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So,I bought a 3D printer a couple weeks ago for some rapid prototyping work. I was fooling around with some new (to me) cad software and made a couple quick models.
Here are the original images I took the from.
A broken hatch pic. And an STL file I found on the web.

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A few more. I need to clean them up and remove the structure support material.

underpsi68

That is awesome. How long does it take the printer to make something like that?

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The boat was about 2.5 hrs and the placard was about 3 hrs. I have a couple 20+ hr prints that were larger and finer print detail. AR-15 Mags are about 8 hrs. Setup the printer, go to bed and wake up to a new part.
The elephant was a 4 piece assembly that printed all components already assembled. The legs move and the head nods up and down.
Legs are an axle assembly and the head is a socket joint.

fordf350

How cool is that. Do the mags you made work ok in the AR?

Cole2534

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Additive manufacturing is badass. That's all.

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It should. I haven't finished building my AR yet, can't decide if I want to buy the 223 or 300 Blackout upper first. I'll probably just buy both. First World Problems