Anyone here with 3D printing experience?

[sigguy552]

Looking for someone who has 3D printer/printing experience. Need help designing and printing a catch tray for my reloader. I have the dimensions as well as a cardboard cut out.

[SkyHawk]

Is it something you could mold from Kydex?

[sigguy552]

No, it requires very specific angles and radius for the ram.

[ibanezfoo]

What are the maximum dimensions?

[Uncivil Engineer]

First, you need the design so you need to start with a cad program. There are a bunch to choose from but I would recommend fusion 360. There is a free hobbyist version they should be good enough. You want to render the design file to an stl file.

Then you are ready to get it printed. The are a few shops that will print an stl for you. If you are going to do it yourself you then import the stl into a slicer program which produces gcode. Finally with that gcode you load it into the printer, a few hours and you have your print.

That is usually when you need to test the print and go back into fusion 360 and make changes. Rinse and repeat.

If you were looking at getting a printer I would suggest a prusa mk3s if you have the cash or a prusa mini+ if can trade a little build volume for a good saving. The prusa printers aren't the cheapest but they have most of the upgrades people want and have some of the best reliability. They also come with good support. If you are looking for the cheapest and don't mind fiddling with it to get good prints check out the ender 3. It's cheaper but doesn't have a heated bed or leveling sensor.