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3d printing guns

fitzcarraldo [Edit] [Delete] 26 replies 10:27, 26 March '13

so this looks like it's going to happen on a wider scale in the next 5-10 years, that's gonna be a laugh eh?

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/click-print-gun-the-inside-story-of-the-3d-printed-gun-movement-video

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  • At the risk of sounding like one of the people who were afraid of locomotives or electricity

    3D printers are the devil's work

    Lucien | 26 Mar '13, 11:41 | X
    urbanfox, Antpocalypsenow, and andyvine this'd this
    • i think they've got the potential to

      either solve a lot of the worlds problems, or royally fuck us up in a sorta mad max way

      fitzcarraldo @Lucien | 26 Mar '13, 11:53 | X
      • Can it print water?

        That might help its PR

        Lucien @fitzcarraldo | 26 Mar '13, 11:55 | X
        • nah you need a dot matrix for that i'm afraid

          fitzcarraldo @Lucien | 26 Mar '13, 11:56 | X
      • A little from column A, a little from column B

        Gringo @fitzcarraldo | 26 Mar '13, 11:56 | X
        justanothersheeldz and Matt_was_taken this'd this
    • Are they like the internet for things?

      i.e
      Rather than having to go and buy stuff, you can just get it for free?

      Rather than going out to buy a car, just print one off at home?

      urbanfox @Lucien | 26 Mar '13, 12:05 | X
      • if you've got the required CAD drawings

        it would appear so yes

        fitzcarraldo @urbanfox | 26 Mar '13, 12:15 | X
      • well you'd have to pay for the materials and energy.

        fuck_this_band @urbanfox | 26 Mar '13, 15:48 | X
    • I imagine it's a right bitch to

      change the toner

      thewarn @Lucien | 26 Mar '13, 13:55 | X
      • "i call this 3d printer bob marley...."

        fitzcarraldo @thewarn | 26 Mar '13, 13:58 | X
  • actually posted the wrong article, meant to post this one

    http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-atf-is-unconvinced-3d-guns-compare-to-real-thing

    which seems to say you can get a hold of one of these printers for around £1000!

    fitzcarraldo | 26 Mar '13, 11:59 | X
    • Someone want to buy one then print me off one for £500?

      Lucien @fitzcarraldo | 26 Mar '13, 12:05 | X
      urbanfox and fitzcarraldo this'd this
  • Haven't read the articles, but I thought no one had ever successfully made a working gun from plastic.

    And surely 3D printers, at the moment, only print plastic?

    hip_young_gunslinger | 26 Mar '13, 12:10 | X
    • nah

      they have and do.

      Matt_was_taken @hip_young_gunslinger | 26 Mar '13, 12:15 | X
    • strictly speaking it's only the magazines

      that they're printing out at the minute, but apparently you can still purchase all of the other components legally, and without background checks, online.

      also NASA appear to now be 3d printing rocket parts made of metal - http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/140084-nasa-3d-prints-rocket-parts-with-steel-not-plastic

      fitzcarraldo @hip_young_gunslinger | 26 Mar '13, 12:18 | X
      • That's definitely 'printing' metal?

        Like... There was no metal there, until bits of metal came out of a printer and built into that shape?

        It's not molten metal being cast? Or a block of metal being machined? This really is witchcraft. It will never be understood.

        urbanfox @fitzcarraldo | 26 Mar '13, 12:23 | X
        • i'm not sure in that particular process

          but a cursory google seems to show that it's definitely happening elsewhere

          i guess it'd be possible if the metal was in liquid form, then fed into the printer and cast into whatever shape it wanted?

          fitzcarraldo @urbanfox | 26 Mar '13, 12:29 | X
          • That is not a new thing...

            It's just die-casting. Been around for years, NASA.

            urbanfox @fitzcarraldo | 26 Mar '13, 12:30 | X
            • it's wholly possible i'm not being entirely representative

              of what NASA are up to here btw

              fitzcarraldo @urbanfox | 26 Mar '13, 12:34 | X
            • 3d-printing is used in industry as a far quicker and cheaper alternative to die-casting/injection moulding etc

              fuck_this_band @urbanfox | 26 Mar '13, 15:52 | X
        • i imagine it uses a powdered metal or something

          fuck_this_band @urbanfox | 26 Mar '13, 15:50 | X
          • Reverts back to being witchcraft then

            There is no possible way it can work, other than by witchcraft.

            urbanfox @fuck_this_band | 26 Mar '13, 15:58 | X
            • I assume in 150 years time, people will be laughing at us

              For not understanding such a simple concept (like steam engines and electricity and that)

              urbanfox @urbanfox | 26 Mar '13, 15:59 | X
  • 3d printers don't work. can't believe people haven't realised this yet.

    bar things like cones.

    Jordan_229_2 | 26 Mar '13, 12:19 | X
  • Can we make T-1000s yet?

    twentynine | 26 Mar '13, 12:30 | X
    justanothersheeldz this'd this
  • Slightly disappointed this isn't about guns that are 3D printers

    I'd like to walk around shooting 3D printed objects from a 3D printing gun. BANG! would be the noise it would make.

    SenorDingDong | 26 Mar '13, 14:04 | X
    TheSoundofBastards and fuck_this_band this'd this
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