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| Author: | TheSailingRabbit [ Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Lightweight Smartgun? |
Another effective title might be "smartguns for wimps," because that's pretty much why I'm asking what is the best lightweight material to build a Drake smartgun with. What is easiest to carry around at a con for more than, say, two hours? |
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| Author: | Big Stew [ Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:34 pm ] |
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there are files to completely 3d print a smart gun that would be significantly lighter that a deact or airsoft smart gun |
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| Author: | M1861 [ Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightweight Smartgun? |
3D printing and hollowing out as much of the receiver as possible is going to be your best bet. I still don't have the final numbers on my printed M56 but I expect to use around 2 kg of filament. The front section (minus any tubing and fasteners) is coming up at around 900g A word of warning about smartgun files that are out there, some of them don't resemble a smartgun even from a distance |
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| Author: | septic [ Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:02 am ] |
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Just checked with Bacta Baby [as he printed one a while back] - Bacta Baby wrote: 4lbs because of the wooden dowels and the upgrades. Without that stuff I think like 2.5lbs Would defo need some form of re-enforcing. |
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| Author: | M1861 [ Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightweight Smartgun? |
Reinforcing of a print this long is necessary, yeah. Wooden dowels, PVC or aluminium tubing are just some of the options, and it opens up the possibility of taking the gun apart for transport. Since I'm printing right now, my only fear is that the gun ends up being too light for the steadicam arm I have, even with the springs tuned all the way to the lowest load. |
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| Author: | hunterkiller86 [ Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightweight Smartgun? |
there was a lady who had a foam smartgun at dragoncon this year. Was really impressed with the build and the weight. Gotta see if i can find her build info. |
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| Author: | Dropshipbob [ Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:03 pm ] |
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20+ years ago there was a company in the UK that built prop replicas out of wood, I happen to have a smartgun they made. It's fairly lightweight, but I'm not sure exactly how much it weighs. |
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| Author: | Hybrid [ Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:02 am ] |
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I've a 3D printed smartgun under construction The receiver at the back is all wrong, but it's not terrible You guys using more than glue. How areyoubedding thedoeling into Themodel |
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| Author: | septic [ Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:04 am ] |
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Hybrid, msg Bacta Baby re the dowel mounting |
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| Author: | M1861 [ Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightweight Smartgun? |
I made all of my 3D files, so I already accounted for the reinforcing tube/dowel and made a hole that goes through the entire receiver along the barrel axis. It could be done on existing STLs, but it can be a challenging job (depending on the quality of those files) |
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| Author: | SimonT [ Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:12 pm ] |
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I know Stimpy on here made a scaled down Smartgun for his son out of PVC pipe and foam. See pics in thread... viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17631 |
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