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That's a BS article with a misleading title to start with. Even the picture shown is misleading to say the least. The guy certainly did NOT produce a serviceable firearm from a 3D printer, but plastic parts for a firearm. What of the barrel, bolt, firing pin, springs, sear, etc.? Journalism at its highest level, I presume. The sad part is that Joe Public and his parasitic politicians/gun haters/security un-experts thrive on this type of nonsense. | |||
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Tomorrow I am going to see if I can't bribe my printer into doing some long needed stuff around the shop. I figure I'll start small. If it can do this, I may look at other projects. Maybe even channel repairs from my shop to my customers homes via their printers. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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The power of paper ! It reminds me of the total hysteria about a gun with congressmen demanding passage of a law prohibiting the gun. The 'gun' had never been imported .In fact the European gun had never been made .It only existed as a sketch on a piece of paper ! Anyone remember that one ? | |||
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The "gun" i remember was the polymer ONLY parts of a glock. There was no barrel or other metal parts. Then it was aledged that a ceramic barrel wouldn't be detected. Then something crazy about cases less bullets and epoxy ammo. opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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LMAO, Orson Wells 1938 War of the world paper guns. _____________________ Steve Traxson | |||
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Off to Best Buy for new printer....with any luck I will have my H&H Royal Grade double by the end of the day! Wish me luck!!!!!! | |||
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However misleading the title of the article is. Under federal law he did create a firearm as that is the portion of the gun that typically hold the FCG trigger and other related components Regardless of it's ability to actually fire a round. The problems with the article is thinking that making a firearm at home is new, A functional plastic lower for an AR is some how a miracle, and the misuse of the phrase assault weapon. There is very little stress on the AR lower and plastic units will work. If they can make a single shot .50 work with aluminum I think plastic will work with a .223 www.KLStottlemyer.com Deport the Homeless and Give the Illegals citizenship. AT LEAST THE ILLEGALS WILL WORK | |||
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These media guys who think making guns at home in North America from scraps is new are at least 400 years behind the curve. What do they think most of the guns made in the New England colonies were made from? Bits of scrap metal re-melted and cast into rods or bars...hammered flat, twisted around mandrels and re-heated redddish-white hot and hammer-welded into "twist" barrels...or made into layered metal strips hammered together when very hot ("damascus steel") and then into twist barrels. Filed, or cast and then filed locks, using home-made springs, stocks made from handy trees...apple...oak...maple...walnut...elm... sycamore...and/or others. When I was a kid in the first3/8ths of the 20th Century, almost every male kid in our school had a home-made "zip gun', usually smooth bore, firing the handy .22 RF Shorts we could afford at 11-cents a box of 50. You could even make an easily concealable one out of an old fountain pen, though it wouldn't be good for more than a very few shots at best. Mine used two pieces of scrap seamless pipe, a pipe cap, a round piece of tablet backing, some tape, and a thumb-tack, but it fired 12-gauge rounds, so the pipe was needed so as to be almost safe to fire. Japanese soldiers were killed in the Phillipines by similar make-shift shotguns in the hands of the Phillipine Scouts during WW II. My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still. | |||
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Late getting back. Misleading or not, if the polymer parts can be made in 3d, interesting development considering how fast technology moves. And how cheap things become quickly. What is $100k today in that field, is $20k in 5 years. Metal parts on the market, plastic parts at home. I'm not suggesting the printer makes you a gun, but if the 3d tech is coming around using polymers, the metal can be bought and someone will supply it. Point is, they can ban all the things they want, but folks will find a way, and that way just got easier is all I'm saying. | |||
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Let us know how that goes huh? For a double you'll have to set it to print both sides, and don't forget to spring for the full color ink pack, otherwise the stock will look synthetic. Not that there is anything wrong with that. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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Can this be done? yes SLS is the process and I have used parts made this way for years as a rapid prototypes in my job as a injection moldmaker Cost? Very expensive.....Saeed might go buy one but most people cant afford one But as far as it being much of a firearm? It will go bang but I'm not holding it in my hand to shoot. ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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The big issue is this article was written to make people afraid of something, with possibly some newer laws being written on down the road. Let us imagine for a moment that this guy was able to "print" out the parts for an entire gun. I fail to see how that is functionally any different than clamping a chunk of steel into a CNC mill or lathe and producing the same item. Or by extension, removing the CNC aspect and just use a mill and or lathe, or even removing those pieces of equipment and just use a file and some drills. Anyway, IMHO what should be discussed here is the fact that this is a non-factual article and as such should be discredited, and not that somehow people need to be fearful of someone writing about falsehoods. Here is a link to some technology that is 3 years old now that is better suited but of course the purpose of the article is to create fear and concern and not educate, IMO. http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/...s-rusty-old-parts-1/ for every hour in front of the computer you should have 3 hours outside | |||
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The point of the article to me was that anyone with no skills could make the restricted part of a firearm. All the other parts can be purchased by mail order or off the shelf with no registration, etc. Plum Crazy markets polymer AR15 lowers. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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The author's fear of guns is in direct proportion to their knowledge of them, same goes for the targeted audience. Just building up the hype. As an aside I've handled functional printed prototype stocks and trigger mechanisms and it is fascinating technology. To some extent I can understand how they are easily hyped up. "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." | |||
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Exactly. The author's fears and misleading aside, I'm happy the tech is there, its new to me, and down the road will only become more advanced, which I see as a plus. | |||
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