3D-printed semi-automatic rifle can now fire 600 rounds, beating previous record of 6
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[QUOTE=Generic.Monk;39786679]Teaching people to easily make firearms in their homes - what could possibly go wrong?[/QUOTE]
your average psychopath isn't going to have the knowledge or the funds to setup a 3d printer just to print polymer lowers that could be bought for much much much much much much much cheaper.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;39786975]your average psychopath isn't going to have the knowledge or the funds to setup a 3d printer just to print polymer lowers that could be bought for much much much much much much much cheaper.[/QUOTE]
Especially considering how many guns there already is in the US.
Easier to buy a stolen one because of that.
[QUOTE=Van-man;39787110]Especially considering how many guns there already is in the US.
Easier to buy a stolen one because of that.[/QUOTE]
even legal polymer lowers (although very shitty and shoddy) I've seen are even sub-100$
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;39781267]Couldn't one easily modify a 3D blueprint of a semi auto lower into a full auto lower?[/QUOTE]
No problem for someone who knows how to design one, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be the guy trying to fire a brittle plastic gun set to automatic.
[QUOTE=viperfan7;39786850][url]http://www.fabbr.com/p/buy-now.html[/url]
this is just the gears and stuff, you'd have to buy the electronics yourself, but it sells for 70$
[editline]3rd March 2013[/editline]
looks like a MendelMax[/QUOTE]
Correct! I'm talking to the designer so I can upgrade to the new MendelMax 2.0 design... it has a larger build volume, more features, yet a smaller footprint!
[QUOTE=Van-man;39786933][url]http://hackaday.com/2013/03/02/more-acetone-vapor-polishing-experiments/[/url][/QUOTE]
Thanks, but its a calibration problem in the print! The two rods (threaded and smooth) are slightly different in distance from top to bottom so cause a tiny wobble to take place when it moves up- meaning that the higher it goes, the more wobble there is. Thats why the bottom is smooth and top is rough.
Also, that's PLA so acetone vapor treatments don't work. Most people have switched to PLA, since it [U]literally[/U] smells like waffles while printing, and ABS smells like burnt plastic.
[QUOTE=Mike Tyson;39780187]I want a 3D Printer that can make a 3D printer.[/QUOTE]
[I]"the end of mankind will be due to unstoppable self-replicating 3D printers"[/I]
-sun tzu
[QUOTE=Generic.Monk;39786679]Teaching people to easily make firearms in their homes - what could possibly go wrong?[/QUOTE]
Except you could just buy an 80% lower receiver and mill out a couple holes and you'd have a similarly functional lower receiver, with better longevity. You wouldn't need a 3D printer, just a drill press and an end mill, which are probably a bit easier to get access to.
Anyways, you could probably make a cheap and shitty zip gun with some springs and pipe. Guns are incredibly low tech.
I think we have bigger problems than rapidly prototyped gun parts.
It's also really obvious who doesn't know shit about 3D printing or guns when they start thinking rapidly prototyped AR15 lowers are going to be a problem
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