I guess 3D printing isn't that bad

[@tomjjackson21]

Hop reminds me of myself, and I suspect it's made his life difficult at times. He's extremely unlikeable, and has this heir of patronizing, condescendance about him that makes you just want to punch tf outta his contemptuous face @07:40 *"If your brain is too small to figure out.."* He's the guy that was destine to become a FED if not for his YT career, or grew up with parents in LE. He's the guy that randomly stands up and espouses *"Youre fn dumb, and here's why. Then immediately walks away"* yet has never been in a fight in his life. He's the guy that spends 100% of his free time with his wife and kids, bullying and treating them like sht. To just go out with the bois once a year for drinks, who inevitably gets tf beat out of him due to this bad habit of talking down to everyone at the bar, because he's only interacted with his abused wife and children the past 12 months. He's the type of guy that goes home with a black eye and then lectures his wife on the ignorance of society, and how he'd end it all if he had a fictitious, genocidal button. He's the type of guy that stands naked in front of the mirror with his rifle. He's the type of guy thats a home-a-fobe, yet allows his wife to peg him, and has a folder of she men videos. I may or may not be all of these things, regardless, I've always felt as if people have perceived me an a similar context; just more ghey because I'm pretty and troll debate forums with my objectively sus profile pic. Though lets be honest, Hop is sus af because his skin is *fabalous.* I can guarantee his entire life people have told him he has a *"punchable face"* because of it, and he has spent many a nights in reflection, as he quietly stares at the ceiling, wondering why *"everyone is so much dumber than him"* and how he can justify the completely avoidable conflict he inexplicably has with everyone around him *"I just have zero tolerance for dishonesty, and it's not my fault if people are triggered because I call them out on it."* I and I'm always conflicted when I watch his videos because I like his content, but know I couldn't spend 5 mins in the same room, drinking beers with the guy. But hey, not everyone can be as likeable as John Lovell; I fn love that man. That being said, I prob agree with 99% of his content and will be purchasing several items from this video I didn't know existed. The HRF guys are kewl af. They printed me a magwell attachment for my FN-FNC. Anyone whos shot a FNC knows they have the most narrow magwell in the history of firearms.

[@Hoplopfheil]

You put a lot of thought into this.

[@Historically]

That’s a lot of words, too bad I’m not reading ‘em

[@triviszla1536]

new copypasta just dropped

[@kalebgranger3326]

Womp womp

[@tylerzuniga2231]

Take your pills they will make the voices go away

[@jb76489]

Hop is slowing overcoming his caveman like fear of new technology. Took forever to convince him the camera wouldn’t steal his soul

[@Eric-AC]

Unga Bunga Tactical Concepts needs to be a thing.

[@Tofu61]

@@Eric-AC 3D printed rock, for killing plains gazelles and granting the tribe a bountiful feast

[@chancepaladin]

caveman concepts

[@serversurfer6169]

Hop three weeks later: You think it can take your soul? Tard. 🙄

[@garmgarmgarm494]

Going to name my 3D printing startup Conceptual Concepts

[@gr6373]

I dig that concept

[@FraterMikhail]

BRO THATS MINE YOU CANT DO THAT REEEEEEEEEEE

[@Resident_Kriegsman]

ThoughtThoughts

[@nato1020]

I am conceptualizing that name and the concept works!

[@novamagician2425]

Conceptualizing conceptual concepts

[@jamesshoots]

If it doesn't have "solutions", "concepts", "tactical", or "consulting" in its name, is it really a gun company?

[@kevinzheng7373]

Don’t forget “systems” or “precision”

[@Ike_of_pyke]

Deterrence Depsensed ....nah

[@MasahikoKohineko]

Tactical Precision Concepts, Solutions and Systems Consulting Inc.

[@imperfectlump6070]

Or arms

[@Cwomack07]

oh dont forget, "Defense" too!

[@tnt65822]

We need Hoffman Tactical to come show Hop the best of the 3DP2A community.

[@dougshellusn]

This

[@Abdega]

Call the collab Hop-man Tactical

[@subcompact]

this would be nice

[@scott_hunts]

3dp2a is full of cucks who don’t know a safety factor from a locking lug. Hoffman is ok because he understands some design principles but he’s the exception, not the rule.

[@ianloughney9570]

Hoffman's gonna drag these GWOT eotech fudds into the 21st century kicking and screaming lol

[@PrebleStreetRecords]

Name a more iconic duo: companies with "Concepts" in the name and charging the price of a nice dinner for two grams of plastic.

[@GunFunZS]

It isn't the two grams of plastic you bought it's the 2 kg of spaghetti that it took to get a good print.

[@PrebleStreetRecords]

@@GunFunZS That’s not really selling me on 3D printing being useful for any end product.

[@warweasel2832]

I get it when the plastic is carbon fiber nylon and includes hardware pieces. That’s actual value-added

[@BlackMetalVengeance]

@@PrebleStreetRecords 3D printing is definitely a niche application, but when it comes to making custom parts for an existing product or replacing broken factory parts without access to an injection molding factory, it is one of the better options out there. Have a niche product nobody is making accessories for? Just design your own. Filament costs very little.

[@Merril_39]

It's the cad time to make something that doesn't collapse under its own weight

[@VosDa033]

Character development arc

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Next he’ll be singing the praises of roller delayed guns

[@seejayshoots]

I don’t think it’s an arc it’s more of a hop…

[@groberts1980]

I mean the thing about puchased 3D printed parts is that you can print them yourself for WAY less. I have a magwell I printed my self for about 35 cents worth of plastic instead of paying $57 that HRF charges. OHC didn't make a scope cap for a particular scope I own so I printed one using TPU, a rubber like filament that made it even better (in my opinion) than the ones I own from OHC. OHC isn't bad in what they charge but HRF overcharges by a ridiculous amount.

[@Saltpork305]

This. It's less about 'this is just as rugged and reliable ' and more that it costs you a whopping 3 cents to make one and you have an infinity machine in your house. Make 6. Take two with you in the field. See how they hold up.

[@TuttleScott]

or take the design and make it custom colors, make upgrades, make it fit a gun/scope no one else has. PLA+ is pretty tough stuff too, I've never felt the need to print in nylon.

[@bigro4444]

What is a good 3d printer for these kind of uses?

[@groberts1980]

@@bigro4444 Everybody will have different answers, mostly recommending printers they own (myself included). If you're completely new to printing and want a printer that "just works" go with Bambu Labs. Most printer companies require a LOT of maintenance and setup and tinkering to get the printer to do what you want. Bambu took the Apple approach in making a printer that works with a minimum amount of tinkering. That being said, we are gun people who like to tinker. But we also like our stuff to work. Bambu also has some of the least expensive setups out there. The A1 or even A1 Mini can easily be used to print stuff like this. Both are sub-$500 to get up and running.

[@theKashConnoisseur]

One of my best use cases for 3D printing in the firearms space was test fitting things before I bought them. I wanted a vertical foregrip, and there's only a few DOZEN options. Buying each one would have cost hundreds of dollars, and I would have had to wait a week plus for shipping. Printing each one I was interested in took a day and cost me only a few bucks in filament and power. Once I figured out that I liked the Magpul VFG style the best, I was able to spend the money on the real thing without worry or remorse. I've gone through the same process with light mounts, tape switch mounts, pistol grips, killflashes, scope covers, etc etc.

[@corbinxtitus]

Jesus, was hop joking in the beginning? Glock frame that only lasts 50 rounds? This isnt 2015 anymore. Nylaug, 3DP90, FGC-9 MKII, Plastikov, Cetme 2077, the AR50? We have designs lasting thousands of rounds now using materials such as carbon filled nylon, PET, or even basic PLA+ I even have form 1'd suppressors and SBRs with my 3d prints. Some of my highlights are about 3000 rounds on a 3d printed AUG receiver. My company (Titus Arms) makes an AR15 trigger conversion for the AUG which happens to be the best aug trigger upgrade on the market

[@Saltpork305]

@@corbinxtitus Sadly they're not joking. They don't understand that the days of the single shot liberators are extinct and there's enough hobbyists getting at it to make some genuinely cool shit. It's the new fuddlore. 'It'll blow up in your hands'

[@wonderbread6100]

​@Saltpork305 don't wanna sound like a hipster, but I like it being still believed to be "crap" so normies don't come in, do stupid shit, and then get it banned.

[@Enjoyer.762]

​@@wonderbread6100 Yeah because the people who want you disarmed surely will leave your 3rd printed range toy receivers and parts alone.

[@Gr8JewBear]

Best aug trigger on the market, better upgrade that the ratworx????

[@corbinxtitus]

@@Gr8JewBear significantly better

[@raderallen1]

The point of printing lowers isn't price, it's never having to go to an FFL about a "firearm." If you live in a ban state just print the lower, drive one state over and buy everything else because there's no background check. 3D printers make bans toothless.

[@nosidenoside2458]

Do NOT recommend this to anyone. What you're suggesting is illegal.

[@sktechsolutions-b3f]

Might wanna buy a life insurance policy on your dog. You know these are public comments right?

[@raderallen1]

@nosidenoside2458 it's absolutely illegal. All gun laws are also unconstitutional. Which poison pill people swallow is up to them.

[@TedyhereMC]

@nosidenoside2458 it's perfectly legal to manufacture your own firearms in a majority of states lol

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@sktechsolutions-b3f Making your own guns has always been legal...

[@TedyhereMC]

You may not be keeping up.. I have a AR fully printed Orca shooting 5.56 that is over 500 rounds, a printed AR9 with over 1k, a printed Glock with over 2k, a printed FGC9 PCC that is fully DIY printed with over 500 rounds.. I am now reprinting a Cetme C in 308 with stronger material the original lasted 300 rounds before I found it was proven.

[@oskar6661]

He's keeping up with the average printer.

[@justsomemainer1384]

@@oskar6661Not even lmao

[@diet_dr.demoncore]

there are still many parts of the orca that are not 3d printed the tech has come a long way but we still aren't to the point of making a fully printed ar15

[@TedyhereMC]

@@diet_dr.demoncore literally the bcg, the barrel and the buffer system and gas tube. It's like 75% printed.

[@owyh]

@@diet_dr.demoncoreobviously this isn’t call of duty

[@Synergy7Studios]

There are printed AR lowers that are up to thousands of rounds. Some guys have even started making furniture and uppers. It's come a long way. What people dont understand is that these printed parts often require some post processing and maybe some off the shelf metal reinforcement like bolts, tubing, or brackets. 3d printing gyns int about being cheap or more effective. Its about ensuring gun control laws are useless.

[@GhostlySD]

Gun control laws can advance to the same state of non-US countries where barrels can't be bought. I understand the FGC-9 exists but it's more beneficial to learn how to machine, program cnc, and heat treat at that point. It will just all come full circle.

[@Freezorgium]

​@@GhostlySD do not compare the costs, size limitations and logistics of a CNC milling machine with a 3D printer. A Japanese person living in a 4x4m Tokyo apartment can fit a 3D printer in there. Can't say the same for CNC.

[@Skwisgar2322]

​@GhostlySD FGC ECM barrel rifling is always goin5 to be the best solution to home gun building, especially for longer barrels. Anything else requires a significant investment.

[@Skwisgar2322]

@N7mudkip bolts will need to be manufactured. Bolt carriers, surprisingly enough, can be printed and functional for at least a short time.

[@GhostlySD]

@@Freezorgium I've built my own cnc in my garage and it only takes up 2x2ft. You can also build an epoxy base cnc and assemble in pieces for a couple thousand or if you don't care to machine for a longer amount of time then it'll cost less.

[@gansior4744]

You don't even realize how often light heads reflect. During one of the Exercises earlier this Year, guys got spotted at least 3 time, in the middle of a night, by a drone, just because the light head wasnt covered. Overall it was a nice Experience and Lesson for signature reduction. Even your nods shinning onto your face lit you up at night like a massive beacon. We also mostly stopped using Active aiming after that

[@Eric-AC]

I got some black painters style tape that'd do the job too. But it's the small overlooked things like this that get ya. Good example

[@turnermd1302]

Yeah this is perfect for the military, a very expensive alternative to a problem that could be solved with duct tape

[@jeffpraterJSF]

It’s been a thing. Starlight scope lets you see people with night vision like they just got a flashlight pointed at their own face

[@hotsingleplaguedoctorinarea]

Isn't passive aiming entirely dependant on ambient lighting conditions and the light transmission quality of your optic?

[@gansior4744]

@@hotsingleplaguedoctorinarea yep, pretty much. Just as with laser, you need IR illumination sometimes. It's just a thing with NV. It intensifies light, so if there is barely any light, it's dark even for night vision

[@angryandroid]

I like how the gigantic 3d-printed elephant in the room that's not addressed is the HUXWRX suppressor.

[@fresnel149]

In fairness, laser metal sintering is TECHNICALLY 3D printing, but the machine to do it is in the same price range as a very nice luxury car. This ain't your daddy's Ender 3.

[@prfwrx2497]

Printing your own guns has a steeper learning curve than most are willing to admit. But it is worth it. Filament is cheap and untraceable. The Orca, for example, is one hell of a basic AR for very little money. Barrels, bolt parts, and springs cost some money, but you print most of the actual gun itself. Receivers, furniture, even the trigger parts that aren't springs. A 400 dollar PSA is just as cheap but you need to transfer via FFL. You get all the parts shipped and print the Orca at home.

[@theKashConnoisseur]

The nice thing about 3D printers is you can print your own printer upgrades. So while the learning curve can be steep (although there's a ton of helpful tutorials out there), it's relatively affordable to do. To the point that you can rival the capabilities of a $100k Stratasys with an Ender 3 and a grand worth of parts and electronics.

[@JustinOpinionChannel]

Planning to start up "Just a Concept of Tactical Consulting Concepts Solutions" company - because the world is ready for the best possible napkin ring. I have a few printed components that are good products, but I think 3D printing is still best suited for proof of concept work. Was great meeting you in TN - long time fan of your work and I hope you keep it up for a long time.

[@milolc]

I have several mostly printed guns, some with relatively high rounds counts. If all you have seen are toys and glocks "that break after 50 rounds" (my own printed glock is well over that and still like new), you are looking at the wrong people.

[@singular9]

Exactly. Hop is just traditionally controversial.

[@Stinkfoot1403]

Love Hop but his opinion on this is super uneducated.

[@prfwrx2497]

Printed frames last 50 rounds if you suck at printing. And most people do suck at printing. It's not drag and drop file, hit print and you got a frame. Temp control, filament choice, enclosure, supports, orientation, the list goes on. If you just hit print and expect a durable Glock frame, you're bound to be disappointed.

[@livefreeprintguns]

Hi Milo! 👋

[@BlackMetalVengeance]

@@prfwrx2497 regular PLA that most people use also deforms at like 158 degrees, not the best material if you want something durable.

[@baektpotato]

I really appreciate that the ads are thoughtful and part of the video with insight and opinion.

[@PatrickBergensen-kali-yuga2005]

50 rounds? what? what 3d printed glocks are you looking at? Really strange.

[@livefreeprintguns]

There are frames that use 3D printed rails that can easily last over 500 rounds lol.

[@oskar6661]

He's looking at 95% of the garbage printed by people...

[@Hoplopfheil]

OVER FIVE HUNDRED ROUNDS? I'm gonna sell my Glock and get one of those!

[@jong2359]

@@Hoplopfheil people in bad states/countries look down on you for your ire. Go live in a commie state and see how excited you get for 500 round durability, instead of looking down on people that have less freedom than you. Be better, homie.

[@livefreeprintguns]

@@Hoplopfheil For *PRINTED rails my dude... FMDA rails last for thousands.

[@vinny5203]

3d printing lowers is neat, but accessories is where it's at. TPU grips are virtually unbreakable

[@kalashnikovdevil]

I still kinda want this one 3D printed Glock lower I found.

[@vinny5203]

@@kalashnikovdevil print it, then buy special 3 pin rail form one of like 5 sites that sell it. I'm sure it isn't tracked /s

[@PreacherT5]

Guys just remember non of this stuff is 3d printed in the traditional manner. None of these products are done with filament, most are multijet fusion, which is a different process that is much stronger and is really more compared to injection molded except at a much lower production cost which is why it is popular. For people who are concerned about durability, just remember the above. This stuff is much stronger.

[@jong2359]

You can still get a lot done with FDM, you don't need to make it sound like success is out of peoples reach.

[@PreacherT5]

@@jong2359absolutely! Thats not what I am saying at all. We use it everyday for our products and just for everyday stuff. It is mainly just to explain that they are not fully similar and calling the products hop talked about being 3d printed isn’t the same as something that you 3d print at home.

[@FLSheepdog]

Most underrated comment, so many are uninformed on why "2 oz of plastic" costs $50

[@ShellShock794]

That intro gives the same vibes as "I don't need an assault rifle. All I need is my 28 inch Remington 870 with 2 birdshot and 1 buck shot!" 3D printing is lightyears ahead of where it was even 2 years ago

[@Hoplopfheil]

How many napkin rings have we got now?

[@niffirg1113]

@@Hoplopfheilthe napkin rings have pic rails and qd mounts now

[@thejay8963]

​@@Hoplopfheil Huh, that AR15 Orca sure is a weirdly shaped napkin ring...

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@Hoplopfheil We don't print napkin rings over and over, we print this silly little boat called Benchy over and over and over and.... On the plus side, in addition to printing pews and pew accessories, I've also been able to replace plastic clips on my ancient beater, make a shop vac adapter for my power saw, door stops, closet rod mounts, drilling jigs.... I kid you not, I even printed off jumbo zip ties in nylon that were fully functional. When it comes to one-offs and custom parts, it's pretty hard to beat.

[@diabolicalfox]

​@@HoplopfheilDamn, dude, I didn't think that the people playing with plastic in their basement could be so snobby, but you seem to have brought them all out of the woodwork 😂

[@TheRealXrayDoc]

People seriously underestimate the strength of PLA Pro and PA6-CF

[@livefreeprintguns]

I see a fellow Polymaker enjoyer in the comments.

[@uglyjihad]

​@@livefreeprintguns I wanna see a hop and Hoffman tactical collab

[@картошка-т5э]

​@@livefreeprintgunspolymaker didn't invent either of those things? A lot of brands have a pa6-cf?

[@livefreeprintguns]

@@картошка-т5э Google PLA Pro and let me know what is the first result... most other PLA manufactures always called it PLA+

[@hotspalling]

How the fuck are people still repeating the 50 rounds line 🤣🤣🤣

[@cmdxx]

the entire point is having a ghost gun, buying 90% of a glock or whatever for the same price is nothing when a lower is $10

[@meanman6992]

I 3D print pure nylon 9x19 sabots… they go 2400+fps with a 42gr copper solid projectile. Suck that 5.7! 2400+fps is with G17L, G19 =2250. Winchester AutoComp powder… do your own load development but 9.3gr works for me. Also nylon CF is nice… got a brace for a CZ scorpion that I like made this way. You can also use TPU for weapon light covers…

[@Minuteman_Medic]

But Hop one guy broke his OHC light cap one time! It's so over for 3d printing! On a serious note, I've got a killflash for my AEMS and having it be a flip down thing is the best of both worlds. If I wanna passive aim, I can just flip it down and not need to worry about a little piece I gotta stow in my kit. And shoutout Hammy3DPrints for the best light caps.

[@allcapsboy9139]

back to mild steel!

[@therealryan55]

I second Hammy! He’s got fantastic products at an even better price

[@hammy3dprints]

@@therealryan55 thank you guys, I appreciate it!

[@Minuteman_Medic]

@therealryan55 For real. $15 for a light cap and he ships same day. I'm an unpaid Hammy shill.

[@blackhand9581]

>What is it good for? Other than printing custom Monopoly pieces and napkin holders? Oh, I don't know, helping in the production of weapons to fight off a military dictatorship in Myanmar by making parts of it accessible and affordable?

[@Borderline5440]

"Myanmar"

[@clockwather]

​@@diabolicalfoxrebels in Myanmar are using a 3d printed PCC called the FGC-9

[@diabolicalfox]

@@clockwather I misread the original comment. That's actually impressive

[@leckercidre160]

Military dictatorships are cool though.

[@diabolicalfox]

@@leckercidre160 😑

[@livefreeprintguns]

Weird, I have a bunch of 3D printed content on my channel and I've only had one major failure and that was due to a bad design by the developer.

[@scott_hunts]

Hop is right, 95% of 3d2a is retards.

[@turnermd1302]

50 dollar lightcap? I thought the hype behind 3d printing was that you could make shit at home for cheap, what is this new trend of paying companies to print shit and then selling it for an absurd price?

[@Hoplopfheil]

Time is money

[@camamations1573]

@@Hoplopfheil I don't think that print could be any longer than 30 minutes, and would use a couple cents worth of PLA.

[@DavidsLongRangeShooting]

I've built frames that have lasted a couple thousand rounds, but after the first time doing it you really lose the novelty. Flip side of learning to do that is using your newly found knowledge in conjunction with computer skills to automate annealing and reloading, in addition to making your life easier. The open source rebellious spirit of the GUNCAD community is an added bonus.

[@GregsGruns]

A lot of people don’t know this, but the turrets for your magnifier are actually for your “back zero”, a special type of zero specifically for Reddit mods

[@OneTonneNoodles]

2:25 The other players are not connected to the lobby properly. Their avatars are t-posing.

[@theLeadGin]

The only dumb thing about 3D printing is paying these "companies" to print the shit.😂

[@hb3n164]

Hop mentioning warhammer 40k wasnt something that i expected to experience in my life

[@oblivionspartan]

He did multiple hours long Marathon lore videos lol

[@Gameknigh]

Hop is actually a nerd, he even had a gaming channel for like 6 years, but I think he forgot the password or something.

[@joeymedina7115]

Those Eotech kill flashes never made sense to me but a lot of people have been defending them probably cause they were tricked into buying them. And I’m pretty sure Eotech’s have their own anti reflective layer on the front lens already.

[@Sad_Children]

I bought one because it looks cool, does absolutely nothing though other than start conversations

[@Skifahrer805]

Hop x PSR : the most polar opposite personalities of all guntubers

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

One specific moment caused a complete 180 in my view of 3D printed guns: the creation of the FAMAR, a FAMAS clone that uses AR parts. I went from having absolutely no interest in printing to immediately needing to get started. I'm currently looking into making an FGC-9 as a starting point.

[@prestonanderson-b2v]

People don’t print them because the are reliable, they print them because it’s fun

[@DustyGamma]

There's different levels of 3D printing, and laser sintering is up at top level. (Pretty sure all of these are laser sintered, but I'm not certain...)

[@Falconguygaming]

Mjf iirc

[@frankholub4673]

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE

[@DelightfulTyrant]

Boomer seething that 3d printing is useful.

[@z33d6]

Thumbs up for a realistic approach. Everytime I see a video or an article about 3D printed gun it turns out that someone printed a circle and bought the rest of the owl at a gun shop.

[@mastermnd22]

Look we found someone with her head buried in the sand like hop.

[@z33d6]

@@mastermnd22 Alright, then show us an example. A fully 3D printed gun, including 3D printed barrel and receiver, that you can shoot more than once without the risk of losing your fingers. Using commercially available tooling and materials.

[@mastermnd22]

@@z33d6 whats the point of a 3d printed barrel when you can use a tube of metal. Your argument is weak. The FGC9 requires absolutely no pre manufactured parts. And has already been put into active service.

[@z33d6]

@@mastermnd22 Hey, thanks for sharing, I'm really greatful. I live across the pound, actually quite close to the constructor of the gun you've mentioned and I have to admit I know very little about guns. I always thought that (a) gun manufacactures are ordering barrels from certain German company because it's important in the process, and (b) you can't simply plug a cartridge inside a pipe and strike it with a nail because it will expload and take your fingers away (there's a guy on yt who was shooting 50 BMG and got a serious hand injury TWICE despite shooting from a reputable firearm). The reason I was so skeptical is that in the past there was plenty of mass media coverage of "3d printed guns" but it was always the "owl" scenario, simply we 3d print a nerf gun and put a glock receiver and a barrel inside. For me, living across the pond, where having a gun is as probable as having a space rocket and possesing a single cartridge can put you in jail for at least 3 years, these claims seemed ridiculous.

[@TheDankCat127]

Spending $60 for a kill flash on an optic that has no reflection is the most Instagram brained thing I can think of.

[@TheMikeshannon]

Anything with glass can have a reflection. Eotechs just don't have the red flash everyone associates with red dots

[@Woodland_Warrior]

they certainly reflect. my group’s own testing has shown this quite consistently and has given positions away that otherwise would not have. EOTechs, Aimpoints, LPVOs, etc.

[@diabolicalfox]

Eotechs have no forward light emissions, that's different from no reflections

[@mapled3135]

@@diabolicalfoxno. eotechs have no reflective glass coatings found in other optics, besides forward emitters.

[@Trooper1911]

You need to collab with Print Shoot Repeat to see what 3d printed firearms are really about

[@stetsoncalhoon6341]

I’m almost certain hop and Lucas have very similar opinions on PSR, Hop just has the sensibilities to not soy rage about it for no reason and make a fool out of himself.

[@Trooper1911]

@stetsoncalhoon6341 ehh, Hop doesnt seem like a religious nutjob unsure of his own sexuality (at least I doubt James would associate with him in that case), i suggested this thinking that Hop is one of the few guys that are open to openly admitting they changed their opinion based on X or Y, like his critique of some of the Thunder Ranch points

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@Trooper1911 Hop is a proud lesbian aunt.

[@5265060]

@@stetsoncalhoon6341 idk maybe it's just me but this video is pretty ignorant. " don't 3d print yourself, its expensive to get into, just buy the glock. and also buy this $57! 3d printed magwell flare you could make for less than $2" I'm paraphrasing but find it hilarious someone smart like hop could have such a shit take.

[@stetsoncalhoon6341]

@@Trooper1911 No dispute there, brother. Also I’m gay.

[@YeeBoiiLuhsLearning]

$57 for a flared magwell, BRO

[@turnermd1302]

Actually disgusting lol

[@diabolicalfox]

​@@godlikemachine645That assumes you already have a $1000 printer and multiple weeks worth of time on your hands tho

[@clockwather]

​@diabolicalfox sure if you want to go one for one with them using nylon but you can get great results from a 2-300 dollar printer, a few days on learning amd using the machine and using PETG

[@diabolicalfox]

@clockwather I'm bad at math, but according to my calculations that's still 5 times as much + a decent time investment for something that's probably shittier. I can understand wanting to make things yourself, but to act like others are crazy for not wanting to do the same, and people repeating the "just two dollars bro" lie is really annoying

[@thatdudnum67potatoe45]

That’s doable with a 150 roller printer 20 cents of filament and half a hour of print time

[@sniffer123-z1o]

0:02 how dare you

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

It's true

[@sniffer123-z1o]

@@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904 i bet you prob know nothing about 3d printing not trying to be a asshole just if you would have known the world of 3d printed guns you wouldnt have said what you said sorry for the rant

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

@@sniffer123-z1o lol

[@RealBenAnderson]

Six men came to kill me one time. And the best of 'em carried this. It's a Callahan full-bore auto-lock. Customized trigger, double cartridge thorough gauge. It is my very favorite gun… This is the best gun made by man. It has extreme sentimental value… I call it Vera.

[@lukerestlessstudios]

3D Printing is really starting to arrive.

[@BuckF0eJiden]

3d printing has saved me a ton of money. Mostly on pistol grips, foregrips, kill flashes etc.

[@TerriblyTactical]

Remember when you did nothing but shit on 100 concepts lightcap....I memberrrr

[@Hoplopfheil]

You're probably confused

[@TerriblyTactical]

@@Hoplopfheil must've been an inside job

[@ImGoingBerserk]

Pepperidge Farm members

[@TerriblyTactical]

@@ImGoingBerserk yeah they do.

[@turnermd1302]

As he should have, 50 dollars for a plastic lightcap is actually absurd, I don't care how much "R&d" or whatever went into it, that's highway robbery lol I can print my own for less than 3 bucks, or better yet use a strip of electrical tape and keep my hard-earned shekels

[@stonegiant4]

I mostly just print railcovers so my rifle can match my programmer socks.

[@athmaid]

These parts look SLS printed, hardly comparable to your average FDM printer at home. These parts are practically one piece instead of a bunch of layers barely connected to one another. SLS printers are notoriously expensive (and with Micronics bought up by Formlabs, this won't change anytime soon).

[@kooldoor69]

Be careful, Lucas might call you gay like he did our boy PSR.

[@jorgenjorgensen656]

Twink on Twink violence needs to stop!

[@edwardgaspar5428]

PSR is unironically jacked compared to lucas.

[@PrussianPushma]

​@@edwardgaspar5428that was gay

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

​@@edwardgaspar5428 twink, twunk, c'est la meme chose

[@nato1020]

Lucas=Tween that is team Edward, not team Jacob.

[@I_am_ENSanity]

I think PSR has shown how far 3d printing has come.

[@MF_UNDERTOW]

As well as fleshlight suppressors

[@clutchboi4038]

hoffman tactical more so imo. psr is cool but he just presses print with bs PLA filament and makes cool vid with a funny song. hoffman designs from the ground up, gets into talking about filament selection and machine settings, stress tests new designs and shows how to design around filament limitations etc. to me hoffman is the goat.

[@samduffy7628]

I am once again asking for your 1301 and/or shotgun review

[@TommVenable]

As someone who owns a 3D print farm and applies it to the gun community regularly, the skill of designing and 3D printing your own solutions allows you to truly reach the peak of “build your kit for what you do”. And 3D printed solutions, with the right materials, can be mind bogglingly reliable.

[@popinmo]

when i first got into 3d printed i had lot of issues but when you get a nicer printer it changes alot having auto leveling and direct drive makes it useable

[@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28]

Looking at getting a printer myself. Any recommendations for a budget of around 1-1.5k bucks?

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28 If you're a tinkerer, a $200 Ender 3 and $1000 in parts can get you a machine that rivals industrial FDM printers. However, if you prefer a turnkey solution with minimal troubleshooting and a shallow learning curve, a Prusa Mk4 isn't a bad way to go. Somewhere in between that is building a CoreXY kit printer (HyperCube Evo for instance), but in my experience that sort of project is better as a second printer instead of your first one, since you'll have a better idea of how they work and what you want to do with them after your first one.

[@popinmo]

@@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28 sovol printers are amazing I have the sovol svo6+ it can print anything and it's a large enough space for a kp15 lower it's a 200-300 printer there is also the Bambu labs printer but the one I have is more cost efficient

[@wildcat8598]

3D printing has some cool things you can make and even some cool pew parts. I want a 3D milling machine. Something that uses metals rather than plastics and polymers.

[@mguerrrero]

Bro likes concepts

[@すどにむ]

The true purpose of killflash is always to stop glass hungry 6mm BB while not looking like an airsofter

[@Sloppyclock]

Cheap alternative to the 100C light caps are caps off plastic bottles and caps off the Colemans propane canisters. Both fit snuggly on the light (I used them on my Malkoff E2HT head) and cheap/free and easy to replace

[@turnermd1302]

I have a ziplock baggy full of water bottle caps with electrical tape covering them for this exact reason, I'll be damned if I'm spending 50 bucks on a plastic lightcap, that's absurd lol

[@hateferlife]

Absolutely. I've made field expedient covers out of electrical tape (always on kit) and MRE cardboard.

[@bilbobaggins8876]

I've been 3d printing for several years now, and can say, although I've never printed a gun, i have printed a lot of accessories that have held up of years now and can do so without "endless test prints to level the bed".

[@theKashConnoisseur]

I feel like Hop's "bed level test prints" notion must come from _severely_ outdated information. After all, for the past several years every Chinese plastic pusher has come with a BLTouch clone, making bed leveling as easy as adding a line to your pre-print GCODE.

[@Alexanderofthe9th]

The planet broke before the Gaurd did

[@kaboomluong9373]

Damn man, he ain't talking about miniatures

[@Alexanderofthe9th]

@@kaboomluong9373 did you watch the video yet?

[@Alexanderofthe9th]

12:25 ​@@kaboomluong9373

[@BenfromFlux]

One of the problems is conflating a dude printing PLA FDM with properly engineered nylon MJF parts - both are “3D printing” but are massively different.

[@Hoplopfheil]

Whichever kind they're doing over on twitter doesn't impress me lol

[@nurse-dude]

Guy from One hundred concepts is a fellow nurse, love their products 🤙

[@milk_yt]

I've never thought I'd see a Hop(lopfheil) video mentioning programmer socks and that 3D printed stuff may have some qualities

[@jacobdeem8187]

100 concepts makes cool stuff but they want top dollar for printed plastic. I'm speaking specifically about their front scope cap for any large optic at $115.00 bucks ish.

[@DrGamingDude]

The light cap is about $0.25 of filament and around 30 mins to print at the most.

[@jacobdeem8187]

@@DrGamingDude that was my thoughts. I mean I know they have the cost of the machine but you can get into MK and or tenebraex for that kind of money. They should sell them for whatever they want but I'm too practical for that lol.

[@rywiotyme232]

3d printing becomes a lot more useful in an airsoft space. without the need for all of the strength of a real firearm, i have seen people 3d print 99% of a gun and have to buy 1%x

[@ArmadilloArmament]

Man, this was gonna be my next video but you beat me to it! A couple of quick opinions: Instead of spending over $100 with 100 Concepts, there's a company called Hammy's 3D Prints that offers very similar products at a significantly lower cost. I've been testing their light cover and Eotech kill flash, and I've had good experiences so far. (I do not think 100 concepts products should be as crazy expensive as they are). Additionally, my favorite benefits of the scope cap for eotech and WML light cap are the protection they offer to the devices. If you aren't running suppressed, the cap will keep carbon off your light, which I find valuable on its own. The killflash also prevents debris, mud, and scratches from affecting your optic, which has proven useful recently. Excellent video as always hop!

[@theKashConnoisseur]

There's also STLs available for free that allow you to print your own nightcaps and killflashes, if you have a 3D printer already. Honestly, it's the best $250 I ever spent, printing firearms accessories is only a drop in the ocean for what you can do.

[@ArmadilloArmament]

@@theKashConnoisseur absolutely I’m actually looking into getting a printer to make my own designs. Any recommended printer?

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@ArmadilloArmament I started with an Ender 3, and it's been a good little machine. If you're not a huge fan of Chinese products, the Prusa Mk4 is a well regarded and high quality printer. But this is one of those cases where the $200 chinese stuff is arguably "just as good" as the $1000 european stuff. It's hard to make a lot of brand recommendations because there's so many carbon copy printers from different Chinese brands. But as long as you're not cheaping out too hard and are reading reviews, you're likely to get something that'll do the job well enough.

[@ArmadilloArmament]

@@theKashConnoisseur Thank you for the information.

[@hammy3dprints]

@@ArmadilloArmamentender for starting out is good to learn about the printer and printing in general and troubleshooting. To skip that for the most part, prusa and bambu labs

[@Azra_Fox]

You can 3D print those kill flashes real small. The issue is the structural integrity dies when that mesh becomes so fine. But when it's made of metal, you don't have to worry about that.

[@onehundredconcepts]

Thank you for giving our stuff a shot!

[@RustyShackleford556]

There's a new 3D printed Mac-upper-based PDW that actually kicks ass, not the Mac n Cheese but the name slips my mind.

[@EricDaMAJ]

Someday 3D printing will live up to the hype. If AI doesn’t kill us all first.

[@diabolicalfox]

Someday it will, and all of these cultists will stop having to cope so much over the fact that they spent way more money and time to get something way worse than they could have just bought

[@EricDaMAJ]

@@diabolicalfox Only a few months ago I saw a guy "solve" a problem 3d printing a base for mounting an antenna on his van. A base he could've made with duct tape or $3 worth of random rubber bits and glue.

[@kilroy5166]

@@godlikemachine645 It really doesnt

[@kilroy5166]

@@godlikemachine645 Luty did that in the 70s

[@kylequinn1963]

I mean, the idea that 3D printing is a waste of plastic is just incorrect. You're correct that MOST people waste plastic that's a fact, but the process itself is insanely useful for producing parts for custom or even commercial tools etc at 1/100th the retail price. That's what I use mine for anyway.

[@IvanPrintsGuns]

Aluminum guns? Really? Complete junk that will break in 50 rounds. Stop wasting your time with that junk and get a real gun like the M14. Total waste of aluminum.

[@scott_hunts]

@@IvanPrintsGuns cope and sneed

[@LibertyOrGTHO]

The conspicuity of the flashlight lens during the day at a very wide array of angles is massive. Keep the light capped unless you're doing cqb indoors. That lens can be sent for hundreds of yards away during the day

[@Mustard_Face]

Inb4 Lucas calls you a closeted gay for enjoying 3D printing stuff. Tbf Lucas does seem to be the authority on being closeted.

[@rickh9396]

Congratulations on hitting 200K subscribers, Hop!

[@blarggimblies2008]

Hops just mad that PSR is an objectively better yt channel

[@blodus4521]

🤣

[@FLATLANDERZUNLIMITED]

I got into printing not long ago, after going through my AR assembly phase and P80 build/assembly phase. Yup, its a hobby...yup it can be expensive...but more doable now then ever before. I have printed many full size and sub compact frames...lots of toys...and currently working on a .223 Wylde bullpup kit, famAR. Lots of adjusting with PLA, PLA+ and TPU filaments...more than a few failures. I finally cracked the Taulman 910 Nylon filament code. Even these companies that are selling items "mainstream" 3d printed...had to learn or get schooled on how it all works to get a process down.

[@moeta486]

>programming socks contingent Based Hop

[@SirSpence99]

I have actually designed and printed hex caps for a friend of mine who does sims. First time he used it, it saved his 6 thousand dollar night vision scope. Took a lot of work to get it strong enough without reducing image quality too much. Generally I agree with your position though injection molds are not good solutions to this problem. If you aren't concerned about strength of the cap, you can make the hex patter much, much smaller by dropping nozzle size which most companies won't bother to do. It is totally reasonable to have the thickness be about 1/4 to 1/8th of the thickness from 100 concepts. The ones I made had the thickness at about 1/2 and I didn't even need to drop my nozzle size. Additionally, injection molding is going to within the next 10 years lose a lot of ground to 3d printed objects.

[@SuspiciousGanymede]

One Hundred Concepts is a good company, I'm waiting for them to make a holosun 515 slip over killflash. The screw-in killflash obscures like 30% of the red dot window.

[@markzuckerberg3128]

I've made 4 vertical foregrips with my 3d printer. They look pretty good. Saved me about 80 bucks. If they break which is not likely, it's not a big deal since a VFG is not necessary.

[@jacobtedder4813]

PSR collab when

[@desperado8605]

Haven't done much 2a printing yet but for my saddle hunting,reloading and archery stuff I've had great results

[@diabolicalfox]

Who could have known so many people could be so sensitive about printed pieces of plastic?

[@Hoplopfheil]

I had a sneaking suspicion.

[@Honey_butter_mmm]

Hop the camera man will not steal your soul keep up the good work

[@lailer1975]

I live life in 3D. Drinkin’ Drivin’ Denying the Holocaust.

[@BlackMetalVengeance]

Based.

[@johnwarthunder1990]

As an aside I work in plastic injection molding and we use 3D printing to make jigs and such for use in the manufacture of thousands of different parts.

[@BlitzKriegFM]

Cringe vid.

[@MatterMadeMoot]

Glad you're finally Team Flow 556k Hop.

[@tackytrooper]

I came for the review of killflashes, and stayed for the cat paw-holding.

[@petesheppard1709]

When I saw the title, I thought 3D printed cans would be the subject. I've heard good things.

[@JustEnterAName]

Still works. Better than the 1 shot pockets that were dropped back in the day.

[@Grand-Master-Azrael]

I want to add that something like a Mesh is EXTREMELY hard to Injection mold since its so fine. What would work better is FDM printing the overall big adapter out of something like CF NYlon or CF PETG since theyre jigh in strench/temp resistance etc. , since a tolerance of .1mm is acceptable. And then inserting, clapming or something else a Resin printed or metal mesh into the design. Resin printers have the ability to make designs that are complex and small or another level, and if you take a high strengh resin I believe that could work out pretty well, maybe not commercially, but atleast on a DIY level.

[@kalobmcnight2749]

Even with cheap modern printers (such as the ender 3 v3 ke) you do not need test prints really ever. I just got a new one and my first print was a Glock frame, second was a ar lower, both should last me a few thousand rounds at least in the Utah heat and if a problem comes up its like a dollar and 8 hours to reprint.

[@theKashConnoisseur]

A few years ago you'd need test prints on an Ender 3, but that was before every cheap Chinese printer came with auto bed leveling by default.

[@kalobmcnight2749]

@theKashConnoisseur exactly. I have a ender 3 v2 from 2021 and it's a nightmare with tons of tests and failures, but that's just not how it is anymore. A couple of years does wonders for new technologies.

[@nmtay]

Love the HRF Concepts Ramp for the ModButton Lite.

[@stevailo]

Had the same thinking process about 3D printing to use on pistols and came to the same conclusions. Cool for some niche applications (I use a 3D printed thumb rest and oversized magazine button on my IPSC pistol), not strong enough for anything substantial. The cost factor is even better for me since those pieces were previously metal, and nobody would ever bother to make molds for them

[@exorevbivoevturque]

Love this video ❤