The way plaboi did it was kinda neat. The can had an internal smooth bore that a production flash can would be hammered into, then pinned inside using steel rods. It was much stronger than threads could be alone.

If you do dimensional calibration and tolerance testing you should be able to fit down to 0.1mm tolerance

How much tolerance did you include in …

u/IvanTTroll · 2022-08-12 17:32:33 UTC · score 35

Couple things here:

1.) The CETME/G3 roller action is push feed - meaning if the roller lock out prematurely (such as on the front of the trunnion instead of inside the trunnion), the round will not be touching the bolt face at all - and thus won't be able to fire. Unless you intentionally cause an issu…

u/ezafs · 2023-04-07 14:33:42 UTC · score 6

Yes, you can hire literally any "bum" to work on a printer farm. If they were capable of casting after some guidance, they'll be capable of running a printer after some guidance.

And how could this ever be considered "easier" than just printing something? You have to print it first anyway... If you have a shitty …