Robusto
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World's first 3D-printed gun or Lower.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133514-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133514-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun
World's first 3D-printed gun
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And for others like me....reading this may help us understand...
http://www.extremete...-is-3d-printing
http://www.extremete...-is-3d-printing
Matt1911
Cyrwus Jr.
That **** is wicked cool. Reminds me of when they make a mask on Mission Impossible.
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
And for others like me........... who would rather watch the movie
Wildcat
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This has been around for quite awhile. Started with a laser cured resin, then wax inkjet printing, the corn starch...the even have a process called selective laser sintering which will make metal parts.
It's really cool to design something, print out all the parts, and put it together. Helps save manufacturing costs because you don't waste time and money machining parts for prototyping.
It's really cool to design something, print out all the parts, and put it together. Helps save manufacturing costs because you don't waste time and money machining parts for prototyping.
drmitchgibson
The white Morgan Freeman
Cool. Not what I expected. I thought it would be a sintered metal product like MIM.
technetium-99m
Mighty Righty
There's a youtube vid somewhere of a guy who machines a thick cutting board into an AR lower. This is cooler.
Iggie
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Lol, afraid of an off the books gun... legally you can manufacture your own firearm for personal use with out a serial as long as its not for sale.. besides you could do the same thing with a block of aluminum and some basic hand tools....
Burk Cornelius
Regular guy
Who are you, MacGyver?
KeithCross
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Burk - don't be insulting!
MacGuyver could build it out of bamboo, a trash bag and a belt buckle, then handload his own bullets out of the internals of an old ham radio he'd found in an abandoned shed using aerosolized battery acid as a propellant rather than blackpowder, mainly because its better for the enviroment....
MacGuyver could build it out of bamboo, a trash bag and a belt buckle, then handload his own bullets out of the internals of an old ham radio he'd found in an abandoned shed using aerosolized battery acid as a propellant rather than blackpowder, mainly because its better for the enviroment....
Iggie
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Keith's right... but I never said it would be fast, just possible. That's not even considering all the auto and metal shops that have lathes and mills.
Besides I'm like 1/128 MacGyver.
Adam Striegel
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Wow, I wonder what it cost to get that thing printed?
Those machines alone are big bucks, but using one to create a lower must have taken forever and cost a sack for of money. One with a giant dollar sign on the side.
Those machines alone are big bucks, but using one to create a lower must have taken forever and cost a sack for of money. One with a giant dollar sign on the side.
Spiff
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The Article said:
SLA's not that expensive. We use them all the time at work for check fits.
Wormydog1724
ATAS Ninja
Adam Striegel
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They have one up at UCO for the engineering students. When they were showing it to us they went on and on about how expensive that machine was and how costly and slow it was to use. lol
nikatkimber
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The machines can be expensive. Compared to mass produced production parts, they are expensive. Compared to many of the "old fashioned" methods for making prototypes, they can save you a lot of money.
I have a small pile of parts on my desk done by 3D printers.
I have a small pile of parts on my desk done by 3D printers.
Robusto
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I suppose it that would be less expensive than CNC http://www.cncguns.c...eretta92fs.html
Burk's post with the video was very cool.
Iggie
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how much does it cost to have a part printed?
nikatkimber
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Depends on complexity of the part and volume.
Last order was $400 and netted us several parts of varying size and complexity. There is also a significant "bulk" discount. The machines only print a limited number of materials at one time, and it has to complete one print before it can start another, so a part may cost a lot more ordered by itself vs ordered along with several others.
Last order was $400 and netted us several parts of varying size and complexity. There is also a significant "bulk" discount. The machines only print a limited number of materials at one time, and it has to complete one print before it can start another, so a part may cost a lot more ordered by itself vs ordered along with several others.
