Just recently picked up an ender 5 pro and started playing with it. So far it’s been a lot of fun. Anybody else in here into printing?
Not yet, but i want to get a printer. Just haven’t had the time or space for it.
Yesssss. Ender 3 here.
I just printed a die bushing for my Hornady Lock N Load since they are unavailable everywhere.
Have you had the chance to print anything other than the test print?
Yeah. This hobby is way more fun than I thought it would be. I’ve done a couple test prints, a couple small parts trays, a couple different animal shaped toys for my son and his friend, some stuff to organize a tool box, and I just finished some printed upgrades, strain relief stuff for my printer. My printer has been running pretty steady since I got it up and running lol.
I have been for a couple of years now, it is awesome to realize- hey, I need something here… look and see that either it doesnt exist and you get to design one, or look on thingiverse and see that someone else has already whipped one up. Recently I have been doing more thing 2a related. here’s a link to my designs Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects
@cyclenutus That is quite a plethora of parts! Just curious what software you do do your designs in?
Back to the OP’s post, I do a decent amount at work. The printer like the most is the Formlabs Form2. If i remember right it was pretty pricey haha, but they have a lot of different materials you can print with which are pretty cool. Their “high temp” resin can even take a 1/4-20 tap if you cure it just right :).
I’ve been doing some experimenting with parts printing on a Monoprice I got for free. Actually used it to print a castle nut wrench for my first AR (PSA Magpul LPK/17 Design Lower/Aero BCG/DB Assembled Upper). I have access to some nicer printers (Prusa, Formlabs, Lulzbot, Stratesys) via my old job as a TA for a university 3D printing lab.
Not yet, I’ve got a lot of experience with 3D modeling but have yet to design and print anything for myself.
I am curious if anyone has tried using 3D printed trigger parts?
I’ve got a 3d printer, but I haven’t looked into printing parts yet. What type of filament would you have to use?
I have a pair of Prusas, one is a Mk3, the other is a Mk3S +MMU2S. They are so handy to have around!
I have several Monoprice printers, good for the money.
We just got an Ender 3 pro for our son a month ago and have printed some things. I’m going to try some 450 Bushmaster followers for Pmags next.
I bought a Creality CR-10S Pro V2 in Nov 2020. Amazing how much the tech has improved since we spent 2K on a MakerBot at work. I’m an Engineer that primarily does CAD design in NX and SolidWorks, so having a printer at home has been a game changer. Check out Deterence Dispsensed and AWCY.
Hey Austin, I have been using Fusion360… and the printer is an anet a2- cheap chinese clone, but right from the start I did a bunch of tweaking to it- with an e3d hotend, server power supply and mosfets for the heating circuits- out of the box it was a real fire hazard 
Ender 3, it took some work to get it printing reliably but it’s a nice machine. I used it to print the table number holders for my wedding (which I also designed myself). Unfortunately, I upgraded the hotend and now it’s back to bad prints lol. Haven’t had a chance to recalibrate it.
Very interested and curious, but I have not yet thorn started.
I have a Wanhao Duplicator 9 and an old Monoprice Replicator clone. Mostly I design in Tinkercad, since I don’t do a huge amount of designing. So what is everyone printing and what filament are you printing with? I use Prusament PETG, Ziro PLA PRO and 3D Solutech PLA. I’m about to start messing with some samples of carbon fiber PETG and some other exotics, just for fun.
More into Metal Casting.
I had a chance to work on 3D CAD stuff in the late 1980’s … when there were some great 3D printers … that tended to sell for $100K+.
One of my outside work projects was to clean up a file from a speaker manufacturer, for a 3D printer, in the early 90’s. I was told that the mold positive would be done in ceramic.
I’m curious which of the new 3D printers best fit into pattern-making. The plastic/ wax needs to bake off cleanly, so that when you pump in the hot liquid metal, you get a clean part.