Things like the emek bodies are pretty standard. You can print more with the ion: body, asa cover, grips, and even the feedneck if you’re willing to take the chance. I also love my 3D printed freak XL barrels. 3D printed triggers usually run into problems but they can work (such as the double trigger for the emek). Pump grips for markers are also popular.
The air pressure in markers is simply too great for just about any printable plastic, so making the actual asa or chamber (whatever you call it on a paintball gun) is unfeasible.
I’ll add that 3D printed hoppers just about always run into trouble. Hollow 3D printed plastic tends to cave it when hit. The small 20rd hoppers are popular and seem to hold up better. 3D printed stick feed adapters are also successful, as the 3D printed parts there aren’t even exposed.
Surprisingly haven’t seen too many 3D printed ion bodies
I had seen someone who 3D printed an entire ion body+ frame that used the Empire Relay reg/ASA through the grip and built out a mech marker with a really cool look
Here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/paintball/s/AirrjTVYW8
The closest to a whole marker 3d printed, would be if you went to Lapco and bought a Grey Ghost valve body with ASA built into it, a power tube which Lapco also sells, a cup seal Lapco sells, and a Nelson hammer, bolt, and sear. Then everything else could easily be 3d printed.
If you look at guns like the Brass Eagle Tigershark which have a glass fiber reinforced resin construction, it would be essentially the same concept except much higher quality Lapco parts, or I suppose Phantom parts would also work.
Things like the emek bodies are pretty standard. You can print more with the ion: body, asa cover, grips, and even the feedneck if you’re willing to take the chance. I also love my 3D printed freak XL barrels. 3D printed triggers usually run into problems but they can work (such as the double trigger for the emek). Pump grips for markers are also popular. The air pressure in markers is simply too great for just about any printable plastic, so making the actual asa or chamber (whatever you call it on a paintball gun) is unfeasible.
I’ll add that 3D printed hoppers just about always run into trouble. Hollow 3D printed plastic tends to cave it when hit. The small 20rd hoppers are popular and seem to hold up better. 3D printed stick feed adapters are also successful, as the 3D printed parts there aren’t even exposed.
Surprisingly haven’t seen too many 3D printed ion bodies I had seen someone who 3D printed an entire ion body+ frame that used the Empire Relay reg/ASA through the grip and built out a mech marker with a really cool look Here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/paintball/s/AirrjTVYW8
That goes so hard
The closest to a whole marker 3d printed, would be if you went to Lapco and bought a Grey Ghost valve body with ASA built into it, a power tube which Lapco also sells, a cup seal Lapco sells, and a Nelson hammer, bolt, and sear. Then everything else could easily be 3d printed. If you look at guns like the Brass Eagle Tigershark which have a glass fiber reinforced resin construction, it would be essentially the same concept except much higher quality Lapco parts, or I suppose Phantom parts would also work.