Davetrials Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 This is so so weird. Saw it on reddit earlier and was going to make a thread in here about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsRob Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 He's limited to purely making the plastic parts, he can't make an entire working gun from a 3d printer, basically just accessories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Incorrect an AR 15 receiver has been made that can fire 600 rounds Also a 'glock' is very much plastic, not just accessories. Barrel cannot be plastic, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Luckily the barrel is the important piece. I understand it has pretty tight tolerances otherwise the gun will misfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 What a shitty little "machine gun". If he was set on being a gun manufacturer he should probably set his sights (no pun intended) a little higher. The receivers I work with as a Combat Systems Engineer are around 3 foot long and fire 30mm ammunition. 3D printed products would never hold up to any the blast or recoil forces, not to mention the pressure/heat of the gases which are released. The greases used in maintenance alone would probably melt the plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 The argument that a gun is just a tool is so stupid. Sure, it is a tool but it's a tool designed to kill or harm people. A knife can also be a weapon but you don't buy one for it's offensive capabilities but to chop food. With regards to printing guns, I'm not going to be worried as long as ammo isn't easily available in my country. Frankly speaking, I'm more astounded by the positive possibilities 3d printing offers rather than some nut cases printing weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 What, you don't carve your meat with an AK-47? Sheesh I thought everyone did that. And Ross- I don't think that even the f**ktards in America have full on army spec artillery guns in their homes. Surely the gun you describe is unlikely to be used in the near future for killing school kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 We call it, collateral damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 I think it's pretty worrysome when 3D printing becomes affordable for the average guy. Even teenagers or children could print a gun without realising the consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 I think it would be a crap reason to try and stop 3D printers becoming mainstream though. Although these guys are distributing the CAD for the firing mechanism I doubt many people would be able to gain access to printers accurate enough and with the correct material properties to make even that component work. From what I can see it's not really printing guns anyway- you have to be able to buy all the other parts of the rifle that the component firs into... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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