Thangles v1.1 by Thanhtacles

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A fully printable nerf magazine in the geometry of Worker angled Talons. Options for any size capacity to suit your custom loadout. Requires just a drum spring, though they will also work with existing rectangular coil springs. Easy fast assembly with no screws, glue, or tools.
Settings:
-Infill: optional
-Supports: None. The body has built-in support and built-in brims to secure the print, and are easily removed.
-Temperature: 210 initial layer, 200 after. bed initial layer ~65+, ~55+ after.
-Bridging: Bridge Wall Flow <40%, or any good bridging setting.
-Combing mode: On (recommended but not necessary; it'll guarantee prevention of any wisps between walls)
Assembly:
1) Pinch the walls in to dislodge support connection
2) 1 Body, 1 Lid, 1 Follower, 1 Bumper, 1 spring
3) Slot the drum spring in first.
4) Gently prey the walls of the mag body to slot in the follower. It's easier to press the drumspring down a little bit as you wedge the follower in over the drumspring.
5) Slide the lid in from the bottom
Bonus tips and neat deetz:
-The looped rangerplate bumpers are reverse compatible with existing injection molded angled Talon mags as well. Conversely, actual Talon base-plates will also work on these printed mags.
-If you want to switch the drum spring to the other side of the mag, just mirror the follower in your slicer.
-A common problem with long tall printed objects is the tendency for the walls to additively curl and lift the ends up because of the natural contraction of filament as it cools in higher layers. I figured out how to resolve this by breaking up long extrusion paths with those little parallelogram indentations (chevrons) on the side of the mag. They serve dual purpose as a functional solution to the lifting problem, disguised into a decaling. The number of chevrons indicate capacity for the mag.
-You can repurpose those old Worker hex-mag/pmag springs for these mags, up to 15-18 rounders.
-Outofdarts also sells spare extralong coil springs for mags which are compatible with these, though you may have to cut them.
-The Thangle_Baseplate_Edge_v1.stl can be used on Worker's angled Talons too, to mildly increase your capacity by about 1 dart, if not make a little extra room so as to not oversquash when overloading.
-With drumspring, this magazine is actually totally functional with 3 pieces; a body, lid, and follower. Regular use, dirt, and debris actually does not impede the function of magazine.
-Inspect the for burs and seam bumps on the inside of the follower channel, making sure there is nothing in the path of collision of the follower.
-STEP files are available in the optional zip folder; take note that the walls of the mag body are slightly tilted inward to apply captive tension against the lid.
Acknowledgements:
Thank you Taffy for christening the name. Thank you Pandamonium, PiggyJJ, ValorLionheart, for beta-testing.
I have a paypal tip jar for any appreciations. <3.
Changelog:
[2021-03-27] At special request to add even smaller size mags below 10 rounds, in a zip now added
[2021-04-04] Updated Body and Lid to v1.1 to accommodate for flexible/magnetic print beds that may force-lift at corners. This phenomenon causes the back/front to to be smaller and thus bind the dart above 38mm. New deeper chevron cuts should also help. Also added some pseudoknurling to the front and back walls (adapted from previous mag designs) to ensure smoother movement gliding. Body and Lid folders reorganized.
[2021-04-07] Added minor change to the STEP file too, now uploaded.