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3d printed bag filler

Fast14riot

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Looking at the 21st Century ($55) and PMA ($30) bag fillers and have to think that someone has made a file for 3d printing for a more reasonable cost that fits a water bottle or Gatorade bottle. Anyone know of any? Or, if someone wants to design one to fit a 38-400 thread and I have a good supply of filament wound tubing (think kite spars) I could cut up for filler nozzles and bottles to fit. Hell, if it were designed to fit a 1lb Hodgdon powder bottle that would be even easier. Maybe this will be the project that forces me to buy a 3d printer so I can spend $500+ to save money on a $30 part (kinda like reloading).

Links to what I'm talking about.


 
Go to your local grocery store and get a dispensing bottle for Ketchup or Mustard.
I've had to cut the tips off and control the size of the hole in the funnel!
Less than $2.00
Bottles and tubing is not a problem for me (I have a free supply of those) but the specific design of bag fillers like that is what I'm after.
 
The funnel I got from Sinclair (I think) has a tube that, as I remember, could be approximated with a length of metal brake line. There are enough fittings around that you should be able to secure it to whatever kind of cap you want. Though the ketchup bottle sounds easier.
 
Looking at the 21st Century ($55) and PMA ($30) bag fillers and have to think that someone has made a file for 3d printing for a more reasonable cost that fits a water bottle or Gatorade bottle. Anyone know of any? Or, if someone wants to design one to fit a 38-400 thread and I have a good supply of filament wound tubing (think kite spars) I could cut up for filler nozzles and bottles to fit. Hell, if it were designed to fit a 1lb Hodgdon powder bottle that would be even easier. Maybe this will be the project that forces me to buy a 3d printer so I can spend $500+ to save money on a $30 part (kinda like reloading).

Links to what I'm talking about.


Tom has a 3D printer and uses it all the time. Text me if you don't have his number.
 

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