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theKed

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14. It also has great

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 12:55 PM

Mar 2013

Third-World potential. With, now, several open-source 3D printers available it can help developing communities without multi-national corporate involvement.

http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page

Kinda veering off your topic a bit (sorry).

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Hubby made an observation about 3-D printers [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 OP

I won't feel free until I have a backpack nuke production line in my basement. nt onehandle Mar 2013 #1

What does that have to do with economic theories? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #3

It's more about the kneejerk fear of 3D printers people have been trained to exhibit. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #51

Storing radioactive material at home has its downsides. DetlefK Mar 2013 #4

In your scenario how to you obtain and handle the fissionable materials? Can't print them up in your Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #67

Those who 3D print parts will have to have casting facilities also. Mika Mar 2013 #2

I'm not talking about gun parts Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #5

It also has great theKed Mar 2013 #14

No, not veering off-topic Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #15

It'ss my opinion that theKed Mar 2013 #18

"a printer it could be priced ot of the hands of the masses with no real way to stop it" Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #29

The costs of 3D printers have been plummeting, not rising, for years now. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #87

Because the designs are theKed Mar 2013 #91

If just about everyone had a printer Politicalboi Mar 2013 #26

*If* just about everyone had a printer Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #31

and yet the guys who made this gun with 3D printing didn't need metal casting.... TeamPooka Mar 2013 #6

lol. Yes they do. Mika Mar 2013 #7

lol. No they don't. DesMoinesDem Mar 2013 #42

They only made the lower receiver. Clames Mar 2013 #45

Yes, I know. Mika thinks the lower receiver they made was cast in metal. DesMoinesDem Mar 2013 #46

That's not quite how I interpreted that post. n/t Clames Mar 2013 #92

Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) Overview Mika Mar 2013 #8

You can print an all-plastic magazine kudzu22 Mar 2013 #9

The World of Abundance is not something we have an economics for yet Recursion Mar 2013 #10

But this strikes me as first tangible step of that journey Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #11

Iain Banks, in his "The Culture" books, pointed out... Lizzie Poppet Mar 2013 #36

There may not be an argument against that idea The2ndWheel Mar 2013 #12

Maybe Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #13

Well, yeah, sure, there's always that The2ndWheel Mar 2013 #21

I dig what you're saying. It's a sort of Rorshach test of one's ethics and morality. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #28

Don't think they can weave cloth and that is one of humanities major Cleita Mar 2013 #16

Well, I'm sure as technology makes more of the means of production available to more people Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #17

I think you could probably make a loom on one considering the Cleita Mar 2013 #72

My thoughts on the 3-D printer are that it is a shame timdog44 Mar 2013 #19

I Agree, The First Thought About What It Shold Be Used For Should Be Porn Skraxx Mar 2013 #20

Nice to have timdog44 Mar 2013 #23

Happy To Oblige Skraxx Mar 2013 #25

I tried. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #33

I know. timdog44 Mar 2013 #34

Thank-you Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #40

lol Dash87 Mar 2013 #88

Asimov's first law of robotics in his novels Recursion Mar 2013 #41

Sadly. timdog44 Mar 2013 #48

that was my first concern too, but there is a lot of good potential... Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #47

I have followed 3D printing timdog44 Mar 2013 #50

Here's an article on that, with links to others Posteritatis Mar 2013 #61

Thank you. timdog44 Mar 2013 #69

Mostly because people are making the technology about the gun nutbars Posteritatis Mar 2013 #59

Most people I see dragging the discussion to weapons are people afraid of the printers. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #54

I think a lot of the people who drag weapons into the fray timdog44 Mar 2013 #56

My specific use is selfish. timdog44 Mar 2013 #70

Might be surprised. I watched a guy tie shoes with a robotic hand the other day. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #76

It truly is amazing. timdog44 Mar 2013 #77

Except you will be a criminal XRubicon Mar 2013 #22

What law would you be breaking? Recursion Mar 2013 #30

OP stated magazine bans will be impotent against 3d printers XRubicon Mar 2013 #32

The ban as currently countenanced doesn't outlaw their possession or home manufacture Recursion Mar 2013 #35

I guess you win... lol XRubicon Mar 2013 #62

Was waiting for someone else to get it. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #38

Good grief. If you're so concerned about the gun implications then Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #43

Things made in 3d printers are much more expensive XRubicon Mar 2013 #71

Once upon a time computers were pretty crappy too. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #73

Yes, because of mass production and advances in materials XRubicon Mar 2013 #81

You are, of course, correct but there's no reason to assume that same factor Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #82

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and I have skirted all efforts to make this a 2A discussion. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #39

Are you saying it's illegal to make *anything* at home? (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #53

Just stuff that is illegal... XRubicon Mar 2013 #58

You seem to think "stuff that is illegal" is the main sort of thing these are designed to make. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #60

What can you make of at least equal quality cheaper than traditional method? XRubicon Mar 2013 #63

Pretty much anything I want made to my own specifications, for starters. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #64

This custom anything will be limited to a few materials and size will be restricted XRubicon Mar 2013 #68

Custom car shops are going to have a field day with those things AngryAmish Mar 2013 #24

Why didn't 2D printers do that to currency? jberryhill Mar 2013 #27

Well, they did, actually, so Treasury had to come up with new bills that are harder to fake Recursion Mar 2013 #37

If I can make a small request Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #44

Fair enough. How about drugs? Recursion Mar 2013 #49

The only places I've heard regular talk about those are FUD-laden news editorials Posteritatis Mar 2013 #57

I would like to focus on legitimate purposes Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #66

unfortunately, you can't unpress the gun button around here. unblock Mar 2013 #52

I think we already do own "the means of production." hunter Mar 2013 #55

mostly we don't.... mike_c Mar 2013 #74

Every corporation operating within the USA is a subsidiary of USA incorporated. hunter Mar 2013 #98

3-D Printing is Good for Custom Parts On the Road Mar 2013 #65

"I do like the idea of comparing developments to both Marxism and capitalism." Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #75

Overstated. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #78

Factories can't produce food either Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #84

Real estate is the means of food production. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #99

Food production is not the sole industry of human society -- because of technology Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #101

It'll fuel creativity, but it won't decentralize production. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #104

3D printing started a long time ago. Old and In the Way Mar 2013 #79

I like the idea GiveMeFreedom Mar 2013 #80

unless you can print oil on them d_r Mar 2013 #83

Um...no thanks PopeOxycontinI Mar 2013 #85

As I noted up-thread Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #89

There's architects working on printable housing right now, actually. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #90

Preach it! Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #93

Good thing you are wrong about this technology. Clames Mar 2013 #94

Oh, then maybe I'm wrong... PopeOxycontinI Mar 2013 #100

No, it'll create lots of jobs rather. Clames Mar 2013 #102

Sorry, I just don't buy it. PopeOxycontinI Mar 2013 #103

As of now, 3D printing lets the average person MineralMan Mar 2013 #86

I beg to disagree. timdog44 Mar 2013 #95

I've been following it all along. MineralMan Mar 2013 #105

Hate to break it to you Mopar151 Mar 2013 #96

Thank you for an interesting timdog44 Mar 2013 #97