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NSW Police Commissioner warns of dangers of 3D guns
AWick:
I think the big issue people have with the (almost) all plastic gun is the fear that it can go through a metal detector without being detected. The irrational part for me was when the TSA recently floated the idea of allowing small knifes back on planes I saw a commentor say, "I didnt get on a plane so I could get stabbed!" I thought to myself, wow, this lady is delusional and that I hope she never gets on a bus, subway, train or goes outside for that matter because they are all FAR more likely to be places where a person is stabbed. Being on a plane also limits the perpetrators chances of escaping so that threat is basically non existent.
Kendahl:
--- Quote from: unfy on July 25, 2013, 07:13:48 PM ---NASA and most serious 3d fabrication is done via laser & melting metal powder, aye.
Not exactly for home use yet ;)
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Emphasis on the "yet".
JimP:
The guy looks like he si wearing a surplus Wehrmacht uniform..... just sayin ..... hmmmmm ...."Liberator"
..... Irony and all that. .....
bkoenig:
--- Quote from: Kendahl on July 25, 2013, 08:39:58 PM ---Emphasis on the "yet".
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THIS.
Give it 5-10 years and you'll be able to print anything you want, in steel. Yes, a sintered metal part in a printed gun won't be as durable as a properly heat treated part, but when you can print a new one in 30 minutes who care.
I really think this technology has the potential to render an awful lot of government bans ineffectual. Much of the same can be done today with a desktop CNC mill, but 3D printers have the capability of producing much more complex parts.
Phantom:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on July 25, 2013, 10:19:46 PM ---Give it 5-10 years and you'll be able to print anything you want, in steel. Yes, a sintered metal part in a printed gun won't be as durable as a properly heat treated part, but when you can print a new one in 30 minutes who care.
I really think this technology has the potential to render an awful lot of government bans ineffectual. Much of the same can be done today with a desktop CNC mill, but 3D printers have the capability of producing much more complex parts
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Who's to say that in 5-10 years they won't have a way to quench and harden those printed metal parts using a Microwave quencher?
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