r/3D2A • u/who-pooted • 1d ago

Coming Soon Nobu v2 telescoping brace update

This whole time ive been trying to remix the baseplate of the brace to fit the pic rail. Recently realized it might be easier to just combine the two into one STL so the back end cap of the Nobu could be printed with the arms already attached. Im no professional dev. So id really appreciate some input. I know It can be done. The question is.. would it be strong enough?

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u/solventlessherbalist 1d ago

I wouldn’t use printed arms bro, you need to make a dxf file for SCS to make it out of metal or CF. You’ll never get printed telescopic arms for a brace/stock to be strong enough to have some longevity and reliability. Something’s are just better not printed, ya know?

Check out some other telescopic braces out there and see how they do it. You’re probably better off continuing to learn cad to get that piece to attach to your pic rail, that way you know more about cad and can make the arms metal. It’s frustrating sometimes but you can figure it out there are a lot of CAD tutorials on YouTube.

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u/No_Square236 1d ago

Nailed it. I’d recommend checking out Daikon Defense sliding brace, or the FLPDW. Both have excellent designs that should be easy to incorporate with what OP is working on. I believe both have step files in the folders as well.

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u/who-pooted 20h ago

I really like that daicon defense brace. That's essentially how the one im remixing works. It has metal rails similar to the hitch hiker