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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: tmetal on April 25, 2014, 05:55:06 PM

Title: Just got access to...
Post by: tmetal on April 25, 2014, 05:55:06 PM
...a 3D printer at work so I started going through the tutorials on some 3D software called solidworks and was able to learn enough to design then print out a dummy bullet for a 30mm casing from an A10 that I have had for years. I'm kinda proud of how it turned out considering I knew absolutely nothing about 3D modeling at the beginning of the week :)

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/WP_20140424_004_zps980f57be.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/WP_20140424_004_zps980f57be.jpg.html)

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/WP_20140424_005_zps8f79ed23.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/WP_20140424_005_zps8f79ed23.jpg.html)

(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/WP_20140424_007_zps434bda71.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/WP_20140424_007_zps434bda71.jpg.html)

what do ya think? a close enough replica for home display once I paint the bullet?
Title: Re: Just got access to...
Post by: RngFndr on April 25, 2014, 06:02:49 PM
+1  :aok
Title: Re: Just got access to...
Post by: Zoney on April 25, 2014, 06:16:32 PM
Very cool.  I am curious what do you think just the price of the materials to be on the object you made is?  Not the printer or the time, just the materials please sir.
Title: Re: Just got access to...
Post by: tmetal on April 25, 2014, 07:39:16 PM
I used approximately 1.8 cubic inches of material and .4 cubic inches of support material. My work plans to charge $9 to $12 per cubic inch of material used. I snuck this little job in when nobody was looking but it still took about 1.5 hours to print.