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NSW Police Commissioner warns of dangers of 3D guns
NENick:
I agree unfy. I think what this really comes down to is that it's the first. Firearms have stepped into a new realm, no matter how rudimentary. Kind of like when we first tied a rock to a stick.
Think about all of the accessories that we can make. Vertical grips, stocks, polymer pistol frames, polymer mags, etc. Maybe I can 3d print hk USP45 mags so that hk can quit screwing me ^-^
Hank:
No rant, but a single word to sum up how I feel about it; Absurd.
Kendahl:
--- Quote from: GreyGeek on May 25, 2013, 02:24:12 PM ---There were LOTS of languages available to what would become known as the "Personal Computer".
--- End quote ---
I agree that there were many computer languages available. Offhand, I can think of three more -- APL, PL/1 and Modula. But how many of them would run on an Altair 8800 assembled from a kit in someone's basement?
Altair BASIC was Microsoft's very first commercial product.
GreyGeek:
I saw an ad that linked to a site with 3D printing of stainless steel powder that is sintered by lasers into the real metal with all of its properties.
http://www.solidconcepts.com/technologies/direct-metal-laser-sintering-dmls/?gclid=CJrB8eroxbgCFSdk7Aodu0AAIg
Imagine parts of a working gun made directly from sintered stainless steel powder printed by a 3D printer. Add some springs, screws and small odds and ends and you have a working pistol or rifle with frame, slide, barrel and other parts made from stainless steel.
I figured that this technology would come but it was already here when this thread was written and the ability pre-dates the single shot plastic gun that made such a stir. While the technology is costly, it does, if push comes to shove and the government ignores the 2nd Amendment and prohibits all weapons, allow the easy manufacture of high quality weapons with decades of usability.
unfy:
NASA and most serious 3d fabrication is done via laser & melting metal powder, aye.
Not exactly for home use yet ;)
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