Hunk a Junk
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Haven't printed it yet, but I made this Spindrift/Icarus flight chair in Tinkercad on a lark. Not 100% accurate, but a fun experiment.
Post pics of your own 3D creations (not purchased)
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TazMan2000
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Modelling an Ukrainian 14.5mm Snipex Anti-Materiel Rifle. The real one is 2000mm long. I designed mine with a 5 round magazine, and if I did it correctly, it should load the printed rounds, and eject them manually by retracting the bolt.
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ID10T
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I designed a paddle for the silicone oil bath damper of my Micro Seiki MA-505X II tonearm. These ALWAYS break, and are heinously expensive if found in tact.
I reverse-engineered it, drew it in Solid Edge (my first 3-D draft ever) printed it, refined it three times, and finally have a working prototype.
It used an M2 thread internally... That's fiddly to do, but it seems to be a workable solution. I sourced 16mm long M2 nylon screws to go the full length of the "stem" that always breaks, to provide significant reinforcement to it, without adding any weight. Printed in ABS-like resin, at the highest resolution, but I still had to clear the tap hole and tap by hand each individual piece while they were still "green". I have a bunch now I will be fully curing in the UV later today.
Plan is to offer them for sale, so people can use their tonearm damper again.
It's quite rewarding to design something "real", print it, and have something in your hand that's not just to look cool on the shelf.
I'll probably reverse-engineer the aluminum mount as well, so I could offer the entire assembly as an add-on. There is the oil bath tank, but I think that is a bit to complex to make in resin and not have it break. It expands slightly to "clip" onto the arm base, and I think the expansion will crack it.
I reverse-engineered it, drew it in Solid Edge (my first 3-D draft ever) printed it, refined it three times, and finally have a working prototype.
It used an M2 thread internally... That's fiddly to do, but it seems to be a workable solution. I sourced 16mm long M2 nylon screws to go the full length of the "stem" that always breaks, to provide significant reinforcement to it, without adding any weight. Printed in ABS-like resin, at the highest resolution, but I still had to clear the tap hole and tap by hand each individual piece while they were still "green". I have a bunch now I will be fully curing in the UV later today.
Plan is to offer them for sale, so people can use their tonearm damper again.
It's quite rewarding to design something "real", print it, and have something in your hand that's not just to look cool on the shelf.
I'll probably reverse-engineer the aluminum mount as well, so I could offer the entire assembly as an add-on. There is the oil bath tank, but I think that is a bit to complex to make in resin and not have it break. It expands slightly to "clip" onto the arm base, and I think the expansion will crack it.
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TazMan2000
Master Member
A little more on the Snipex Alligator. I still have to design some details in front of the magazine, the magazine feed tray and I'm in the process of subdividing it to be able to be printed in kit form. The scope and mount need to be created as well. The check rest is also designed to be raised and lowered by turning the thumbwheel. The bipod is also too widely spaced and will have to be redone.
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anamorphicWayne
Sr Member
Nicely Done Taz. 
JNordgren42
Sr Member
"It's an 88 Magnum. It shoots through schools."Wow...that Sniper rifle is something else
joberg
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Seems like you could use it to do some re-modelling-in- your- house type of weapon
shaunsheep
Sr Member
bloody hell was that done in tinkercad?
TazMan2000
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Just about finished the Alligator. I've never shot a weapon with a scope unless it was already set up for me. I've always used iron sights, so I'm not familiar with the technology, however I'm assuming the knobs are used to adjust for gravity, distance and wind.
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TazMan2000
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Another project I'm working on is an FN America M240B. I'm also going to make all the variants as well as the FN Mag. The design will have movable parts, like the bipod, charging, handle, trigger (of course) as well as internal components like the feed cover and a moving bolt.
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Suggestion for the RTA flag, save the foil from the next champagne bottle you open.... More thick than standard Aluminium foil and holds a pose nicely.
TazMan2000
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Champagne bottle? With my hobbies I can't afford such luxuries.
What's RTA anyway?
TazMan2000
LOL Sorry, I live in that world still... Remove To ArmChampagne bottle? With my hobbies I can't afford such luxuries.
What's RTA anyway?
TazMan2000
You can find the same type of foil on other similar types of beverages, hehe!
TazMan2000
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No worries, the majority of the imprinting on them comes off with some solvent so you'd have blank sides, but I'm talking about hand painting them, and then maybe using some stenciling or decals/transfers for the text.... But we won't divert the topic of this thread any longer, hehe!
paulsboutique
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Just starting to print this one M41A/2 from AVP 2010 video game
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