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Thursday, November 07, 2013 3:35:54 PM · by pabianice · 13 replies
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Here's the First 3-D Printed Pistol Made From Metal But you probably can’t afford it It was only six months ago when Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed produced a fully 3-D printed gun that’s since been duplicated by hobbyists around the world. But the plastic gun was fragile, prone to explode and gave 3-D printing a bad rep. It’s also why one major 3-D printing firm just announced a gun of its own. And it’s made entirely out of metal. The gun isn't an original design. It’s a printed duplicate of the 1911 pistol, the popular handgun that dates to

Way too expensive for commercial use at present, but who knows how it will progress. It raises intriguing possibilities for future space exploration though. No need to take a bunch of spare parts and machine tools with you. I'd think NASA would be all over that.

Bob
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NASA already has the technology. It was to be tested on the moon to make parts and tooling from the 3D printer. I believe this is one of those "off-shoots" of NASA tech.