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March 17th, 2024, 04:04 PM #11Grand Member
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Re: Can I buy dinner and drinks to teach me about 3d printing Glock lowers?
True. Anything that is just a look at this item and does NOT have to fit well with another part is fine. I see tons of printed parts coming out of high schools, and even CTC's. They are cheap giveaways with no real application to generate a 'wow' factor.
Our CTC's one mechatronics instructor did print a reasonably good fitting male and female thread combination, but had to keep the STL file tolerances quite tight, and the print parameters very tight as well. Both increase printing time greatly.
Also true. Printers that cost a few hundred bucks are not for such applications. Christmas ornaments and small lightweight brackets. (As I previously mentioned.)
I know of a medical device manufacturer that has a titanium sintering 3D printer that can do very good work. FDA has approved use of their printed spinal implants.
Of course, it was nearly $1 million about 4 years ago. And a 1/2 gallon size container of media was about $500. Probably still $500k today. 12 x 12 x 12 build envelope IIRC.
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March 17th, 2024, 04:05 PM #12Grand Member
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Re: Can I buy dinner and drinks to teach me about 3d printing Glock lowers?
True. Anything that is just a look at this item and does NOT have to fit well with another part is fine. I see tons of printed parts coming out of high schools, and even CTC's. They are cheap giveaways with no real application to generate a 'wow' factor.
Our CTC's one mechatronics instructor did print a reasonably good fitting male and female thread combination, but had to keep the STL file tolerances quite tight, and the print parameters very tight as well. Both increase printing time greatly.
Also true. Printers that cost a few hundred bucks are not for such applications. Christmas ornaments and small lightweight brackets. (As I previously mentioned.)
I know of a medical device manufacturer that has a titanium sintering 3D printer that can do very good work. FDA has approved use of their printed spinal implants.
Of course, it was nearly $1 million about 4 years ago. And a 1/2 gallon size container of media was about $500. Probably still $500k today. 12 x 12 x 12 build envelope IIRC.
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March 17th, 2024, 05:06 PM #13Super Member
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Re: Can I buy dinner and drinks to teach me about 3d printing Glock lowers?
I have a 3-D printed knee replacement.
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March 17th, 2024, 06:10 PM #14Grand Member
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Re: Can I buy dinner and drinks to teach me about 3d printing Glock lowers?
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March 17th, 2024, 07:33 PM #15Super Member
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March 31st, 2024, 11:15 PM #16Junior Member
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Re: Can I buy dinner and drinks to teach me about 3d printing Glock lowers?
You can make make functional frames using PLA+ material on a ~$250 Ender 3 S1. If you get a ~$280 Ender 3 S1 Pro you can even print in carbon fiber nylon which will stand up to higher temperatures (although this material is harder to print with). A friend of mine has 300 rounds on a PLA+ 9mm frame with no issues. There is A LOT of tinkering and failure to get to that point though. You have to be technical and patient as others have mentioned.
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