3d Printing

[jcourson]

If you had access to a 3d printer, what would you consider some 'must have' items to create for your bench?

I already found models for hornady case and bullet feeders.

I think a properly fitting funnel for the powder hopper is a good idea as well.

Any other ideas?

[Saddleback]

I would print up a 1/4 scale statue of Scarlett Johansson, gotta keep those loads hot!

[Michael in California]

Ejection chute to fill an ammo can instead of Acro Bins.

Front Cover for Acro Bins

Tool caddy

Caliber specific loading trays.

[jericho89]

I have one and I print what ever comes to mind as I need it

[SonofWWIIDI]

Do want!!!

I'd make all kinds of crazy crap!

Just to see if it works.

[racinjason233]

Tool head holders!

[watevers1]

what 3D printers are you guys using?

[nn21]

I made a block to hold my single stage dies a while back. Works, and looks, a lot nicer than having those silly plastic boxes they come in.

[jericho89]

The first thing I printed was wing nuts to put on my powder measure so that I no longer needed a wrench to adjust the powder bar.

[jcourson]

what 3D printers are you guys using?

Makerbot replicator 2x.

[Ferrum]

For a person with no CAD experience, how hard is it to "create" files for print?

[GlockN'Roll]

My initial reaction to this thread title...

[xdjxklusivex]

Makerbot replicator 2x.

Im running the replicator 2 at home, we have the 2x and a airwolf at work which are always giving us issues lol

[nn21]

For a person with no CAD experience, how hard is it to "create" files for print?

I'd say it depends largely on what design you're trying to make. Most every "engineering" type cad system is going to have you create 3D shapes via 2D sketches. Because of this, making simple designs, like the pic I posted, is relatively easy. If you're just doing a holder, catch bin, or something where everything goes in one direction, it should be relatively easy. In that case you would only need to understand 3 or 4 commands. Once you get into more complex shapes, the learning curve increases exponentially as you need to understand the concept of reference planes in 3D space. I made a few extended (just in size. not in capacity) base pads that took twice as long to model as the holder I posted, despite being a fraction of the size.

Once you make/find/buy a model, it's as simple as saving it into the right format to be accepted by your printer software to be programmed to print.

[jericho89]

For a person with no CAD experience, how hard is it to "create" files for print?

here is a free cad design system that you can download and play with.

http://autodesk-123d-design.en.lo4d.com/