As someone who does lots of CAD work, these models are awful. I'm not sure how they even use this crap for making anything. The scans are practically unusable unless you simply use the scan as a reference and redraw the entire thing in CAD, make it solid and then use it as a subtractive model.
@@dftdbs1010 Clearly you aren't very experienced in general 3D Modeling, but ONLY CAD, else you'd realize this is the way that many products are engineered referencing existing objects.. There are ways to use these scans, and just because you lack the skill to do so, does not mean that they're bad.. 😂
Just wait for the cease and desist letters from Glock, S&W and others to start pouring in for infringement of their IP because you took an accurate 3d picture of their product. Libertarian ideals at work.
In medieval times, guilds shared technologies and artisans then tried to see who could use them to make the best products. Open source is not a new concept but it has its advantages
That really is one of the biggest advantages you humans have compared to all the other filthy animals on this planet. Being able to share information you have gained to the next generation by teaching rather than by slowly and painstakingly evolving instinct over hundreds of thousands of years humans are able to advance rapidly over hudrends of thousands of years ....
and even if the blueprints are out there, the actual craftsman/ craftswomen, tools and the materials out there is the main factors on good and lasting piece, works with USB, cables, etc. patents shouldn't the way to make monopoly but to make competitor either find a better way or buy the license to make better product.
@@fltfathin Exactly, even if I had every print, schematic, and diagram for an iPhone I wouldn't be any closer to making one than I was before. The skills and tools are the limiting factor not the specs.
T.REX Super baseed once again, standing by their commitment to the 2nd amendment and what it was originally intended for. Huge props, will always buy from you guys.
Just having modelled two "holsters" out of TPU to print and stick to the door of my gun safe by way of magnets, and having it all done using calipers only, I can very much see the benefit of your approach - even though my guns are not among the scans, I really appreciate your work - keep it up!
@@user-se2xg7tq5u Sure, np! I measure the muzzle area of the handgun and do a reasonably rough sketch of it. Then I add 2 offset curves, one 1mm and one 4mm larger, resulting in a 3mm wall. This profile I extruded for some 80mm and added a cutout for the trigger guard. Then I proceeded to add geometry to harbor my screw-in magnets and connected everything so that it would print without supports. Finishing touches are fillets and chamfers. Print in TPU to protect the surface of the guns. Finished product sticks to the safe wall, gun is inserted from above and rests on the trigger guard in the aforementioned cutout. Hope that makes sense ;-)
at least you have a gun safe. So you have a chance your children won't shoot you. And it proves you don't have the guns for self defense, because it takes too long to open the safe and get the separately stored ammunition, right?
With the context of aircraft added, I really appreciate that T-rex open sourced their stuff. Aircraft maintenance manuals are monetized via subscription on top of the barrier to entry FAA regulatory BS.
most of the innovations never came from within the industry anyway. true for almost all industries. almost always an outsider with original ideas. decentralizing the military industrial complex will also mean the public becomes a driving force on what projects where and why, anything that diminishes corporate oligarchical and government power is a move in the right direction.
You could have kept this data for yourselves or sold them for profit. Instead you give them up freely to further the industry. You have just gained my full support.
This is a great way to help. I've seen people make stuff that has been around for generations and update it with modern materials (such as rosaries) and then sue other makers for making a similar product as if they think they have the sole rights to an idea that has been around for generations. I've seen this happen with not only rosaries but coin purses and knives as well. The fact you are putting your hard earned data and product designs out there for public use for free shows you care more about the industry you're in and it's development than you do about profit.
You guys are doing incredible stuff. Open-sourcing all of this data is really big of y’all, and it shows that y’all care about more than just making more money. Counter-intuitively, this move will likely end up making you guys more money than if y’all hadn’t shared this data. Love it.
I love how Isaac just knows his stuff! Such a benefit to learn from him. Thanks for more education. I am totally loving these short but informal videos!!!
Now send the 3d models to Anton Hand, developer of "Hot dogs, horseshoes & hand grenades", the best VR firearms simulator any civilian can use and enjoy.
Lightning speed prototyping is now a thing. A design can be imagined, sketched in an hour, printed in a few hours (or with emulsion printing, less than 1 hour) adjustments made in 1 hour, retried, proofed, then a CNC file for X material made in an hour. Turnaround for a new item can be less than 1 day now. Magnificent.
If anyone is interested in looking at this 3D data in an analytical way, but doesn't have an established point cloud/mesh/CAD workflow or software, you can use open source tools Cloud Compare and FreeCAD. Cloud Compare will give you the ability to open two 3d files (e.g., OBJ), overlay them, and quantitatively measure the difference between them.
T-Rex knows exactly what they’re doing. It’s all about numbers. The more people we can get involved in our community the better. Great job T-Rex, bravo👍👍
i know exactly what they're doing too. if these include scans of firearms without the slide on, it means people can print 1:1 scale frames for all the popular polymer pistols
You people are amazing! The world needs more men like you. Thank you Isaac, Lucas, and everyone at T.Rex arms for being heroes of freedom and standing up for the free market!
Not your target demographic at all but as an indie game developer this is awesome. Looking through these scans they seem to be perfect as a base for 3D modeling, thanks! :)
This was recommend to me randomly because I watched a video about 3D scanning. I think this idea is honestly good for a lot of reasons including for vfx. If you are a American citizen and not a felon you have the right to bear arms even if you print one its still your right. Its like star trek in a way, im not a huge gun person but where I live there are old random white cowboy guys that open carry and the always smile and nod, I honestly feel safer knowing they are good folks around me that would help me if need be its just sad all the crazys ruin it for everyone.
Man I’ve been thinking about getting into messing around with nylon gear for a while now. This makes me want to pull the trigger on some tooling. I really admire you guys and everything you’ve done for the industry. I try to buy everything I can from you folks because the knowledge I gain from the content really is priceless. Thank you so much for what you guys are doing.
This is awesome. As someone who has been a novice leather worker who makes IWB holsters for anyone at cost of materials only to get people carrying this will help so much. Keep up the hard work.
This is GREAT! Thank you! I love 3D modeling and animation and have been pondering for sometime how to get my hands on some scans of guns! Perfect timing and much appreciated! =D
As an aerospace engineer, I don't necessarily agree with the viewpoint about the aerospace world (regulations save lives). However, that's not the main point since y'all don't make airplanes. More to the main point of the video: this is an incredibly based approach and you are freaking awesome for doing this.
TEXTILES: You first asked what people that sew want What would work best would be printable templates similar to templates that you would buy in any sewing store or find online. Templates are basic plans to make any garment or bag. Second you asked what items I say magazine pouches and basic zipper pouches would be a great start. Thank you for all the work and free information.
You guys are the best! I can't wait to dig into those files with my 3d printers, Kydex and my leatherworking. I started making custom leather holsters for some of the officers on the Topeka police dept back in the early 90s. Techniques have come so far since then. I have most of the tools you all have but have never really combined them much but this video has given me a ton of ideas already. Been wanting to find more side hustles to augment my retirement and you all just delivered. Thanks guys, you all rock!
Thank you very much for making these available! As a hobby 3d modeler myself going into the 3d printing world and hopeful cnc machines this data will prove very useful.
I absolutely love this! This is also probably one of the best videos I've seen that shows why "Open Source" concepts still work in a capitalist economy. There's a lot of push-back on capitalism, and the power it concentrates into the few. Open Source ideas, diversified innovation and manufacturing, and letting the people choose between dozen or hundreds of quality options is the answer to power concentration. The 2A was all about power (measured in the capacity for violence) being distributed. Open Source is about the power of knowledge being distributed.
As a firearm designer who releases all his designs to the public for free so that more can be inspired to either improve my designs or make custom accessories for my designs, its brilliant to see firms following in our footsteps, this is def the future and more companies need to follow, Well done T.REX ARMS 😍😎🤓
Comming from the Software industry, I'm so excited to see other fields recognize the benefits of open-source! Everybody wins! Time to print Blue-gun-esque training tools and see how the nylon kit works in leather!
I LOVE these videos you put out. I've been in love with firearms since I was eight and I'm 46 now and looking at ways to get into the industry and start my own business. You guys are amazing, thank you for the content and inspiration.
I love y'all ("youze guys" for the yankee 2A Brothers amongst us). God Bless y'all for doing these videos. I'm a customer and now about to become a member after being a long time follower and subscriber. Two thumbs up 👍 👍🏼 because that's all the thumbs I have to give.
You guys are blown away the gun community..! So impressed with what y’all are doing..! Keep the knowledge coming..! Knowledge is power and you guys are in powering all of us..! Boardshort warrior over and out..!🤙
this is insane for someone like myself who has a printer but not enough money to buy 7 different models of flashlights and handguns. i can run a small "side hustle" for people with printed models used to create accessories. you guys are awesome
Fantastic work and great analogy with plane references. As a computer scientist and future 3D printing enthusiast and hobbyist, I find your open-source initiative extremely valuable and inspiring. This will advance the quality of firearms ownership experience and civil defence & public safety infrastructure development through evolution and growth of 3D printing entrepreneurs. Thinking beyond just the U.S., there might be a day when semi-automatic rifles are more stringently regulated and people could turn to bolt-action rifles instead - Canada :(. This is where your initiative could make a significant difference. If you could provide open-source designs for accessories, aesthetic enhancements and increase frame options, it would be incredibly helpful. Specifically, precision rifles and bolt actions used are often with inexpensive frame materials or plastic, and the option of nicer material tactical chassis in the .308 range sounds like a quality upgrade. I believe releasing open-source designs for premium chassis that could upgrade inexpensive synthetic stock rifles to sports shooting PRS style rifles would be a game-changer. Imagine if it could be done with light materials, to change the balance and weight of rifles. Chassis designs similar to MDT ESS CHASSIS SYSTEM or MDT TAC21 GEN2 CHASSIS come to mind. Additionally, if you ever plan to expand into pistol enhancements, systems like the P320 FCU Rampage Alpha would be interesting to see in an open-source format. Of course, it's important to remember that we're not talking bout the firearm part here or the action, but are focused instead on improving aesthetics and personalization and experience with pre-existing firearm. Lastly, shooting videos with these upgraded systems would be a fantastic addition to your content. It would provide practical examples of how your designs and engineering mindset enhanced the overall shooting experience. It's great to see a firearms shop approach technology community, instead of being told that firearms culture are not a technology culture and being kept apart. Looking forward to seeing where you take this initiative!
I absolutely love to see you’re making an effort to push innovation forward in the industry through accessibility. I’m looking to get started with small custom shop nylon manufacturing and a lower barrier to entry would be great for the community.
Having the files open source could save others a lot of time in modeling exact dimensions. You can take hundreds of pictures to make a model but nothing is probably as accurate as a laser based measuring.
This is amazing, it’s nice to see a company that cares more about the community than their next bonus. Well done T-Rex. On a side note, I saw this pop up on my UA-cam Home Screen and got a glance at it, but didn’t really remember much about it except that it had to do with 3D Printing. I literally spent almost all day going thru UA-cam videos trying to find this one, glad I did. Thanks for everything y’all do.
Wow, I haven't ever seen a business model like this from a manufacturing company. I'm liking the direction you are steering "open source". For a few years I have been making various types of conceal carry harnesses. The holster is the most challenging piece to get right. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Look no further than NASCAR to see how regulation hampers innovation... I congratulate T.REX for advancing innovation with this initiative, and I hope that those in the position of carrying on this initiative will do so, Godspeed to T.REX and all the future innovators!!!
@@CaptainFAL do you always backpedal to "it was just a joke bro" and personal insults when you say something stupid or are you trying something new today?
I've been following and purchasing from trex for years now. I can hardly believe this step, because for me, I'm looking to get into manufacturing. I'm currently getting setup to build and print my own models (I can print today and have been), as well as setting up my own cnc machine. My goal is to build airsoft replicas of these firearms, and while these specific scans don't get me there due to internal absences, are a step forward for me. What I would truly appreciate are the external scans of the armory. You have a library of firearms I cannot hope to possess, but have a market looking for adaptations. I also cannot currently afford my own scanner, so having someone offer that would let me begin my business with a massive leap forward.
All that you guys do for the 2A . In the courts in congress. Now this! Seams to your try to make this country America again... Stay safe and God Bless you and yours..
I've shared years of acquired more technical knowledge in multiple formats allowing people to save probably hundreds of thousands over recent years. From being able to DIY things themselves to saving repairs from things done wrong. Some has been given out by dealers that have seen a huge need for info to customers. I've done it all for free just to share and help people, nice to see others sharing too.
I even went as far as standing up to overreaching law enforcement on a firearm issue that made international news that ended up in a court battle they lost but propelled the state laws to be changed about 1 yr later giving more codified "permission" and protections regarding firearms. The battles for freedom never end
This is incredible. My wife's grandfather makes custom leather holsters and one of his biggest obstacles is having a size accurate representation, especially with lights.
Thank you for sharing. I am an engineer from Texas and own a machine shop. I have been planning on making different accessories for hand guns, so this will be perfect for my business. Thank you!
I love the open source mindset. I have no idea what I would even do with these files but I'm pumped that they're out in the wild and some smart cookie can do something really awesome they wouldn't be able to otherwise
Why did you remove the majority of the guns you uploaded to GrabCAD? Now there's just Glocks, Glock clones, 2011s and Berettas. Last week there were also CZs, HKs, S&Ws and many more. Why take them down?
@@isaacbotkintrex I was really wondering what would be the point of publishing them and then immediately taking them down. I have only a passing familiarity with GrabCAD, so I have no idea why GrabCAD would be messing with your files. Because they're hosting a lot of other gun stuff, so I doubt it's an anti-gun thing.
I have to say, this is one of the most interesting things I have heard on YT. Pretty cool I think. I really hope some young creative entrepreneurs can see this for what it is….. I can’t wait to see how this plays out… I hope as good as I think the potential here is!
Regulation definitely has an adverse effect on change and innovation, and sometimes even improvements. If you regulate something you diminish the pool of users, which hurts the institutional knowledge base and the growth of that platform. However, regulation is important to ensure that prior mistakes are not repeated, and we continue to build off a known baseline that works. There is a balance to be struck. A perfect example in the firearms world is SAAMI specifications. While it isn't an outright regulation to adhere to SAAMI specs, unless your cartridge gets a SAAMI designation it will likely die a very quiet death. Other manufacturers will not risk their money and reputation on a new cartridge they had no hand in developing, either by making firearms in that cartridge or ammunition. So coming to a centralized agreement on how to manufacture ammunition sets the groundwork for others to build from. This isn't a great example though since there are few drawbacks to participating, and it's not legally required. Aerospace is a much different market though. The needs of consumers, the amount of equipment involved, the manufacturing required are all different from the firearms market. Plus the potential for catastrophic lose of life is much greater. If a firearm breaks and fires without input from the owner, someone may lose their life. If an airplane loses power, departs flight unexpectedly, or breaks apart the lose of life can be much higher. Not just for those aboard, but for anyone below. Plus potential damage to property. This added potential for harm means regulation is a necessity to ensure the risks are managed correctly. Obviously the amount of regulation required is debatable, but you cannot deny that a unified code of conduct with established guidelines on manufacture and maintenance is necessary.
Well I downloaded several models and imported them into blender and they're rather rough you might say. especially around the butt and the trigger areas, choppy mesh. I know they're just 3D scans but they need some cleaning up for sure. Also this might be more of a Blender issue but when I'm imported them they came in extremely huge. In Blender's metric system some were like the state of Rhode Island instead of mm or meters.
This gives me boosting vibes like back on MW on 360. Just helping out anyone looking to get started from a farther point rather than struggling to start.
Pretty awesome. And as someone still looking at general aviation from afar but with definite interest I’m very curious to hear about the effects regulation had on it.
This is what genuine care and concern for the preservation of 2nd Amendment rights looks like! Thank you T.REX for all that you do!
Background checks are tyranny, right?
Digis
As someone who does lots of CAD work, these models are awful. I'm not sure how they even use this crap for making anything. The scans are practically unusable unless you simply use the scan as a reference and redraw the entire thing in CAD, make it solid and then use it as a subtractive model.
@@dftdbs1010 Clearly you aren't very experienced in general 3D Modeling, but ONLY CAD, else you'd realize this is the way that many products are engineered referencing existing objects..
There are ways to use these scans, and just because you lack the skill to do so, does not mean that they're bad.. 😂
@@dftdbs1010if it's so useless then why stop your b#tching and do better? At least T Rex is trying to do improve the community!
Y’all are doing pretty awesome things in the firearms industry. It’s truly helping innovate our market
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Just wait for the cease and desist letters from Glock, S&W and others to start pouring in for infringement of their IP because you took an accurate 3d picture of their product. Libertarian ideals at work.
In medieval times, guilds shared technologies and artisans then tried to see who could use them to make the best products. Open source is not a new concept but it has its advantages
That really is one of the biggest advantages you humans have compared to all the other filthy animals on this planet. Being able to share information you have gained to the next generation by teaching rather than by slowly and painstakingly evolving instinct over hundreds of thousands of years humans are able to advance rapidly over hudrends of thousands of years ....
and even if the blueprints are out there, the actual craftsman/ craftswomen, tools and the materials out there is the main factors on good and lasting piece, works with USB, cables, etc. patents shouldn't the way to make monopoly but to make competitor either find a better way or buy the license to make better product.
They also didn't let anyone join they didn't like and generally prevented technical and social progress and economic development.
Yeah guilds were known for openly sharing their specific industry knowledge and allowing anyone to compete with them /s
@@fltfathin Exactly, even if I had every print, schematic, and diagram for an iPhone I wouldn't be any closer to making one than I was before. The skills and tools are the limiting factor not the specs.
T.REX Super baseed once again, standing by their commitment to the 2nd amendment and what it was originally intended for. Huge props, will always buy from you guys.
"Props" nice.
Almost flew right over my head
Just having modelled two "holsters" out of TPU to print and stick to the door of my gun safe by way of magnets, and having it all done using calipers only, I can very much see the benefit of your approach - even though my guns are not among the scans, I really appreciate your work - keep it up!
mind sharing your process? thank you
@@user-se2xg7tq5u Calipers. A firearm. And a boatload of time... Intermittent confusion too
@@user-se2xg7tq5u
Sure, np! I measure the muzzle area of the handgun and do a reasonably rough sketch of it. Then I add 2 offset curves, one 1mm and one 4mm larger, resulting in a 3mm wall. This profile I extruded for some 80mm and added a cutout for the trigger guard. Then I proceeded to add geometry to harbor my screw-in magnets and connected everything so that it would print without supports. Finishing touches are fillets and chamfers. Print in TPU to protect the surface of the guns.
Finished product sticks to the safe wall, gun is inserted from above and rests on the trigger guard in the aforementioned cutout.
Hope that makes sense ;-)
at least you have a gun safe. So you have a chance your children won't shoot you. And it proves you don't have the guns for self defense, because it takes too long to open the safe and get the separately stored ammunition, right?
Yup, been there & done that. Awesome approach and kudos to TRex.
With the context of aircraft added, I really appreciate that T-rex open sourced their stuff. Aircraft maintenance manuals are monetized via subscription on top of the barrier to entry FAA regulatory BS.
yep all the new gps BS for flying is exactly that subscription total bs.
None of this applies to me, but it's good to see this kind of motivation/direction in the 'military' dominated industry.
Unless ur AI it does, in some way or another
most of the innovations never came from within the industry anyway. true for almost all industries. almost always an outsider with original ideas. decentralizing the military industrial complex will also mean the public becomes a driving force on what projects where and why, anything that diminishes corporate oligarchical and government power is a move in the right direction.
@@cagneybillingsley2165 Here, here! Hear here!
You could have kept this data for yourselves or sold them for profit. Instead you give them up freely to further the industry. You have just gained my full support.
This is a great way to help. I've seen people make stuff that has been around for generations and update it with modern materials (such as rosaries) and then sue other makers for making a similar product as if they think they have the sole rights to an idea that has been around for generations. I've seen this happen with not only rosaries but coin purses and knives as well. The fact you are putting your hard earned data and product designs out there for public use for free shows you care more about the industry you're in and it's development than you do about profit.
You guys are doing incredible stuff. Open-sourcing all of this data is really big of y’all, and it shows that y’all care about more than just making more money. Counter-intuitively, this move will likely end up making you guys more money than if y’all hadn’t shared this data. Love it.
Yep, I would buy from these guys before anyone else
I love how Isaac just knows his stuff! Such a benefit to learn from him. Thanks for more education. I am totally loving these short but informal videos!!!
Imagine if we had all the gun control back in John Browning's day? He would've been arrested by the atf and sent to prison for life 🇺🇸
⌚ Európa the last battlé
Or Hiram Maxim. "A weapon that fires more than one bullet without more than a pull of a trigger! Hang him!"
Atf would have arrested every body
@@igaraiderA lot less people would have let the government arrest them.
He would build a rifle out of prison bars and escape 😂
Now send the 3d models to Anton Hand, developer of "Hot dogs, horseshoes & hand grenades", the best VR firearms simulator any civilian can use and enjoy.
⌚ Európa the last battlé
Sad thing is that these are 3d scan meshes and all in 1 mesh so he cant really use the models very well
Video games aren’t training
"Open Source" was never meant to be "free" as in "free beer". It's about free as in "freedom".
Hats off 🎩and 👍👍thumbs up for creating this database!!!
Your laser cutter box looked like some amazing loot chest or a storage from hell. God bless y’all keep it going!
I’m pretty sure that he stole it from The Division in a dark zone or something 😂
@@ohainickify I swear I heard the TD2 music playing when they panned over to it. Also, his name is Isaac :D
Can't stop the signal. Well done.
Lightning speed prototyping is now a thing. A design can be imagined, sketched in an hour, printed in a few hours (or with emulsion printing, less than 1 hour) adjustments made in 1 hour, retried, proofed, then a CNC file for X material made in an hour. Turnaround for a new item can be less than 1 day now. Magnificent.
If anyone is interested in looking at this 3D data in an analytical way, but doesn't have an established point cloud/mesh/CAD workflow or software, you can use open source tools Cloud Compare and FreeCAD. Cloud Compare will give you the ability to open two 3d files (e.g., OBJ), overlay them, and quantitatively measure the difference between them.
T-Rex knows exactly what they’re doing. It’s all about numbers. The more people we can get involved in our community the better. Great job T-Rex, bravo👍👍
i know exactly what they're doing too. if these include scans of firearms without the slide on, it means people can print 1:1 scale frames for all the popular polymer pistols
I've never wanted to support a company more. This is great stuff
You people are amazing! The world needs more men like you. Thank you Isaac, Lucas, and everyone at T.Rex arms for being heroes of freedom and standing up for the free market!
I am as a 3d artist who mainly makes guns thank you all guys, finally good references without bull****. 🤝
Not your target demographic at all but as an indie game developer this is awesome. Looking through these scans they seem to be perfect as a base for 3D modeling, thanks! :)
This was recommend to me randomly because I watched a video about 3D scanning. I think this idea is honestly good for a lot of reasons including for vfx. If you are a American citizen and not a felon you have the right to bear arms even if you print one its still your right. Its like star trek in a way, im not a huge gun person but where I live there are old random white cowboy guys that open carry and the always smile and nod, I honestly feel safer knowing they are good folks around me that would help me if need be its just sad all the crazys ruin it for everyone.
It is so nice to see strong Christian men pushing society forward in a truly good way. Putting others first and not just money.
Great work guys.
Man I’ve been thinking about getting into messing around with nylon gear for a while now. This makes me want to pull the trigger on some tooling. I really admire you guys and everything you’ve done for the industry. I try to buy everything I can from you folks because the knowledge I gain from the content really is priceless. Thank you so much for what you guys are doing.
This is awesome. As someone who has been a novice leather worker who makes IWB holsters for anyone at cost of materials only to get people carrying this will help so much. Keep up the hard work.
This is GREAT! Thank you! I love 3D modeling and animation and have been pondering for sometime how to get my hands on some scans of guns! Perfect timing and much appreciated! =D
As an aerospace engineer, I don't necessarily agree with the viewpoint about the aerospace world (regulations save lives). However, that's not the main point since y'all don't make airplanes. More to the main point of the video: this is an incredibly based approach and you are freaking awesome for doing this.
Second Amendment absolutists. My kind of people. Really appreciate the CIVILIAN advocacy that you guys are doing!
Love seeing the generosity to give out these files open source. In my spare time, I design gun accessories and these will be really helpful for me!
TEXTILES:
You first asked what people that sew want
What would work best would be printable templates similar to templates that you would buy in any sewing store or find online. Templates are basic plans to make any garment or bag.
Second you asked what items
I say magazine pouches and basic zipper pouches would be a great start.
Thank you for all the work and free information.
"cute little desktop lazer cutters" oh isaac. pans over to the chunker that looks like a starwars coffin, complete with red backlighting.
You guys are the best! I can't wait to dig into those files with my 3d printers, Kydex and my leatherworking. I started making custom leather holsters for some of the officers on the Topeka police dept back in the early 90s. Techniques have come so far since then. I have most of the tools you all have but have never really combined them much but this video has given me a ton of ideas already. Been wanting to find more side hustles to augment my retirement and you all just delivered. Thanks guys, you all rock!
Thank you very much for making these available! As a hobby 3d modeler myself going into the 3d printing world and hopeful cnc machines this data will prove very useful.
Just shared all this to my friend in Finland. He is leather item manufactor and i am goldsmith. Trying to expand our income to help us to help others.
I absolutely love this! This is also probably one of the best videos I've seen that shows why "Open Source" concepts still work in a capitalist economy. There's a lot of push-back on capitalism, and the power it concentrates into the few. Open Source ideas, diversified innovation and manufacturing, and letting the people choose between dozen or hundreds of quality options is the answer to power concentration. The 2A was all about power (measured in the capacity for violence) being distributed. Open Source is about the power of knowledge being distributed.
As a firearm designer who releases all his designs to the public for free so that more can be inspired to either improve my designs or make custom accessories for my designs, its brilliant to see firms following in our footsteps, this is def the future and more companies need to follow, Well done T.REX ARMS 😍😎🤓
Awesome to see you here!
@@freedomfalcon 🤗
Comming from the Software industry, I'm so excited to see other fields recognize the benefits of open-source! Everybody wins! Time to print Blue-gun-esque training tools and see how the nylon kit works in leather!
when two direct competitors compare notes, most often both benefits.
This must be thousands and thousands of dollars worth of info. 🤯 Thank you for keeping the 2A great!
I love that you guys are pushing the industry forward.
Love having these guys in our community.
Not gonna lie, this is awesome, my dad use to make custom leather holster and these files plus a 3d printer would have saved him money on dummy guns.
I LOVE these videos you put out. I've been in love with firearms since I was eight and I'm 46 now and looking at ways to get into the industry and start my own business. You guys are amazing, thank you for the content and inspiration.
I love y'all ("youze guys" for the yankee 2A Brothers amongst us). God Bless y'all for doing these videos. I'm a customer and now about to become a member after being a long time follower and subscriber. Two thumbs up 👍 👍🏼 because that's all the thumbs I have to give.
you'uns or yinz around Pennsyltucky, youze is more NYC/Boston ... in my experience
The fudds on Arfcom are freaking out. Keep it up please
i love you guys arent greedy and are trying to better just best the comminity and the quality of our tools
You guys are blown away the gun community..! So impressed with what y’all are doing..! Keep the knowledge coming..! Knowledge is power and you guys are in powering all of us..! Boardshort warrior over and out..!🤙
this is insane for someone like myself who has a printer but not enough money to buy 7 different models of flashlights and handguns. i can run a small "side hustle" for people with printed models used to create accessories. you guys are awesome
Blown away you guys did this. This is what sets you guys way apart from everyone else. Thanks team.
Fantastic work and great analogy with plane references. As a computer scientist and future 3D printing enthusiast and hobbyist, I find your open-source initiative extremely valuable and inspiring. This will advance the quality of firearms ownership experience and civil defence & public safety infrastructure development through evolution and growth of 3D printing entrepreneurs.
Thinking beyond just the U.S., there might be a day when semi-automatic rifles are more stringently regulated and people could turn to bolt-action rifles instead - Canada :(. This is where your initiative could make a significant difference. If you could provide open-source designs for accessories, aesthetic enhancements and increase frame options, it would be incredibly helpful. Specifically, precision rifles and bolt actions used are often with inexpensive frame materials or plastic, and the option of nicer material tactical chassis in the .308 range sounds like a quality upgrade.
I believe releasing open-source designs for premium chassis that could upgrade inexpensive synthetic stock rifles to sports shooting PRS style rifles would be a game-changer. Imagine if it could be done with light materials, to change the balance and weight of rifles. Chassis designs similar to MDT ESS CHASSIS SYSTEM or MDT TAC21 GEN2 CHASSIS come to mind. Additionally, if you ever plan to expand into pistol enhancements, systems like the P320 FCU Rampage Alpha would be interesting to see in an open-source format.
Of course, it's important to remember that we're not talking bout the firearm part here or the action, but are focused instead on improving aesthetics and personalization and experience with pre-existing firearm.
Lastly, shooting videos with these upgraded systems would be a fantastic addition to your content. It would provide practical examples of how your designs and engineering mindset enhanced the overall shooting experience. It's great to see a firearms shop approach technology community, instead of being told that firearms culture are not a technology culture and being kept apart. Looking forward to seeing where you take this initiative!
The invisible hand.
Excellent usage of Adam Smith. Bravo, sir.
I absolutely love to see you’re making an effort to push innovation forward in the industry through accessibility. I’m looking to get started with small custom shop nylon manufacturing and a lower barrier to entry would be great for the community.
Doesn’t matter the industry, way more companies should take example of you! Takes balls to open source your own rnd. I’m impressed!
That's truly a ballsy move! But also a reason that y'all have so much respect amongst the community! Thank you and may your successes be ever greater!
Huge respect for T-Rex.. being the change we need to see!
8:15 Dusty : "There you go, you could sew!"
Ned: "Ah."
Dusty: "If only we had known this earlier."
Sew like the wind!
Having the files open source could save others a lot of time in modeling exact dimensions. You can take hundreds of pictures to make a model but nothing is probably as accurate as a laser based measuring.
What a great idea. You guys are changing the game forever.
Revolutionary concepts.
That’s how a good company works
This is amazing, it’s nice to see a company that cares more about the community than their next bonus. Well done T-Rex.
On a side note, I saw this pop up on my UA-cam Home Screen and got a glance at it, but didn’t really remember much about it except that it had to do with 3D Printing. I literally spent almost all day going thru UA-cam videos trying to find this one, glad I did. Thanks for everything y’all do.
Wow, I haven't ever seen a business model like this from a manufacturing company. I'm liking the direction you are steering "open source". For a few years I have been making various types of conceal carry harnesses. The holster is the most challenging piece to get right. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
I’m so eager to see what type of cool gadgets and gear people come up with
Excellent ideas, Trex Arms! Thank you for sharing this with the community.
Look no further than NASCAR to see how regulation hampers innovation... I congratulate T.REX for advancing innovation with this initiative, and I hope that those in the position of carrying on this initiative will do so, Godspeed to T.REX and all the future innovators!!!
Looking at what nascar was and what it is now is quite depressing
"These files will not be able to be used to build firearms"
Be a lot cooler if you did
That's just not how 3D scanning works.
@@mattmurphy7030 it's a joke
@@CaptainFAL jokes are supposed to be funny
@mattmurphy7030 are you on the spectrum or have you not been diagnosed yet?
@@CaptainFAL do you always backpedal to "it was just a joke bro" and personal insults when you say something stupid or are you trying something new today?
Thanks for choosing freedom over profit...I now need to see Isaac on the flat range!
Suspect you’ve made the government and their ABC departments very upset … bold move
I've been following and purchasing from trex for years now. I can hardly believe this step, because for me, I'm looking to get into manufacturing.
I'm currently getting setup to build and print my own models (I can print today and have been), as well as setting up my own cnc machine. My goal is to build airsoft replicas of these firearms, and while these specific scans don't get me there due to internal absences, are a step forward for me.
What I would truly appreciate are the external scans of the armory. You have a library of firearms I cannot hope to possess, but have a market looking for adaptations. I also cannot currently afford my own scanner, so having someone offer that would let me begin my business with a massive leap forward.
Love what you guys are doing for the civilian industry!! 🇺🇲
All that you guys do for the 2A . In the courts in congress. Now this! Seams to your try to make this country America again... Stay safe and God Bless you and yours..
T.Rex is exemplary in their 2A efforts.
Epic, gents. Thank you.
I've shared years of acquired more technical knowledge in multiple formats allowing people to save probably hundreds of thousands over recent years. From being able to DIY things themselves to saving repairs from things done wrong. Some has been given out by dealers that have seen a huge need for info to customers. I've done it all for free just to share and help people, nice to see others sharing too.
I even went as far as standing up to overreaching law enforcement on a firearm issue that made international news that ended up in a court battle they lost but propelled the state laws to be changed about 1 yr later giving more codified "permission" and protections regarding firearms.
The battles for freedom never end
I'm not going to lie. I love the firearm content. BUT, when I see that Isaac drops a video I Immediately watch it!
Every day that goes by, is further reinforcement that my money will always go to T.rex first if possible
This is incredible. My wife's grandfather makes custom leather holsters and one of his biggest obstacles is having a size accurate representation, especially with lights.
Love that these guys do what they can to help other 2A people. Somebody #CodyWilson
Thank you for sharing. I am an engineer from Texas and own a machine shop. I have been planning on making different accessories for hand guns, so this will be perfect for my business.
Thank you!
That’s awesome T Tex Arms!!! 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
A cummerbund file for the AC1 would be cool. That'd be nice to sew in some slots for side plates.
I guess that wouldn't be to hard to just cut and mimic without the file though. Scratch that. Just a thought
Honorable men!
We (& we) appreciate your work beyond words gents
Kudos! Hope your leadership inspires the industry!
Isaac is once again doing the Lord's work.
Thanks for sharing these scans! They might come in handy with us 3D2A devs. Any chance at getting scans of internals? (think handgun frame interior)
Wowwww.. BIG UP for T. Rex ARMS!!?? Letsss goo guys 👏👏
You're like the Alton Brown of self defense. I love these videos!
I love the open source mindset. I have no idea what I would even do with these files but I'm pumped that they're out in the wild and some smart cookie can do something really awesome they wouldn't be able to otherwise
this is a game changer for the holster market
I personally have no immediate use for any of this, but this is great stuff! Nice work T-rex. I hope you are setting the bar and starting a trend!
Why did you remove the majority of the guns you uploaded to GrabCAD? Now there's just Glocks, Glock clones, 2011s and Berettas. Last week there were also CZs, HKs, S&Ws and many more. Why take them down?
We didn't take them down; they are still up but grabcad is behaving strangely. I will try to figure it out.
@@isaacbotkintrex I was really wondering what would be the point of publishing them and then immediately taking them down. I have only a passing familiarity with GrabCAD, so I have no idea why GrabCAD would be messing with your files. Because they're hosting a lot of other gun stuff, so I doubt it's an anti-gun thing.
Well done and a welcome addition to the open source gun community.
You are doing God's work, gonna be amazing for blender projects besides the intended point
I have to say, this is one of the most interesting things I have heard on YT. Pretty cool I think. I really hope some young creative entrepreneurs can see this for what it is….. I can’t wait to see how this plays out… I hope as good as I think the potential here is!
I didn't know I needed a video of Isaac talking about planes, but I wait anxiously for it 🛩️
Regulation definitely has an adverse effect on change and innovation, and sometimes even improvements. If you regulate something you diminish the pool of users, which hurts the institutional knowledge base and the growth of that platform. However, regulation is important to ensure that prior mistakes are not repeated, and we continue to build off a known baseline that works. There is a balance to be struck.
A perfect example in the firearms world is SAAMI specifications. While it isn't an outright regulation to adhere to SAAMI specs, unless your cartridge gets a SAAMI designation it will likely die a very quiet death. Other manufacturers will not risk their money and reputation on a new cartridge they had no hand in developing, either by making firearms in that cartridge or ammunition. So coming to a centralized agreement on how to manufacture ammunition sets the groundwork for others to build from. This isn't a great example though since there are few drawbacks to participating, and it's not legally required.
Aerospace is a much different market though. The needs of consumers, the amount of equipment involved, the manufacturing required are all different from the firearms market. Plus the potential for catastrophic lose of life is much greater. If a firearm breaks and fires without input from the owner, someone may lose their life. If an airplane loses power, departs flight unexpectedly, or breaks apart the lose of life can be much higher. Not just for those aboard, but for anyone below. Plus potential damage to property. This added potential for harm means regulation is a necessity to ensure the risks are managed correctly. Obviously the amount of regulation required is debatable, but you cannot deny that a unified code of conduct with established guidelines on manufacture and maintenance is necessary.
Well I downloaded several models and imported them into blender and they're rather rough you might say. especially around the butt and the trigger areas, choppy mesh. I know they're just 3D scans but they need some cleaning up for sure.
Also this might be more of a Blender issue but when I'm imported them they came in extremely huge. In Blender's metric system some were like the state of Rhode Island instead of mm or meters.
This gives me boosting vibes like back on MW on 360. Just helping out anyone looking to get started from a farther point rather than struggling to start.
Pretty awesome.
And as someone still looking at general aviation from afar but with definite interest I’m very curious to hear about the effects regulation had on it.
As someone who likes making stuff and designing. I love this and love you guys for it and makes total sense why you guys are killing it!