as i wait for the new pla to come in im learning. one plate i learned how to install and slice muitiple objects. some garden hose fitting and some gun stuff. the second plate is my first 26 hr print. 26 hrs for 8 desicant holders with lids. seems like so far iv printed mostly shit for the printer?
,,,, im glad you asked. this is pla, not to be confused with pla+ or pla pro. i got pla and needed pla+ or max or pro. to answer your question, not very. i printed a 5.7 shell holder for shits and giggles and ruined it picking out support material. the threads on the garden hose fittings are soft and easily damaged. i should have seen what folks were using for car parts and guns.before i got fillament. to be fair i am a compleate noob. still lots to learn. there, now your almost as confused as me!
I work in plastics alot. Not a 3d printer but rotomolding. All our stuff is powdered MDPE. Its strong as all get out but paint dont stick wortha dang lol.
Yes and a lot of plastic used in tools will not take glue. Get a crack in it and is gone. I have wondered about the strength of printed parts. Goes back to the old sifi story about the Heechee and how they made parts that the insides were done and the outside had no welds etc. Complete mystery in the day. Now can do a 3 d print in I guess even metal and do that. Musk builds rocket parts with a 3 d printer, but they don't talk about it much. Knowing him a lot of trial and error and stick too it until it works. He got friction welding to work on his Tesla cars and now uses it to weld up his rockets. Doesn't seem to even polish the welds before launch. I have looked at the printers, the ones I can afford are pretty crude and the good ones I can't really justify. If only I was 75 again and going for the wild side.
one if the things i didnt have to do was spend 1500 on a printer, some of the 200 to 300 ones can do most of what mine does like print pla varients [x1carbon with ams] but eventually ill take on nylon and carbon fiber filled nylon and abs and those take hotter temps and clogs and stuff. all the materials have trade offs in water absorbsion, impact resitance, heat tolarance and on and on. the lesson so far is pla plus,max and others have good enough qualitys to make reliable,,, parts. so instead of starting with hard to print fillament just use good american made pla. yeah some day il do a nice carbon fiber glock frame but il prob make a few pla + ones first. might take 2 or 6 to get perfect. a 200$ printer can do about anything you can imagian. by summer i expect to be doing my own 3d cad drawings to 3d print files. i am not that smart, the new tech is making it easy. need a timing cover gasket for your a-10 bsa? yep i can make that. broke your t-stat housing. yep print one up. once scanning 3d catchs up this be like star trek replicators,,,,almost.
,,,, you would not want my files! it took 6x for me to make the torture toaster calibration tool. full disclisure i printed one with support filllament that failed spectacukarly. odysee is the shit. they have everything. i have a 40mm launcher all 3dp. yeah we scrapped hundreds of lbs of .40 mm shells. think i have a couple. for chaulk rounds. in minecraft. anyway this is the place. full cad files for 1911,ar 10/15, 1919. amazing what is on there. this is where i go for gun stuff. The Gatalog's Printable Frames and Receivers
Nice prints. As far as how strong printed parts can be here are some of the items I have printed: Tiki Torch holders for chainlink fence posts - printed in PETG, have lasted 4 years now outside (Solar light fence post mount by joe9216) Fuel line removal tools for Ford truck. printed in PETG Reloading bench tools holder for calipers, primer tools, toolhead holder, case tray for various calibers Replacement primer chute for SDB (spent primer chute by bandit-ed) Glock sight pusher (Beefy Glock Sight Pusher Remix by thatdude333) Primer tube holder (Primer Tubes Holder by BuddyC) .22LR ammo storage and transport (22LR Ammo transport and storage by janleroux) Dillon reloading press locator pin tab (Dillon Locator Button Tap/Handle Upgrade by Area51) Modular AR-15 magazine storage (MODULAR AR15 MAGAZINE STORAGE) dust collection mounts for my woodwork shop - personal design tool mounts for various battery powered tools tool box dividers a 3d printer (well, the connectors for the aluminum extrusions) a cnc machine (MPCNC) CNC hold downs (would rather have the tool head hit plastic rather than metal) lots of toys, nick-nacks, and other games box for holding parts for my laser engraver (wall box by d23elt05a) Pencil cup holder (Helical Gear Cups by AdditiveTech) chip bag clip (Slide Bag Clip by walter) Solar panel holder for outdoor lights (Light Pole Solar Panel Mount by kckndrgn) - my design RV water line blowout adapter (RV Water Line Blow Out Adapter - Motorhome Trailer Garden Hose NPT 1/4 by Jase3D) Ham radio dipole connector (dipole center connector V2.0 by vo1pwf) Beer bottle drying rack for homebrew (Bottle drying rack by xrattiracer) My favorite - "Most annoying card holder box" (Really Annoying Card Container) - I made 3 of these for my family, to open each box you have to remove 133 screws. I only print in PETG, PLA and TPU. I've had a 3d printer for about 7 years now, I've done basic designs and can modify existing files to fit my needs. Lots of online repositories for STL files, thingiverse, cults3d, yeggi and more.
thanks for that. i got 4 files from your list. i have some petg but have not tried it yet. sounds like you have been able to make your stuff with out the exotic/exspensive fillament. a repository here would kinda feel like taking credit for others work. a long talk with the mods. it would be a multi level pita for the simian site. i dunno do you guys really want to host stl files?,,,,, its really weird out there. hello kitty dick glocks and stuff thats clearly nfa teritory. could be a nice prpper resourse for prep files folks have actually used. hydrponics is next. after the gun stuff. a cnc machine. amazing times.
PETG just prints at higher temps (build plat and nozzle), the only real concern is getting stuck to the build plate. I use a pei build plate and if I don't wait for the PETG to release it can pull the pei off of the surface. Since PETG has a higher glass transition point (where it can flow through the nozzle), it works great for outdoor stuff. We already have a resource area on the site, I would think for the STL's related to survival and prep work we would want them there. Not just a general STL repo, but ones specific to a thread would be OK, in my opinion.
