Matlack
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- Dec 15, 2008
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Prusa Mini is JUST big enough for this. If you are trying to cut it less close, the Ender 3 Pro/V2 would be better. But I'd trust a Prusa far more.erwos and ToolAA (or anyone else that has experience), I'm currently trying to decide which 3d printer to go with. I have some time because my wife and I have an agreement...some pieces of the honey do list have to get checked off first. I've got about 3 weeks left and I expect that I'll be ready to order. So the question is: which printer? I'm about 80% already decided on the Prusa Mini, but also considering the Ender (probably 3 pro, maybe v2).
Prusa Mini is JUST big enough for this. If you are trying to cut it less close, the Ender 3 Pro/V2 would be better. But I'd trust a Prusa far more.
So, I made the above post thanking erwos, then I went in search of a broader 3d printing area of the forum. I didn't find it so I came back here to post again.
ToolAA
That is very impressive..
Is anyone able to get to the links that ToolAA provided to other 3d printing threads? For me they all came up as "you do not have sufficient privileges"
Are they behind the '50 posts wall' that I've heard so much about? If so, I'll work on making more posts, but I prefer to only respond when I can actually add something to the conversation in general, so it may be a little bit.
Thanks for the direction though...in another 10 posts I'll make sure that I check them out.
Also, ToolAA, your OpenBulletFeeder looks absolutely awesome!
I got a chance to test it out for real today and made a little video.
https://youtu.be/mbDzKPImdho
There are still some problems to work out as follows:
1) The funnel tube on the case loader is pretty wide and occasionally a case falls in at an odd angle and wedges sideways. I may need to sand it smooth inside or design a new funnel.
2) I chose to get a capacitive proximity sensor. It only has a 4mm range. Sometimes when the cases fill up the tube the case lands just outside of the range so the indexer keeps running and eventually the funnel fills up and it jams.
3) The bullet feeder flipper plate may not be adjusted just right. One out of 40-50 projectiles goes into the feed tube nose down. Probably just some more fiddling needed to figure out just the right setting.
4) Sometimes the projectiles seem to get jammed inside of my hornady bullet seater die. This may be because the diameter of the clear plastic tube is slightly larger than the aluminum ones that came with the die. Probably some dremmel tool work is required to smooth out any ridge in the die.
5) The bullet seater was never 100% reliable anyway before I built the other addons. However now when trying to load at a rate of 10-15 rounds per minute it puts a real damper on efficiency. I really need to tweak this.
6) The other problems I have are really with my bench and the LNL press. My bench has a bit of flex so I need to reinforce the area under the press. Also the press is about 6” too low. I notice it more as I’m trying to crank out rounds faster. Also the indexing of the Hornady needs to be adjusted somehow. I would say 1:10 cycles the plate does not click
Into the exact position. Its like 1-2° shy of locking in.
However I’m confident I’ll work out these bugs.
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Thanks. Ill look
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4557392/files
This looks like it would work perfectly. Would really like 2 if possible.
I had a couple of questions if you don't mind taking a few minutes to answer.
Anybody still have the stl's for the hornady and ammomike stuff?