Bambu PET-CF printed with orientation to test layer strength. Results very similar to PA6-GF except PA6-GF breaks like glass, not on the layer lines. To be clear, it’s possible to use better orientations and custom model changes to reinforce things, I don’t consider that reliable though.
The 43X got around 6 shots before splitting apart. This is the 6th attempt with various filaments and models of 43X, they all suck. Using Aves rails. Might have buy the real thing.
The 1911 fired one single 45 and it’s done. Machined the rail myself 6061. First attempt. It’s too bad, this thing was so smooth.
Exactly this. I’ve suffered creep, but only on unannealed nylons, only over long periods of time (talking months to a year), and only in a case like the thin FCG cage of the SF5 lower where the hammer pin moved forward enough to cause binary fire with a slow trigger release. If you’re familiar with that particular failure, you understand that even a millimeter of misalignment can cause that to happen.
That gun’s super safe. So periods of high heat, high spring pressure, rapid movement, and thin walls came together to cause that failure.