3D printed bolts?

[grendal50]

Took it outside today, 3D printed bolt and barrel, Might as well kill two birds with one stone.....






1st Pod went off with out a hitch, about 1/3 through the 2nd pod it started not cocking. So I pulled off the hopper and cycled it, manually cocked it and then blew out about 3 paintballs at once and broke a ball in the barrel. Then I realized the cocking rod had partially unscrewed and proceeded to shoot off the rest of the pod without a hitch.



Looks like a little egging out of the hole from the pin pulling


.682 insert in the barrel, probably serious underbore.

[Rainmaker]

When somebody gets me some dimensions, I'll be printing up this Shocker bolt tip:

[lew]

That looks familiar.

[jerryjjackson69]

When somebody gets me some dimensions, I'll be printing up this Shocker bolt tip:

I would love to know more about this. Backstory of the design, purpose, benefits, etc.

[DavidBoren]

Shocktech bolts were really popular... fast-forward to the age of 3D printers, a little copy and paste, tweak the design to fit... ta-da!

[jerryjjackson69]

That definitely checks out in the logic department. Looks great!

[lew]

I've been working with Rainmaker to get some parts printed for the Shocker Sport. I thought a spare bolt would be great, and have always liked the look of Shocktech's bolts. So, I suggested that he incorporate something similar and he took off with the idea. There ya have it.

[Rainmaker]

Here it be! Ready to test fit at least, I'm curious how it will do.

[lew]

Here it be! Ready to test fit at least, I'm curious how it will do.

With the weather cooling here, I'll be getting out a lot more. At least one Shocker follows me to the field, so testing won't be an issue.

[Alexndl]

Any update on how it performed and if its strong enough?

[boarder2k7]

This seems like it would work out well with an SLA print, your geometries could be pretty complex with that too, probably more so than FDM.