humperdingle Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 I’ve owned a 3D printer for some time now and printed various stuff. Not much relevant to shooting, though 🤔 (Unless you regard Star Wars blasters as ‘shooting’ related 😂) Anybody printed interesting shooting items? I quite fancy printing a collection of shotgun or rifle ammo for size comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Why not make some money out of it ? Bought a 3D printed mag for my air rifle near as good as the original but half the price , just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bavarianbrit Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 How about shot / powder chargers in different volumes for old or discontinued shotshell presses as they only need to slide back and forth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellors Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Definitely a market for steel shot bushes in most machines. 21 gram 24 gram 28 gram and 30g. Especially the Lee loadall 2 in 12gauge and 20 gauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic69 Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 I've designed a printed some mag holders for my air rifles, bipod hamster, air tank whip holder, semi-auto shotgun flags and a few other items. Was going to do magazines but the time to design and print/prototype is more than the cost of buying. I tried printing dummy rounds for practising PSG loading but the layers were weak around the cartridge rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Somewhat off-topic, but what are you lot using to draw the parts you subsequently print? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic69 Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, udderlyoffroad said: Somewhat off-topic, but what are you lot using to draw the parts you subsequently print? I've been using Sketchup for years for most of my designs. I've tried a lot of other tools but keep going back to it. Fusion 360 is very good though and I know a lot of people have great success with it. It can depend a lot on your thought process. I prefer straight lines, adding sections and planes as I go. Others prefer extrusions and boolean processes to get the shape they want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 There is TinkerCad as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted January 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Must admit i’ve mostly printed the files that others have designed. I’ve only designed a couple of very simple objects (on Fusion 360) but I need to knuckle-down and do some learning on the subject. These were the parts I made for a Chewbacca bandolier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) If you want a money making project..............The lee load all can be had in various gauges with a conversion kit. This is essentially a plastic replacement in the chosen gauge, i.e. 12,20, etc. Lee doesn't do a 410 conversion for some strange reason. Whilst a bit basic, the dies make a far better job of crimping than the Mec, and so identical modelling, but scaled to the 410 would be a cracking project! https://www.henrykrank.com/reloading/lee-reloading/lee-load-all-ii-conversion-kit.html Edited January 18, 2021 by turbo33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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