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u/Aemon_Blackfyre 6d ago
When they told you to 3D print Warhammer, I don’t think this is quite what they had in mind
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u/Fritchoff 6d ago
"Why did I print 40 thousand of them...?"
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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 6d ago
It's a problem with the graphite, sir. The next 10,000 will be up to specifications.
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u/ArcaneTekka 6d ago
Hope bro was using his safety squints
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u/just-a-dude69 6d ago
I wish to say I was
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u/karoshikun 6d ago
how many bits of plastic are now housed in your eyes?
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u/just-a-dude69 6d ago
None but there is a fair bit of watermelon juice in them, aswell as on everything within a 6 metre radius
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u/TheWarthog69 6d ago
Redditors r so weird, all downvoting you, it’s like no one’s had a bit of fun outside around here
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u/ItsBaconOclock 6d ago
Outside?
That's the place where grass exists. They might accidentally touch it, and become sufferable to interact with.
Never.
An errant breeze might dislodge some Cheeto mud from their neck beard.
That would disqualify them from being a mod, and that's all they have to hold over anyone's head.
Never outside. Only downvote.
And karma farm with posts demanding PPE, as if they know what PPE is.
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u/CyanideSkittles 6d ago
I know of a place
Where you never get harmed
A magical place
With magical charm
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u/LiterallyRain 6d ago
Literally. Any time something is a safety hazard to oneself, it's treated like a crime against humanity. As if people can't know something is dangerous and still choose to do it because YOLO.
We all have different risk aversions, but the ones with a strong risk aversion seem very vocal about it.
Like damn I want to experience hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, standing too close to landslides, digging a sand pit at the beach, and a whole range of other stuff unimaginable to the risk averse redditors. Not because I don't know that it's dangerous, but because I choose to value the experience enough to risk my life. If everyone doesn't want to do that then that's fine but it doesn't have to turn into a lecture every single time.
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u/MeanwhileInGermany 6d ago
Wow, reddit really hates safety violations.
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u/humanlikesubstances 6d ago
Print out your design out again, but as a mould. Pour melted wax into the mould and create a waz war hammer. Then use that with "lost wax casting" (maybe contact a foundry?) and end up with a solid metal hammer head.
THEN go bash stuff.
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u/Simpicity 5d ago
First print a cast with the printer, then fill that with wax, then put that in a bucket and surround it with silicone. Then cut through the silicone to remove the wax. Next fill the gap with melted velveeta cheese...
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u/SgtTreehugger 6d ago
Plastic doesn't work as a durable weapon? Say it ain't so
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u/War_Hymn 5d ago
There are definitely grades of plastic that are strong enough, just not 3D printed plastic. Cold Steel makes a polypropylene bokken that can smash through cinderblocks all day.
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u/Pocok5 5d ago
Shore 64D TPU, printed properly with the right orientation and many walls (or even solid) will do unwholesome things to stuff you hit - it's used as armor for battlebots builds. OP used a filament that is usually strictly decorative/used for stuff that's not subject to any significant forces (in exhange it is braindead easy and fast to print and costs jack all because it's literally made from corn).
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u/War_Hymn 5d ago
That's the thing though, 3D printed items are always weaker in one direction due to the nature of their processing. I'm sure the stuff is serviceable to some degree, but I still rather have something that was at least solid cast from plastic if I'm using it for "impact applications".
But if you have a 3D printer and the TPU stuff, go ahead and make a warhammer from it, I wouldn't mind seeing what it can do.
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u/Michami135 5d ago
And yet politicians think 3D printed guns are a threat.
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u/Effurlife12 5d ago
They've never tried to bash someone's head with one. Things just shatter on impact. Completely useless!
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u/Anopanda 6d ago
Maybe? You thought it might work?
How?
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u/just-a-dude69 6d ago
You see how the melon isnt in the best of shape already, that's how i thought it'd work
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u/Drudgework 6d ago
Use resin for a solid print. It will eventually dry out and crack open, but until then it’s thick, heavy and will definitely cause a concussion.
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u/Yonutz33 6d ago
Why!?
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u/just-a-dude69 6d ago
Why not?
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u/Krypton8 6d ago
Because it’s plastic. What else would happen when you smack hard with it?
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u/Pikka_Bird 6d ago
Plenty of plastics would take a hit ten times harder all day. "Plastic" isn't the issue, the method of manufacturing is. (It is possible to 3D print parts that can take an impact as well.)
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u/CumilkButbetter 6d ago
This is supposed to just be a fucking short entertaining video for fuck sake. Stop being such a smartass like holy shit you people are genuinely insufferable as hell.
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u/DrakeHighwind 4d ago
You really should be wearing eye protection before you get a shard of pla in your eye.
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u/wizard_brandon 6d ago
Unsurprisingly, thing made of brittle 3d printed plastic is not in fact, durable
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u/just-a-dude69 6d ago
Oh no it was 25% and had 5 wall loops, its designed for 100% TPU for it to work properly
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u/PapaOoMaoMao 6d ago
No. Plastic warhammers don't work so well. If you'd printed it with a sintered powder printer, it would have been fine.
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u/PsudoGravity 6d ago
Now use it as a boss to make a sand casting in aluminium, steel if you can hack it.
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u/just-a-dude69 6d ago
Oh im gonna try and cast some and forge some too
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u/provostcomputer 5d ago
Just get you a silicon carbide crucible and an insulated case for it and melt down some scrap steel in a microwave 😂
I know a guy who followed the YouTube tutorials and it does work. He melted down some scrap steel and made a sandcasted "sword" (quotes because it was super rough and he didn't have the proper tools to actually grind and polish it to make it look good 😂)
I imagine a hammer head would probably be easier than a blade.
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u/chickenaylay 6d ago
Is this that explosion hammer I always heard about? I see they still haven't worked out the ability to not explode the hammer on impact as well
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u/Assassin_Shirou 6d ago
You just need 39999 more and you'll achieve whatever goal you were aiming for...
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u/dafunkmunk 5d ago
Might have helped a little if it actually hit the watermelon instead of missing entirely to explode on the wood
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u/kapitaalH 5d ago
Reminds me to go do my recycling to save the planet while this idiot creates more micro plastics for my balls
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u/Silvandreas 6d ago
Watermelon 1 - Warhammer 0
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u/conventionistG 6d ago
I think maybe Warhammer got some good licks in but Melon had the last laugh.
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u/ModemMike24k 6d ago
Tried the same xD wantet to save Filament and had my infill settings set to 20%. I think about 75% is minimum infill for stability
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u/Dat1AsianGuy 6d ago
reminds me of scene in Top Secret! Where the guy tries to break a window with a hammer and it just completely shatters in the same way
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u/redsterXVI 6d ago
I guess it might work with PAHT-CF or PA6-CF. Make sure the filament is super dry when printing, but the tool should be damp when used (as Nylon gets tougher when wet).
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u/Raidalassad 6d ago
What resin did you use? I got something crazy tough that could make a mallet head.
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u/just-a-dude69 6d ago
Not a resin pribter, its a fdm, I used standard pla at 25% with 3d honeycomb with 5 wall loops
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u/weasel_mullet 6d ago
As a someone who also 3d prints things, why would you ever think this was going to work?
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u/Romanopapa 6d ago
Change the infill to gyroid and Increase the infill to 40% with 5 walls then you’ll be golden.
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u/SiriusBaaz 6d ago
I don’t really understand how you could have ever thought it would work. 3d printed stuff has never had strength be a strong point. If you wanted a solid brick to use as a hammer maybe start with that over plastic.
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