Wanna make your own gun at home? You don't bring a 3D printer to a gun fight -- yet

[Grendal]

http://news.yahoo.com/you-don-t-bring-a-3d-printer-to-a-gun-fight----yet.html

 

[Leonidas]

So now you can make your own Glock.


Meh

 

[Bosco]

One guy prints a lower receiver months ago and someone writes an article that just regurgitates everything that was said then.

 

[goteron]

What I joke. ABS+ is not fiber reinforced injection molded polymer. Look at the datasheets for the two.

FDM is an imperfect process, great for light testing and thats it.

 

[oleheat]

This could revolutionize the letter-opener industry.

 

[returningliberty]

What I joke. ABS+ is not fiber reinforced injection molded polymer. Look at the datasheets for the two.

FDM is an imperfect process, great for light testing and thats it.

This is just the beginning of a technology though. Of course it's not going to be practical yet. 10 years from now though, we might be printing with carbon nanotubes or synthetic diamond. (if you think that's crazy, they are already growing diamonds for circuit boards.) a gun printed with superstrong carbon is a cool idea, but the tech is years away. A gun grown in a tank of methane and hydrogen is years away too, but both are Possible, and would be many times stronger and lighter than our current guns.

 

[JadeRaven]

Looking forward to printing all of my lower receivers from now on

Still sounds like a pretty sweet idea though. A few more years and it could be for serious.

I just wish there were at-home CNC machines.

 

[Sugarbug]

The true progress is going to come when they figure out how to do it with actual metal and alloys. 3-d Printing a one-piece rifle... Yeah, I'd buy one. I'd probably have to save for about 20 years, but I'd buy one. The applications for the mechanical industry (no need for seals) is pretty awesome.

 

[firesafety3]

Still have to Duracoat it?

 

[mineralman55]

Looking forward to printing all of my lower receivers from now on

Still sounds like a pretty sweet idea though. A few more years and it could be for serious.

I just wish there were at-home CNC machines.

There are. They just cost quite a bit more than more typical home/hobby lathes and mills.

 

[Ironman26]

This is totaly sinceless and a waste of money...Let a kid get a hold on this when it comes availiable and the Gubament will start outlawing printers !!!!!

 

[Renegade]

3-D printed gun fires 6 shots — then falls apart

 

[RyanW]

Anyone who has handled anything out of one of those printers knows how weak and fragile that stuff is. I would trust it for anything other than what it's designed for, to make molds. I can;t believe someone was dumb enough to try to shoot with it.

This is no different that someone buying a cheap mill and turning out an 80% lower to make it a firearm, except I would trust the 80% lower if I had milled it out.

 

[Scott.Thornton]

Who wants to print your own ar lower when you can just build your ak out of a shovel?

 

[Brian22]

The true progress is going to come when they figure out how to do it with actual metal and alloys. 3-d Printing a one-piece rifle... Yeah, I'd buy one. I'd probably have to save for about 20 years, but I'd buy one. The applications for the mechanical industry (no need for seals) is pretty awesome.

You mean like this? They're printing titanium now; just put an entire lower jaw into a woman made of it. Pretty awesome tech.

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2012/02/27/5-mind-blowing-3d-printing-innovations-for-the-future/

 

[RyanW]

You mean like this? They're printing titanium now; just put an entire lower jaw into a woman made of it. Pretty awesome tech.

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2012/02/27/5-mind-blowing-3d-printing-innovations-for-the-future/

Uh, now THAT is something I want to play with

 

[RyanW]

Obviously, none of you watched CSI/Las Vegas last week....

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I only watch it for the boobies