to cnc control for finishing up the parts with a good finish. Then a little once over with acetone should give a good, smooth finish. I'll try add some photos later if I can find the parts -Will