@@Lotek117 Won't be like the nicest ever match barrel or anything, and you still need to cut a chamber (as well as working out how it's gonna attach), but it'll make you a proper barrel with good and usable rifling, almost like you pulled a random 9mm barrel from an old Sten or Uzi parts kit or something.
You know Mark , The first Stoner AR prototype was made 100% on manual machines. Not that you see manual guys of that caliber much anymore but , it can be done with time. Bit by bit.
Oh, they are still around toiling through the nights and weekends on manual machines in their garage or boathouse. But they build away from the prying eyes of government and nosey neighbors and online agents. They are perfectly happy to build without anyone knowing. Only they themselves will ever know what went into building their new arm or accessory.
@@shovelhead108Except most of the guys with that skill level arent building firearms, alot of them build engine/racing parts and high end custom projects. It'd be so cool if more of them started designing custom rifles and putting them out there but thankfully with 3d printing we have other guys filling that slot..
@greatdestroyer1 Yes, I know. I owned and ran manual machines for years and I'm sure I could do it. But never again if I can help it! We used to ride on horse-drawn carriages, too, but now we drive cars!
@@markserbu Im a CnC machinist by trade. I Did start on the manual side , so I get it. Yet there is still something more satisfying about making parts on a manual. As you know sometimes doing prototype work is just easier on the manual stuff depending on the situation.
Yep, necessity is the mother of invention or something. Sometimes figuring out how to do the job with what you have is just as fun as the project design itself... though it can cause a lot to tooth damage as well. 😅
He specifically said "what would be considered in my world to be really primitive methods". This is coming from a guy with multiple CNC machines, and he's clearly giving the guy his due. He made a video all about it after all.
@@themissinglightninglink I don’t know cyberpunk always strikes me as like Hi tech production methods and the parts are kind of the standardized but all the parts have been hodgepodged together Khyber pass is all about low tech firearms production. Like a goat herder building an ak in his woodworking shed
@@RSPFactoryMost of these were designed by gun companies to be produced in factories, not by the community of users itself, which means most of them are extremely hard and expensive to manufacture at home, while the metal fab and 3dp communities are doing their best so the average person can make and customize a gun on a reasonable budget and without needing a degree on mechanical engineering
I really like the sheet steel plates and commonly produced steel tube. If your 3D printer or router can't cut steel, no problem, make templates and cut by hand.
Great build. Thanks for sharing with us, Mark. Great that you are able to get excited about other people builds as much or even more than your own! Discover and shine on the diamonds.
It is a sleek looking clean design. This alone puts it ahead of nearly every factory carbine I've seen come out in the last 20 years. In some ways it reminds me of the HAC-7, only this rifle appears to work.
What you describe as SMR is literally the replicator from late-era Star Trek, and I think some have - like myself - realised that all a replicator is, is a 3d printer that uses forcefields instead of a 3-axis grid and a print head, and a single-molecule nozzle.
@@flightlesschicken7769 Not as I remember it, though I admit it's been a few years (like...20) since I read the old TNG tech manual, what I remember it stating was that it disasembles and reassembles source matter (either processed waste or base matter fuel - deuterium from the engines) to whatever configuration is programmed in like some kind of sub-atomic STL file.
@@vorlon010 Hmm, maybe. But to turn deuterium into other things it would at least need to be broken down into individual protons and neutrons and reassembled one by one. I may be wrong, but I remember reading somewhere that the replicators were similar to transporter tech, in that things were converted to energy then reassembled in a specific pattern
@@flightlesschicken7769 right. The impression I was that it was operating at that subatomic level (I freely admit I oversimplified in my initial comment, I was trying not to go *full* trek-lore-nerd, heh.) - the part where the transporter comes in is in creating scan images of real food at a resolution that can be 'printed' - which is lower than full transporter res because you don't account for quantum. It would take far less energy to disassemble and reassemble stuff, even at the subatomic level, than to try and directly convert energy to matter. This is ignoring the in-universe plothole of how the transporter moves someone's matter from A->B
I started a tool and die maker apprenticeship just so I could learn all the different aspects of metal working and design that are needed to manufacture firearms. i'm coming up on my first year now and so far I've learned Solidworks, Catia, I'm currently learning Tebis while working with an okuma CNC mill, I've started learning how to properly operate a Bridgeport, how to tig weld(still pretty new to this and need a lot more practice to get good), how to properly use a drill press, how to use a stamping press, how to hand fit components with critical tolerances, how to use a surface grinder, etc. I think I chose the right path instead of doing a gunsmithing apprenticeship. That wouldn't have gotten me anywhere close to where I want to be. Ultimately I want to make rifles and pistols and own my own firearm factory.
Real cool. I'm working on making a belt feed using a rpd feed system and I'm going to try using bent sheet metal to make the receiver and ak47 internals. That trigger linkage gives me ideas for mine. I also did a build with a AUG parts kit and a 3d printer. I used polycast filament to cast a AUG receiver in cast aluminum and modified the receiver to accept the Nylaug barrel. It was my first attempt using casting and 3d printing and it turned out really good. You just need to have a vision and get to it
such a badass build man, this is the exact type of thing that makes you want to get out there (onto a cad software that is lol) and do things like this yourself
Those tacks will absolutely hold up to not only a ripe age, but a seriously high round count. I wouldn't put 2k rounds down in one day, but those tacks are plenty.
I really appreciate these videos where you feature other guys' interesting, new designs. I'm not an engineer myself, but I would call myself an engineering enthusiast, and I think a lot of people could say the same.
Damn! I'm in love! First off, I've always known that you could use a router for more than doing an 80% receiver. Second, if you think those methods were crude they we nothin. I'm A blacksmith and I just finished my thirty two ACP with a forge and a file. Not to mention a rifler that's used for making muzzleloading rifle barrels. As the man said "where there's a will, there's a way. BTW, the reason I used 32 is its a lot easier to headspace in an semiautomatic pistol. I'm really happy to see our constitutional rights being upheld with cutting edge technology, because when our forefathers wrote the constitution they didn't know what our future technology would be, they just knew we would have it. Therefore they time and tech proofed it by using the most straightforward language possible. For that we must cheer them once again because with their forethought we are a free people. BTW, I hate politics right and left. If they could stop trying to get brownie points off their colleagues they'd see what was right before their faces and get some work done. This also goes for the idiots who stand and egg the bastards on for no other reason that I can see than to cause chaos.
Reminds me of an old colleague back in the early 90's, who made himself a new rather intricate kitchen interior with very ornate details during his free time. Only using hand tools and a hand router with hand made guides. Even though we had all the latest machines we used in the daily production. 😅
Actually looks great. Not only does it look great from an aesthetic standpoint, but it also looks good engineering wise. I remember learning VCAD 386 back in the day. Doubt any of that knowledge works with modern CAD programs, ha. The base of the technology you described exists. It is not viable beyond large companies doing R&D right now, but I have seen some awesome things, like fully enclosed gear sets that would be impossible to make in any traditional way. We are getting closer and closer to sci-fi style replicators every day.
Great video on a great project. I particularly like that you advocated CAD!! Using additive manufacturing to make a guide for a router to do the complex cuts. Genius! Justin - thank you for sharing.
What an amazing example of really Taking what you have on hand and just with a little creativity and expertise making something truly amazing With so little!
That 3D printing lets you create a simple and effective jig to help you easily ECM rifle a nice piece of steel tube, turning it into a surprisingly good gunbarrel, this fact alone is so wild to me. I can only imagine where things are gonna go as additive manufacturing develops further and gets cheaper. One day, there'll be a machine which will be able to print out the individual parts for a weapon much like a MAC M10, springs, magazine components, and barrel and all, and all you'll need to do is assemble it and it's done. Perhaps the parts can even be surface finished as part of the printing.
About two minutes in I was mind blown wondering who this is making the video, you’re brilliant! Then I saw the channel name and it clicked, it’s mark Serbu of serbu firearms! You’re a legend sir, keep doing what you’re doing!
WOW I thought that was a new production gun from some big name co. when i saw the thumb nail what a great job he did on this Rifle I wish I had that great of a talent for making them Bravo !!!!!!
In the 3d2a community, I've seen people make single use 3d printed bending jigs for HK flats. He could probably refine his design to make the upper out of 1 or 2 sheets. either 1 fully bent or 2 clamshells welded together.
Jigs is one of the really cool parts about 3D printing. I mean, could you have imagined even a decade ago that you'd be able to make a really simple ECM rifling jig which actually works really well?
I can remember making an under-rib for a .45 acp target revolver I was building in the 1970s by drilling the barrel diameter (untapered bull barrel) in a block of steel and cutting away everything I didn't want with a shaper. It looked pretty good when I got it finished. Heck, I read about the Afghanis, before our little war with them, SMLE .303 out of CAR PARTS using blacksmithing level equipment. That rifle made me think of a commercial I heard about 10,000 times in my childhood. For Timex watches, they'd do things like strap them on an outboard motor prop and run it for a few minutes, then John Cameron Swayze would bring it into the camera view and you could see that, at least the one he was showing, was still running. Then he'd say, "It takes a licking and comes up ticking." That rifle was certainly ticking away.
what a lot of people have over looked with the spread of 3d printing is tool design, tool design use to be a dark art. with the combination of 3d printing and CAD you create jigs for any shape you want to cut with hand tools. no time spent on a CNC. i do it every day on at work.
Honestly, I have very few questions. This is a great project. I love seeing new tech solving old problems. The oldest problem being making a reliable rifle that costs half a weeks pay to produce. Today I had a long conversation about my affinity for stamped structures, better yet, ergos were a part of that discussion. My point was I really like sheet metal structures, and I would love a left side charging AK. My left handed friend had the biggest grin, "a left handed AK?" NO, a left side charging handle, that doesn't suck. Hey buddy AKs are left handed, if you can figure out the safety. So a napkin drawing, turned into a paper plate template, that was immediately installed into a corrugated cardboard mock up. Plenty of arts and crafts time, unfortunately there were no crayons. "just cut a slot where you want the thing to work, left handed AK safety is super easy" shaft+lever+slot=done Assuming you don't mind deleting the anti-charging aspect of the Original safety lever... We walked around the whole issue of the OG safety lever. Considered possible solutions, then decided, it was pointless. "oh no, I can chamber a round while on safe". The inverse being you can clear with a safety locking the fire control. "newer safer feature" What about the detent for the safety lever? Now that we lack the external dust cover/safety lever? You could probably hide a leaf spring /wire pawl inside the receiver for safety detent. File a notch in the shaft. Easy stuff. We also had a pizza party, so that was cool.
It’s good to see there are still some people who can be bothered to build these things. You know with all the designing and engineering to go with it. Most people can’t even dream to imagine what that is all about. I’m one of them.
I remember seeing his 3d printed router guides on WG and just having my mind blown. Pretty sure he was making a similar gun that looks more like an stg44
This is such a beautiful rifle! It'd be really cool if you got together with him, Mark and then started to manufacture these for sale!... Id REALLY love to see what you two would come up with together to make this a commercial product!....
speaking of SMR, the technology from the subnautica universe has been my idea of "the future" for years now. Fabricators in every home limited only by what you can get away with scavenging or your moral compass and hacking abilities :3
Also in general, using 3D printing to make jigs, fixtures and guides has been a massive upgrade for many other manufacturing techniques. Just printing the tools you need for a project instead of making the project printable itself.
1. Is he going to cold blue the raw material? 2. Is this eventually going to have bolt hold open on last round fired? 3. Did he use a standard AR-15 barrel? 4. The magazine area look configurable, will he make this to be multi-caliber? 5. I also TIG Weld and wonder if he is going to use the "spot" technique for the rest of the welds. Entrance and egress areas for dirt? 6. How did he get the carbon fiber to bend like that? 7. Accuracy and how was/did he test it?
This dude needs to try making a Gerät 06 replica, he might just have the patience and innovativity for it Also it would be fun to see how crazy he can get with lower power cartridges I.E. 9mm or 8mm kurz
I really appreciate the idea of using the printer to create tools rather than the part itself. If one needed to make alot of these, that removes the bittle neck of the printer.
We cut steel on an IPG laser at my work all day long. The shielding gas is the key. If you use nitrogen, you'll get a clean edge, but LOTS of embrittlement. If you can cut with oxygen/air you'll get a tiny, tiny amount of dross, but holes ream easy peasy and edges weld without prep. IPG didn't believe we could cut steel with oxygen, and we had to create our own speeds/program for it.
Primitive methods... How do people think they made guns back in the 40's? Earlier than that? Just because we have computercontrolled machines now, doesn't mean we can't build thing the old fashioned way today. My hats off to Justin, very nice to see progressive thinking not being limited by what others tell him can't be done.
Being able to ECM a pipe into a barrel by itself has been a game changer
Right? It's so straightforward, and it actually makes a pretty damn decent barrel.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarineHmm never seen this done, sounds pretty interesting
@@Lotek117 Won't be like the nicest ever match barrel or anything, and you still need to cut a chamber (as well as working out how it's gonna attach), but it'll make you a proper barrel with good and usable rifling, almost like you pulled a random 9mm barrel from an old Sten or Uzi parts kit or something.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine I am sure it will get near match grade.
Consider the application. Even surplus uzi barrels are much more accurate than the most probable user.
"minute of good enough"
You know Mark , The first Stoner AR prototype was made 100% on manual machines. Not that you see manual guys of that caliber much anymore but , it can be done with time. Bit by bit.
I know one guy who can do that level of work. I'm still kicking myself for not following in his footsteps.
Oh, they are still around toiling through the nights and weekends on manual machines in their garage or boathouse.
But they build away from the prying eyes of government and nosey neighbors and online agents.
They are perfectly happy to build without anyone knowing.
Only they themselves will ever know what went into building their new arm or accessory.
@@shovelhead108Except most of the guys with that skill level arent building firearms, alot of them build engine/racing parts and high end custom projects. It'd be so cool if more of them started designing custom rifles and putting them out there but thankfully with 3d printing we have other guys filling that slot..
@greatdestroyer1 Yes, I know. I owned and ran manual machines for years and I'm sure I could do it. But never again if I can help it! We used to ride on horse-drawn carriages, too, but now we drive cars!
@@markserbu Im a CnC machinist by trade. I Did start on the manual side , so I get it. Yet there is still something more satisfying about making parts on a manual. As you know sometimes doing prototype work is just easier on the manual stuff depending on the situation.
Anyone else see this gun and just think in your head:
“[DEVELOPMENT COMPLETE]”
"Train with me Boss!"
Staff Morale Increased
I'm not sure, but she's close and purty
Now Go! Let the Legend come back to Life...
What a great example of getting it done with what you’ve got on hand.
Hats off to Justin!
Yep, necessity is the mother of invention or something.
Sometimes figuring out how to do the job with what you have is just as fun as the project design itself... though it can cause a lot to tooth damage as well. 😅
Thanks!
Primitive methods...? The man is an artist! This is so great, i love seeing stuff like this! Freakin Cyber Pass stuff!
True, he found creative ways around the problems he had
He specifically said "what would be considered in my world to be really primitive methods". This is coming from a guy with multiple CNC machines, and he's clearly giving the guy his due. He made a video all about it after all.
Do you mean khyber pass? If not, what is cyber pass?
@@zekiah2cyber punk is what he was going for, i believe..
@@themissinglightninglink I don’t know cyberpunk always strikes me as like Hi tech production methods and the parts are kind of the standardized but all the parts have been hodgepodged together
Khyber pass is all about low tech firearms production. Like a goat herder building an ak in his woodworking shed
That is a super cool rifle. I'd like to build one for myself.
For $2500 you too can own a "totally not ar180" but you better buy it quickly because he's only gonna make 10
The 3d printing community is doing a ton of work I love seeing the metal fab community doing it
Well... literally every gun ever has been made at least partly if not in whole by the "metal fab community," so there is that...
@@RSPFactoryMost of these were designed by gun companies to be produced in factories, not by the community of users itself, which means most of them are extremely hard and expensive to manufacture at home, while the metal fab and 3dp communities are doing their best so the average person can make and customize a gun on a reasonable budget and without needing a degree on mechanical engineering
I really like the sheet steel plates and commonly produced steel tube. If your 3D printer or router can't cut steel, no problem, make templates and cut by hand.
Metal Gear Solid 5 - AM MRS-4 vibes lol
Boss, that's an enemy gunship. A single burst from its machinegun could tear a man in half.
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Great build. Thanks for sharing with us, Mark. Great that you are able to get excited about other people builds as much or even more than your own! Discover and shine on the diamonds.
Kinda like your video series on DIY guns
@@Zane-It thanks
Building a gun from scratch is on my bucket list. Bravo to this young man for Building this rifle
Velocity mac 11
I want to like, find an old 20mm aircraft gunbarrel or something, and build that into a big musket.
The fgc 9 is what I’d make..
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarinemy uncle uh… found… a 20mm anti material rifle, I’m gonna see if we can shoot it lol
Omg, "those are just side benefits ". Listening to makes me miss my father terribly. You both would've gotten along exquisitely.
I have not shot this rifle in awhile watching this video again reminds me I need to take it out soon
This is a badass build--kudos to the designer/builder. Thanks for the video!
It is a sleek looking clean design. This alone puts it ahead of nearly every factory carbine I've seen come out in the last 20 years. In some ways it reminds me of the HAC-7, only this rifle appears to work.
What you describe as SMR is literally the replicator from late-era Star Trek, and I think some have - like myself - realised that all a replicator is, is a 3d printer that uses forcefields instead of a 3-axis grid and a print head, and a single-molecule nozzle.
The Star Trek Replicator is a bit different than what Mr. Serbu described, as a replicator condenses pure energy into matter
@@flightlesschicken7769 Not as I remember it, though I admit it's been a few years (like...20) since I read the old TNG tech manual, what I remember it stating was that it disasembles and reassembles source matter (either processed waste or base matter fuel - deuterium from the engines) to whatever configuration is programmed in like some kind of sub-atomic STL file.
@@vorlon010 Hmm, maybe. But to turn deuterium into other things it would at least need to be broken down into individual protons and neutrons and reassembled one by one. I may be wrong, but I remember reading somewhere that the replicators were similar to transporter tech, in that things were converted to energy then reassembled in a specific pattern
@@flightlesschicken7769 right. The impression I was that it was operating at that subatomic level (I freely admit I oversimplified in my initial comment, I was trying not to go *full* trek-lore-nerd, heh.) - the part where the transporter comes in is in creating scan images of real food at a resolution that can be 'printed' - which is lower than full transporter res because you don't account for quantum. It would take far less energy to disassemble and reassemble stuff, even at the subatomic level, than to try and directly convert energy to matter. This is ignoring the in-universe plothole of how the transporter moves someone's matter from A->B
Shit...Nerd fight!! ;-)
I started a tool and die maker apprenticeship just so I could learn all the different aspects of metal working and design that are needed to manufacture firearms. i'm coming up on my first year now and so far I've learned Solidworks, Catia, I'm currently learning Tebis while working with an okuma CNC mill, I've started learning how to properly operate a Bridgeport, how to tig weld(still pretty new to this and need a lot more practice to get good), how to properly use a drill press, how to use a stamping press, how to hand fit components with critical tolerances, how to use a surface grinder, etc. I think I chose the right path instead of doing a gunsmithing apprenticeship. That wouldn't have gotten me anywhere close to where I want to be.
Ultimately I want to make rifles and pistols and own my own firearm factory.
All I can say is, 'Hey, whatever works ain't a bad thing!' 😮😊❤
That rifle's shape is reminiscent of an LR-300
The best thing about the JLC-24: it’s not an AR15. Variety is the spice of life.
Nice to see 3D printing being used to augment traditional techniques. Ancient and modern.
Real cool. I'm working on making a belt feed using a rpd feed system and I'm going to try using bent sheet metal to make the receiver and ak47 internals. That trigger linkage gives me ideas for mine. I also did a build with a AUG parts kit and a 3d printer. I used polycast filament to cast a AUG receiver in cast aluminum and modified the receiver to accept the Nylaug barrel. It was my first attempt using casting and 3d printing and it turned out really good. You just need to have a vision and get to it
Good luck. I look forward to seeing the final build
You on sand or plaster. Can share how. please
I want to see a video on making the router guides and how he clamps everything down and makes the cuts.
Same here. Workholding is such a big part of manufacturing.
I am building another one with a few changes so I will take a video of it and post it on my channel
WOW!!! That is EXTREMELY Impressive!! What an AWESOME design, aesthetically very pleasing.
I Love the material choices too!
Well done Sir!!
What an absolutely awesome looking rifle!
Thanks!
Seems to work ok for a amateur build 😉👍.
Greetings from the 🇬🇧.
Thank!
such a badass build man, this is the exact type of thing that makes you want to get out there (onto a cad software that is lol) and do things like this yourself
Good old American home gunsmithing is still alive and well.! (At least so far.) A beautiful piece, well thought out and crafted.
It is so fantastic for you to give praise to somebody with innovation. It speaks volumes. It might be the encouragement to go to the next step
I'd 100% buy one of those. Amazing work Justin.
The ingenuity in the production methods is out of this world. An accomplished engineer, by any account.
As my uncle would say: "It Vorks!"
Those tacks will absolutely hold up to not only a ripe age, but a seriously high round count. I wouldn't put 2k rounds down in one day, but those tacks are plenty.
I really appreciate these videos where you feature other guys' interesting, new designs. I'm not an engineer myself, but I would call myself an engineering enthusiast, and I think a lot of people could say the same.
Awesome job Justin 👍
Thanks for sharing Mark.
The term used in industry is called "Atomically Precise Manufacturing" - where items are built atom by atom, molecule by molecule.
Damn! I'm in love! First off, I've always known that you could use a router for more than doing an 80% receiver. Second, if you think those methods were crude they we nothin. I'm A blacksmith and I just finished my thirty two ACP with a forge and a file. Not to mention a rifler that's used for making muzzleloading rifle barrels. As the man said "where there's a will, there's a way. BTW, the reason I used 32 is its a lot easier to headspace in an semiautomatic pistol.
I'm really happy to see our constitutional rights being upheld with cutting edge technology, because when our forefathers wrote the constitution they didn't know what our future technology would be, they just knew we would have it. Therefore they time and tech proofed it by using the most straightforward language possible. For that we must cheer them once again because with their forethought we are a free people.
BTW, I hate politics right and left. If they could stop trying to get brownie points off their colleagues they'd see what was right before their faces and get some work done. This also goes for the idiots who stand and egg the bastards on for no other reason that I can see than to cause chaos.
Reminds me of an old colleague back in the early 90's, who made himself a new rather intricate kitchen interior with very ornate details during his free time. Only using hand tools and a hand router with hand made guides.
Even though we had all the latest machines we used in the daily production. 😅
Seriously impressive with the methods he used!
Holy S the time into this! Props dude. Brilliant work.
I'd say this thought came to him while he was milling an 80%, with the ol' why stop here in mind? Totally AWESOME!
Actually looks great. Not only does it look great from an aesthetic standpoint, but it also looks good engineering wise.
I remember learning VCAD 386 back in the day. Doubt any of that knowledge works with modern CAD programs, ha.
The base of the technology you described exists. It is not viable beyond large companies doing R&D right now, but I have seen some awesome things, like fully enclosed gear sets that would be impossible to make in any traditional way. We are getting closer and closer to sci-fi style replicators every day.
Pretty cool and well engineered rifle! Congratulations Justin, and thank you Mr. Serbu, for sharing. Gof bless.
Good for you bro that's really cool. I can't imagine the feeling of it functioning at the range after all that! Awesome
Great video on a great project. I particularly like that you advocated CAD!! Using additive manufacturing to make a guide for a router to do the complex cuts. Genius! Justin - thank you for sharing.
What an amazing example of really Taking what you have on hand and just with a little creativity and expertise making something truly amazing With so little!
That 3D printing lets you create a simple and effective jig to help you easily ECM rifle a nice piece of steel tube, turning it into a surprisingly good gunbarrel, this fact alone is so wild to me.
I can only imagine where things are gonna go as additive manufacturing develops further and gets cheaper. One day, there'll be a machine which will be able to print out the individual parts for a weapon much like a MAC M10, springs, magazine components, and barrel and all, and all you'll need to do is assemble it and it's done. Perhaps the parts can even be surface finished as part of the printing.
Idk but it’ll probably show up in Canadian law somewhere eventually
If Turd stays in office, you bet.
Good luck to the mounties, they're gonna be up shit creek without a paddle. People won't even need to drill rivets on pinned mags anymore.
About two minutes in I was mind blown wondering who this is making the video, you’re brilliant! Then I saw the channel name and it clicked, it’s mark Serbu of serbu firearms! You’re a legend sir, keep doing what you’re doing!
beautiful! make more videos on CAD and your gun creations.
Would you show us how you make them with your tools? Love what you're doing.
Spot welded receiver. luv it
Looks really good very professional looking he should be proud
Once again i've had to be subscribed to both of your channels today.
Philip Luty would be amazed, machining that thing with a wood router!
He definitely would be
That is a masterpiece of creativity.
Man what a awesome skill to have I wish I had the tools and know how to do that just make guns all day everyday!!!
That is so cool! Very nice looking project!
I started off with AutoCAD 2.18 on DOS 3.3 in the late 80's
I now use Inventor for job ( I design Engineered chains)
Interesting! Looks like a hybrid between FN FAL Paratrooper and M16.
Like a makasi brigade you could build in your garage?
Love it, but I did notice that it lacks a last shot bolt hold open feature. But as it looks, it's a work in progress and is looking fantastic .
Not a deal breaker for me. The G3/CETME pattern rifles don't have it either, and those were professionally designed and produced.
That thing is almost perfect.
WOW I thought that was a new production gun from some big name co. when i saw the thumb nail what a great job he did on this Rifle I wish I had that great of a talent for making them Bravo !!!!!!
I think that design is a neat idea, but it should have an AR lower and pin attachment points for work with the popular market.
In the 3d2a community, I've seen people make single use 3d printed bending jigs for HK flats. He could probably refine his design to make the upper out of 1 or 2 sheets. either 1 fully bent or 2 clamshells welded together.
Jigs is one of the really cool parts about 3D printing. I mean, could you have imagined even a decade ago that you'd be able to make a really simple ECM rifling jig which actually works really well?
The AR18 we have at home
I looked at putting an AR 18 stock on it, and I think it would almost pass as one
Justin like from Royal Nonesuch? What a guy, good to see he's still working with you
I can remember making an under-rib for a .45 acp target revolver I was building in the 1970s by drilling the barrel diameter (untapered bull barrel) in a block of steel and cutting away everything I didn't want with a shaper. It looked pretty good when I got it finished. Heck, I read about the Afghanis, before our little war with them, SMLE .303 out of CAR PARTS using blacksmithing level equipment.
That rifle made me think of a commercial I heard about 10,000 times in my childhood. For Timex watches, they'd do things like strap them on an outboard motor prop and run it for a few minutes, then John Cameron Swayze would bring it into the camera view and you could see that, at least the one he was showing, was still running. Then he'd say, "It takes a licking and comes up ticking." That rifle was certainly ticking away.
This is like a retro futuristic stuff you will see from 1984 to 1989
Or like a special loot from CoD Cold War
what a lot of people have over looked with the spread of 3d printing is tool design, tool design use to be a dark art. with the combination of 3d printing and CAD you create jigs for any shape you want to cut with hand tools. no time spent on a CNC. i do it every day on at work.
Honestly, I have very few questions. This is a great project. I love seeing new tech solving old problems.
The oldest problem being making a reliable rifle that costs half a weeks pay to produce.
Today I had a long conversation about my affinity for stamped structures, better yet, ergos were a part of that discussion.
My point was I really like sheet metal structures, and I would love a left side charging AK.
My left handed friend had the biggest grin, "a left handed AK?" NO, a left side charging handle, that doesn't suck.
Hey buddy AKs are left handed, if you can figure out the safety.
So a napkin drawing, turned into a paper plate template, that was immediately installed into a corrugated cardboard mock up. Plenty of arts and crafts time, unfortunately there were no crayons.
"just cut a slot where you want the thing to work, left handed AK safety is super easy" shaft+lever+slot=done
Assuming you don't mind deleting the anti-charging aspect of the Original safety lever...
We walked around the whole issue of the OG safety lever. Considered possible solutions, then decided, it was pointless.
"oh no, I can chamber a round while on safe". The inverse being you can clear with a safety locking the fire control. "newer safer feature"
What about the detent for the safety lever? Now that we lack the external dust cover/safety lever?
You could probably hide a leaf spring /wire pawl inside the receiver for safety detent. File a notch in the shaft. Easy stuff.
We also had a pizza party, so that was cool.
It’s good to see there are still some people who can be bothered to build these things. You know with all the designing and engineering to go with it. Most people can’t even dream to imagine what that is all about. I’m one of them.
Love that end , all over great video great bringing that to attention. Respect
I would love to give this rifle a run!
Who wants to see a fun switch on this ???
Yes Mark I use a mill In combination with the wood router, using 3-D printed and laser cut patterns
I remember seeing his 3d printed router guides on WG and just having my mind blown. Pretty sure he was making a similar gun that looks more like an stg44
That was the JLC 23
@JLC-1975 thanks for the clarification Justin! Amazing work.
Last round hold open and a brass deflector and then its perfect
This is such a beautiful rifle! It'd be really cool if you got together with him, Mark and then started to manufacture these for sale!... Id REALLY love to see what you two would come up with together to make this a commercial product!....
Man, that thing is neat. Love the use of square tubing & the tack welds. Reminds me of something the Soviets would build during the war.
speaking of SMR, the technology from the subnautica universe has been my idea of "the future" for years now. Fabricators in every home limited only by what you can get away with scavenging or your moral compass and hacking abilities :3
What a beautiful piece of work!
Is this a one and done or will you make it available to us peons?
License it to Mark to turn out more?
The way the comments are going, I just might have to.
Looks like the recoil impulse was very light. That buffer system really works well.
Also in general, using 3D printing to make jigs, fixtures and guides has been a massive upgrade for many other manufacturing techniques.
Just printing the tools you need for a project instead of making the project printable itself.
Thanks Mark for the video. Pretty slick. Guns and tools, Two of my favorite things.
That is amazing! That is a talented individual
1. Is he going to cold blue the raw material?
2. Is this eventually going to have bolt hold open on last round fired?
3. Did he use a standard AR-15 barrel?
4. The magazine area look configurable, will he make this to be multi-caliber?
5. I also TIG Weld and wonder if he is going to use the "spot" technique for the rest of the welds. Entrance and egress areas for dirt?
6. How did he get the carbon fiber to bend like that?
7. Accuracy and how was/did he test it?
This dude needs to try making a Gerät 06 replica, he might just have the patience and innovativity for it
Also it would be fun to see how crazy he can get with lower power cartridges I.E. 9mm or 8mm kurz
8mm Kurz isn't what I'd call low powered or low pressure, it's very similar to supersonic loads of .300BLK
Excellent work
Thanks Mark! Love your commentary as usual.
this gives me daewoo K2 vibes all day
There already are goop-based 3d printers. For now just with specific resins, but the basic mechanics for it is already there.
Damn. Justin, this is siiiiick. Super sick. I see the hammer tig work. I see almost all the lil easter eggs in there. Nice piece.
Wow, that's an amazing design, and the engineering is just amazing!
That is the definition of awesome.
Wow that is super cool!
I really appreciate the idea of using the printer to create tools rather than the part itself. If one needed to make alot of these, that removes the bittle neck of the printer.
That rifle screams FREEDOM!!! 🇺🇲🦅
We cut steel on an IPG laser at my work all day long. The shielding gas is the key. If you use nitrogen, you'll get a clean edge, but LOTS of embrittlement. If you can cut with oxygen/air you'll get a tiny, tiny amount of dross, but holes ream easy peasy and edges weld without prep. IPG didn't believe we could cut steel with oxygen, and we had to create our own speeds/program for it.
Primitive methods... How do people think they made guns back in the 40's? Earlier than that? Just because we have computercontrolled machines now, doesn't mean we can't build thing the old fashioned way today.
My hats off to Justin, very nice to see progressive thinking not being limited by what others tell him can't be done.
Neat build.