I have been wanting to update all my USGI mags, I have 18 total, 4 of which had magpul rebuild kits with the new style anti-tilt followers. One mag is not working at all and has to have a new follower to be fixed. Not being able to find more anywhere I've been thinking about modeling off one I already have and 3D printing some more.
The 3D printer I have access to (tho I'm pretty sure they're all the same in the medie aspect) uses a type of ABS plastic, I'm not sure the exact composition but the cartridge says "ABS, P400, for dimensional printing". Would this ABS plastic hold up and be suitable followers?
Of course the mags work as-is with the green followers, I just thought this might be a cool project. I'm just trying to gauge if its even worth it or if the followers are just goin to break apart upon first use.
I know some people have printed lower receivers, I also watched a show on NatGeo there they printed a big adjustable wrench and actually used it to tighten/loosen a metal bolt. Personally I've only seen the printer I have access to be used for modeling purposes but I'm sure it's all the same technology.
My other idea/option is to make some followers out of a block of HDPE on my mill, it sure would be easier to just make one CAD model and push print as many times as I need than to stand there and mill them out over and over, my mill is manual, not CNC, the 3D printer is of course fully automated, once I model the follower in the CAD program I can repeatedly print more with minimal work.
Mods- this seems like an advanced technical AR topic to me but if I've posted it in the wrong forum, or if it would be better somewhere else then I'm sorry


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