3D Printed DIY Brass Prep Station (under $50)

[@footnotedrummer]

Nice job, sir! I love seeing people get creative and make practical things with 3D printers. Great idea!

[@GLOWLLC]

Love the design. I just used mine again yesterday for some 308 and 303 Brit.

[@celica03j]

Thank you for the info. I downloaded your design and tweaked it to make it 6 station and redesigned one tool holder to hold my brass trimmer. It works awesome. Thanks for the help.

[@EmptyPocketProductions]

Can you share your stl? thanks

[@ThomasSchaller-SEO]

Hi, thank you for the files. Just printed them out. Look very good. Just have to wait for the bearings, motor, etc. In your Drawing the main plate #6 is doubled and i use metric bots and nuts. hope they will fit.

[@msgbean]

Your are right #6 is in there twice. Funny after all these years no one else has pointed that out. Using 6mm bolts should work fine.

[@drubradley8821]

Nicely set up, I like how small it is too.

[@g.simard854]

that is just an excellent design !

[@kmitchl1]

Very Nice. My 3D printer has been sitting idle for some time. Time to get it back to work. I know you spent a lot of time in the design and posting the video. Thanks for sharing.

[@Jags4don]

Nice design. Thankyou.

[@hotz718]

Great design sir

[@SKIPPYISAAUSSIE]

Very well done on your build👍. Makes my DIY prep station I built years ago agricultural 😁.

[@Francois_Dupont]

thank you for all your work!

[@RjpokerPRO]

this is already on my 3d printer right now. Excellent well made plans. Thanks!

[@michaelhenderson5098]

Good job. I will check out your plans on thingiverse.

[@frankbellinger605]

Wow! That's terrific!!

[@SD40Guy]

Very cool! I may just have to make one of my own.

[@mitchellmiller1990]

Thanks for designing and sharing this. Got it all assembled but it seems like the motor has a hard time getting started. Maybe my gear friction is a little too much, not sure if this is an issue you ran into and adjusted something to fix

[@msgbean]

It's most likely the gears are too tightly meshed together. I used close tolerances so there would be very little slop. But everyone's printer prints a little bit different. You have to make sure your printer prints dimensionally accurate. A 10mm hole should be a 10mm hole. I have not been back to this since I posted it. Most of my concentration has been on my brass annealer.

[@mitchellmiller1990]

@@msgbean Thanks for the quick response. I think the system maybe needed to run for a bit to wear in and fold over any plastic burrs? Now there is the delay of the governor energizing but everything starts turning shortly after and applying pressure on the bits does not stall it out. Great design.

[@msgbean]

@@mitchellmiller1990 You might want to disconnect the motor and turn it by hand. That will tell you where the problem is.

[@pigseye2]

Amazing! Now I just need a 3d printer!

[@mario3804]

that's an amazingly great job and thank you for sharing.

[@emoryzakin2576]

Wow, man that is too cool. I’m going to have to step up this year snd get to printing. Thanks, sub’d!

[@drmjruff]

This is a funny one. 3d printing is typically in the nerd realm... So now here we are as a group. Nerds with guns. Lol love the concept.

[@pacman10182]

you think reloaders aren't nerds?

[@jamespollard1670]

It looks great .

[@ryanwilson5936]

I really need to get a 3D printer.

[@michaelhenderson5098]

Just my luck. I printed out the parts but they don't fit. :( Ender3 Pro. The parts look great but everything seems to big slightly too big, or too small like the bearing cups. The bearings won't fit. I haven't tried a heat gun yet. Maybe next ting to do. So it's back to the drawing board. This usually happens to a lot of other files, including the ones I design. Back to the drawing board. I really like this project. Hope I can figure out how to get everything to fit.

[@msgbean]

That is the typical problem with printing someone else's project on a different printer. No two printers seem to print exactly the same unless some adjustments in the slicer are made. Before I started this project I did some adjusting so that if I printed a 10mm circle it was indeed 10mm when finished. Different materials also shrink at different amounts which can change the size of the final product.

[@michaelhenderson5098]

Success! I got my machine put together and tested it out today. I had to re-print several pieces to get them all to fit. In fact I gave up on the main gear. After a lot of searching on You Tube, I learned how to make a gear in Sketchup. That is what I use. It fit perfectly the first time. I didn't use the variable speed thing. Wide open is good for me. I already have three of the tools so I am good to go for less than $50. I used a 2.1x5.5mm DC Power Jack Plug Adapter Connector and a 12 volt power adapter. The connector fit perfectly on the bottom plate. Looks plumb professional! :) I have an on/off switch on order so I will finish it up when it comes in. Thanks again. You did a great job. Oh, btw, eSun PLA+ orange with black tool holders and dust covers.

[@msgbean]

@@michaelhenderson5098 I'm glad to hear it works out for you.

[@markholben2718]

Sir great job, can you provide information on what was used to mount the tool nuts to the gear shafts, and did you use an in to secure them to the gears.

[@msgbean]

I just held the tool in a vise and used a wrench to screw on the lock nuts. The two nuts are tightened together ensuring the nuts are aligned with each other. They are then held in place by the 3D printed tool holders which connect to the gears.

[@markholben2718]

@@msgbean ok wasn't sure if gears except the tool holder. Oh what was used for the holder that accepts the nuts

[@msgbean]

@@markholben2718 The gear shaft goes into the lower bearing then the gear goes on the gear shaft, followed by the 2nd bearing, then the tool holder.

[@DennisHooper-z1l]

Are you selling a kit like you did on your annealer?

[@msgbean]

I am not.

[@pipegang6497]

I really like the concept but what's the deal with all the wobbling in the tools as they spin

[@msgbean]

The one reamer in the back was not seated correctly.

[@ilikeautosdaily]

3d printed shafts are hard to keep from warping. I have the same problem with my annealer.

[@jeffallen3382]

This is *B R I L L I A N T* !

[@_pannzer_kommandr6413]

can you used the word sprocket for your center gear lol ,,very good job Richard cant wait for you to 100,001 views I will share with all my hunting families

[@johanlouw4780]

For the okes who struggled with getting the parts to fit, what did you do, did you just resize the print in in the slicer, I also printed this, the casings etc are fine, but the hexagon shapes dont fit into each other

[@pacman10182]

calibrate your printer

[@jonroberts107]

Do you sale the printed parts like the annealer?

[@msgbean]

I don't. I can barely keep up with the annealer.

[@cememotorsports6053]

Do you have a list of components used?

[@msgbean]

Download Brass_Prep_Station_Notes.pdf at www.thingiverse.com/thing:4739172/files

[@Lobo_Nomada]

What 3D printer you used? Really nice idea

[@msgbean]

I used an Ender 3

[@Solo-pz3kh]

Great! Thanks from Ukraine!

[@randywaddington6966]

How does a guy get one of those?

[@msgbean]

For now you or someone else will have to print it for you. I have thought of starting printing of this but right now my brass annealer takes all of my printing time.

[@randywaddington6966]

@msgbean gotcha thanks.

[@randywaddington6966]

What do your annealers sell for?

[@msgbean]

@@randywaddington6966 The DIY kit starts at $64.95. msgbean.etsy.com/