The 'What have you just bought' Thread

[Speedbird_666]

Dear god...what have I done....😲

 

I've just ordered a 3D printer.

 

There's a bunch of bits that I want to print for my various guns (including some of my own ideas), and my son has been nagging me for one for nearly a year now.

 

Soooo.....I've got a Creality Ender 3 V2 on the way.

 

This could be a whole lot of fun, or a slippery descent into frustration and madness. Time will tell.

[Rogerborg]

50 minutes ago, Speedbird_666 said:

I've just ordered a 3D printer

 

I've just had to drag my finger off the "buy it now" button.  I blame Gun Jesus promoting "additive manufacturing" to create new stripper clips for Forgotten Weapons.  My head was still in the "those things cost thousands, right?" space, I was astonished to find that they can be had for under £200 now, with plenty of happy users.

 

Luckily, I don't have anything specific that I'd actually want to - oh my Emperor, I need to print aquila and purity seals!

 

Must... resist... urge...

[Speedbird_666]

2 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

 

I've just had to drag my finger off the "buy it now" button.  I blame Gun Jesus promoting "additive manufacturing" to create new stripper clips for Forgotten Weapons.  My head was still in the "those things cost thousands, right?" space, I was astonished to find that they can be had for under £200 now, with plenty of happy users.

 

Luckily, I don't have anything specific that I'd actually want to - oh my Emperor, I need to print aquila and purity seals!

 

Must... resist... urge...

 

£168 shipped from Creality's UK Warehouse, not much more than an entry-level Airsoft Blaster.

 

Funnily enough I saw this video the other day and thought of you:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Johnyboy1976]

Getting this for my L129 conversion 

[hitmanNo2]

29 minutes ago, Johnyboy1976 said:

Getting this for my L129 conversion 

 

Dude.  Do you work at Dave's Custom Airsoft or something?  This isn't a thread for stock images as you've previously been told.

[alxndrhll]

11 minutes ago, hitmanNo2 said:

Dude.  Do you work at Dave's Custom Airsoft or something?  This isn't a thread for stock images as you've previously been told.

Booooo, spoil sport. I for one had been thoroughly enjoying being drip fed the entire DCA catalogue without ever having to visit the website (and such, never see those prices).

[PopRocket123]

5 hours ago, Speedbird_666 said:

Dear god...what have I done....😲

 

I've just ordered a 3D printer.

 

There's a bunch of bits that I want to print for my various guns (including some of my own ideas), and my son has been nagging me for one for nearly a year now.

 

Soooo.....I've got a Creality Ender 3 V2 on the way.

 

This could be a whole lot of fun, or a slippery descent into frustration and madness. Time will tell.

Printers are great. You can print all the accessories that are too expensive, discontinued or don't exist. I'm at the point of designing full kits and guns.

 

It really changes how you look at airsoft guns. They become the potential for something more, instead of looking at a gun and thinking that looks cool you look at it and think, what could this become?

 

Hence why I'm picking up a tac-41 at some point to make a MSR kit for it so that I can own the only usable Airsoft MSR

Edited June 21, 2021 by PopRocket123

[Speedbird_666]

3 minutes ago, PopRocket123 said:

Printers are great. You can print all the accessories that are too expensive, discontinued or don't exist. I'm at the point of designing full kits and guns.

 

It really changes how you look at airsoft guns. They become the potential for something more, instead of looking at a gun and thinking that looks cool you look at it and think, what could this become?

 

Hence why I'm picking up a tac-41 at some point to make a MSR kit for it so that I can own the only usable Airsoft MSR

 

Indeed. I have great plans for a spare G36 I've got knocking around, but I need to tackle the fundamentals first (machine setup and tuning, designing parts etc.) so it's more of a long-term aspiration.

 

I've been working through quite a few Fusion360 tutorials - I'm good with 2D drafting in CAD (Autocad & Draftsight) but wrapping my head around the 3D stuff has been a bit trickier.

[Spartan09]

7 hours ago, Speedbird_666 said:

 

This could be a whole lot of fun, or a slippery descent into frustration and madness. Time will tell.

im willing to bet it will be a mix of both,  but biased towards the latter option

good luck all the same though

[Monkman]

God dammit, i've got to stop doing this.  I don't need any more guns.....hahahahaha

 

Cheeky little Umarex Glock45.  Why? Coz I don't own a Glock.

 

Quality is great and feels good...lets see if it's any good tomorrow night. 

 

 

[alxndrhll]

Sling setup I’ve landed on for the Krink turned up, first impression is I might prefer it to the Slingster. I guess time will tell, either way the Uloops seem like a really smart replacement for snap hooks and paracord.

 

[Druid799]

16 hours ago, PopRocket123 said:

Printers are great. You can print all the accessories that are too expensive, discontinued or don't exist. I'm at the point of designing full kits and guns.

 

It really changes how you look at airsoft guns. They become the potential for something more, instead of looking at a gun and thinking that looks cool you look at it and think, what could this become?

 

Hence why I'm picking up a tac-41 at some point to make a MSR kit for it so that I can own the only usable Airsoft MSR

From the point of view of someone wouldn’t know his arse from his elbow when it comes to 3D printers  is there that much of a difference in the quality of the print between the entry level ones and the lower mid range ones ? Reason I ask is I’ve bought a few different bits’n’bobs over the years and some the quality was absolutely shocking ! 2’ish yrs ago A friend bought a hexagon suppressor from a well known seller and when it arrived it had thick ridges on the layers and just nasty looking but then other stuff you could barely tell the difference in them from say a moulded piece .

[Speedbird_666]

3 minutes ago, Druid799 said:

From the point of view of someone wouldn’t know his arse from his elbow when it comes to 3D printers  is there that much of a difference in the quality of the print between the entry level ones and the lower mid range ones ? Reason I ask is I’ve bought a few different bits’n’bobs over the years and some the quality was absolutely shocking ! 2’ish yrs ago A friend bought a hexagon suppressor from a well known seller and when it arrived it had thick ridges on the layers and just nasty looking but then other stuff you could barely tell the difference in them from say a moulded piece .

 

Different types of printers.

 

The smoother stuff you mention is likely SLS printed, which uses (frickin) lasers to fuse plastic powder together into a solid product. Not something many people can do at home, but there are plenty of SLS printing services available to small companies which allow them to outsource manufacturing for niche/short run products where injection moulding is not feasible. 

 

Here's an example, Badas designs makes drop stock adapter for various AEGs, they offer the same product in two guises, SLS print (outsourced I believe), and a 'normal' 3d print. The SLS has a fine grain texture to it, but generally looks more like a 'moulded ' product, whereas the normal 3D print has the layers (ridges) you refer to.

 

 

 

There's also SLA printing for resin which produces fine detail prints (think Warhammer figures etc) but i don't think the outputs are particularly strong compared to the other methods (but could be wrong on that) .

[mightyjebus]

there isn't much difference in quality between cheap and expensive printers after you have dialed them in. Out the box the more expensive printers generally work better but a £200 printer can be tweaked to print just as well or better.

There are 2 main types of 3D printers for the average joe. FDM and Resin being those 2 main types. FDM is a bit like squeezing toothpaste out a tube in 1 continuous line to make a 3D object where resin is very fine slices of resin stuck to the bottom of the last very fine line of resin.

 

The main differences between the 2 is that resin has a much higher resolution so you don't generally see any print lines and it looks like it was moulded straight out the printer. FDM usually has print lines and you can print in finer detail so that these lines are less visible but that takes time so you have a choice to make between print quality and time to print.

FDM printers can have bigger build plates up to 500mmx500mmx500mm generally but resin printers only manage about 192(L)mmx120(W)mmx240(H)mm for affordable models.

both types can print in multiple materials so you have flexibility in making stuff. for instance you can print a rubber like butt pad in FDM or resin which will look and feel like rubber or you could print a silencer in ABS on a FDM printer if you are looking for strength.

 

there is 2 other sides to 3D printing worth mentioning. If you don't learn a 3D design program you are stuck with printing other peoples models. Most programs are scary to look at when you first use them but a couple of youtube videos later it all makes sense.

 

The other side is moulding from 3D printing. it's possible to design, print then cast in metal/2 part epoxy/gold/space dust a part. this is taking the 3D printing hobby a bit further but having a printer opens up that door. want a particular flash hider that doesn't exist or stupidly expensive? design it, print the prototype for testing then jam it in some plaster of paris and melt some old coke cans and pour. 

[Skara]

If anything SLS isn't gonna crack between layers

 

In le meantime, I've bought another Helikon 2 points sling for my 933 along with an M85 spring, because yes, short stroking by two teeth on a ported cylinder and an M90 still give me over 1J of muzzle energy -.-

Also my TTI triggers arrived

 

 

 

lil' close up of the triggers

[Alimcd]

I might have just bought a Dye mask to go with my Hi-Capa mag adaptors.

 

Definitely need one of the “Negative Airsoft thinks I’m a c£&@“ patches to finish the look

[PopRocket123]

56 minutes ago, Druid799 said:

From the point of view of someone wouldn’t know his arse from his elbow when it comes to 3D printers  is there that much of a difference in the quality of the print between the entry level ones and the lower mid range ones ? Reason I ask is I’ve bought a few different bits’n’bobs over the years and some the quality was absolutely shocking ! 2’ish yrs ago A friend bought a hexagon suppressor from a well known seller and when it arrived it had thick ridges on the layers and just nasty looking but then other stuff you could barely tell the difference in them from say a moulded piece .

You can get a cheap printer disks in to a really fine degree with some work. This is printed in abs on a modified ender 3

[Druid799]

Set of surplus ESS V12 goggles for not a lot of beer tokens off a chap selling army kit on the mong  , considering they are surplus and well under the price of new ones there condition could easily be listed as super grade if not ‘as new’ if bought from a retailer .

[Monkman]

52 minutes ago, Alimcd said:

I might have just bought a Dye mask to go with my Hi-Capa mag adaptors.

 

Definitely need one of the “Negative Airsoft thinks I’m a c£&@“ patches to finish the look

Like this one..   (Or the old stickers he has saying "Negative Airsoft thinks i'm a C$$T!"...

 

Edited June 22, 2021 by Monkman

[Alimcd]

I think it’s the sticker I’ll need. I’ll stick it to the dye mask itself

[Mad-Al]

1x guns modify barrel bracer

1x tti style magwell

1x janus/floyds g17 mag extension

1x ready fighter SVVI stly trigger

2x tti style mag extensions

 

 

[alxndrhll]

Just took delivery of this, likely overpaid for what my plans are with it… but carry handle A2 uppers seem damn near impossible to find at the moment (and unless CYMA get involved any time soon I can’t see that changing) so when I saw one I scooped it up immediately.

 

In other news, I’m officially in the queue to have said upper grafted onto an MWS upper so I can finally satisfy that itch. Does the fact I bought this simply to butcher the carry handle off make me feel a little guilty? Yes. Will that stop me? No.

 

Edited June 23, 2021 by alxndrhll

[Jacob Wright]

A whole load of bio BB’s to satisfy the site I’m going to this weekend. Struggling to find any heavyweight ones for the L96 though

[Hudson]

Try outdoor and Tactical. They don't do the super heavyweight ammo in bio, but you can get Geoffs naturals up to at least 0.45g.

 

https://www.outdoorandtactical.co.uk/product-category/consumables/bbs/bio

[JamesWills]

7 hours ago, Mad-Al said:

1x guns modify barrel bracer

1x tti style magwell

1x janus/floyds g17 mag extension

1x ready fighter SVVI stly trigger

2x tti style mag extensions

 

 

Where did you get these extensions from? they look quality