3D printing

[Nik H]

Reloading tool organizers



BXA tool holder rack



Collet racks



Test indicator holder



Control panel handles



Chuck cradle



Mill table parts tray




I wouldn't be without my 3d printer.

All modeled using Inventor Pro and/or Alibre Design Pro. I used Inventor for 10 years, then switched to Alibre Pro a year ago.

Alibre Design Pro is damn near as good as Inventor, but cheaper and a one time purchase.

My Multifix/Drehblitz hybrid design, modeled with Alibre. It has a 36 spline wheel for 10 degree toolpost position increments.

That is beyond fucking awesome

 

[ken226]

Thanks much for this - Alibre is exactly what I've been looking for. When I was a tax slave, I used Catia V5. I never liked Inventor, and have been using Fusion for my 3D printing (educational license, I'm a mentor for First Lego League Robotics). I'm using the 30 day trial of Alibre Pro, and after just a few days I've already decided to buy it.

Just outa curiousity, how's it going with your Alibre trial?

If you go with Design Pro, download the Simlab Composer trial for rendering photorealistic images. After the Simlab trial period ends, it reverts to Composer lite, which is free and quite good. I rendered this model with Composer lite:








If you get Design Expert, it comes with Keyshot, which is excellent. Here is a rifle action and DBM I designed in Alibre.

A little Alibre Design and Keyshot 10 porn:
























Here are a couple resources, if you run into any roadblocks learning the software:

Alibre Forum

Alibre Design forum | 3D CAD

www.alibre.com

Alibre CAD Forum

Community sub-forum for Alibre users.

www.hobby-machinist.com

 

[atomic41]

I'm looking for something that hopefully one of you knows where I might find it. I have a bunch of Secure-it gun racking and need some more mounts for rifles. I could buy more from secureit, but I'm looking for something a bit more affordable as I need to get several.
These are what I'm talking about from the company-

Horizontal Display Mount

Display your guns horizontally on any SecureIt gun wall system.

www.secureitgunstorage.com

They don't need to be exactly this design, just something that holds the rifle horizontal and fits the racking. Any of you guys make these or know where I might find someone that does? I was going to fab some but thought I would check out the 3dprint world first.

Ok after googling around I found this.

Open Armory by death4u

This is an open source armory system. It uses off the shelf louvered panels with 3d printed components to build an armory storage solution of your dreams. It be scaled from a single panel to a complete room. It is a strong and secure mounting system that is fully customizable. Get the...

www.thingiverse.com

So people are making this. Can someone help me figure out how to get some of these printed? Is there a printer community where I can pay someone to print these? Would it be cheaper than than buying the ones I referenced above? Any advice/help is appreciated.

 

[ken226]

There are alot of places online that will do it for you.

Upload the
.Stl file, they print it and ship it to you.

One of many:

Online 3D Printing Service | Online Additive Manufacturing | Xometry

Online 3D printing and additive manufacturing service delivering high-quality prototypes and production parts in as fast as one day. AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified, ITAR registered.

www.xometry.com