Message from @franknotcreep
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Oh cool thanks for the advice.
You're welcome
Crye time
Have any of you guys messed around with printing gear/gun parts? I have a printer and i really want to try printing a lower on it. I just need to put the stock print head back on so I can print a better cooling nozzle for the upgraded print head.
That lower is going to be complete garbage
even if ar lowers don't go through all that much stress
Tactical knee holes.
Just use your stupid machine to make magazines
Sure, try it
They only have to work for the first 30 rounds
and you can just use piano wire
Depends. If you use the right material and treat it right (ie, anneal it, vapor bath, etc depending on the material) it can be fairly strong. I would start with pla but once I get the hang of it, I would try nylon or something, maybe with carbon fiber filling. A few pieces of aluminum can probably reinforce any areas that you can't get to be structurally reliable with those methods.
@Red Korvo I don't have kneepads for them yet
@Red Korvo printed lowers are shit and are a stopgap
What's the long term solution? Home CNC machines?
suicide
Nice.
like what is your purpose
because sure running a machine shop from your house is the best option for almost-sufficient but it's expensive and impractical
Make unregistered lowers at or or near PSA levels of reliability with minimal tooling. Lower impact and drop resistance is acceptable, but wear and tear, especially from the friction and heat of regular operation, shouldn't be any higher. Using aluminum sheet metal and bushings in certain areas should take care of that.
and if they really want to effectively clamp down on home firearms manufacture theyll switch to a euro style regulatory scheme that restricts pressure bearing components
and making bcgs and barrels on home equipment is approaching impossible
because thats very precisely heat treated steel
so youd need machines that can accurately cut steel, and an accurate annealing furnace
so your talking minimum of a couple million in tooling tbh
I thought so too... until I saw our Russian friend making a half decent barrel at home with a few hundred dollars in parts.
those barrels arent the hard part dingus
stainless barrels etc are ez
button rifling is ex
*ez
the bcg though
thats heat treated steel for it even to have a chance of lasting
cam track profile in an ar bolt carriwer
the actual bolt of an ar
how you plan to make an ar bolt
look at how square them corners are
those internal ones
its a fucking nightmare
how you gonna do the magwell on the lowers
those get broached or wire edm'd in industry