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In reply to the discussion: ‘World’s first 3-D printable handgun’ under fire [View all]NickB79
(19,224 posts)21. Actually no, the barrel is polymer too
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/05/meet-the-liberator-test-firing-the-worlds-first-fully-3d-printed-gun/
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Unlike the original, steel Liberator, though, Wilsons weapon is almost entirely plastic: Fifteen of its 16 pieces have been created inside an $8,000 second-hand Stratasys Dimension SST 3D printer, a machine that lays down threads of melted polymer that add up to precisely-shaped solid objects just as easily as a traditional printer lays ink on a page. The only non-printed piece is a common hardware store nail used as its firing pin.
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After the test-firing I witnessed, Wilson showed me a video of an ABS plastic barrel the group printed attached to a non-printed gun body firing ten rounds of .380 ammunition before breaking on the eleventh.
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You are correct, I see they placed a piece of steel inside the frame to make it detectable.
Ikonoklast
May 2013
#33
Hop on over to your local state prison and ask to see their homemade firearms collection - created
jtuck004
May 2013
#55
Schumer will have some First Amendment problems with that legislation. N/T
GreenStormCloud
May 2013
#57
I would expect gun manufacturers to ramp up production of 3-D gun printers.
MotherPetrie
May 2013
#43
Why can't these "patriots" just 3D print things like an exact model of the Mayflower?
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2013
#58
Good question! It's certainly loaded with enough phallic symbols. OTOH, they don't shoot anything
MotherPetrie
May 2013
#61
I object because it infringes upon my plans to print my own customized LEGO elements.
Orrex
May 2013
#20
So question. Does this mean the NRA will oppose background checks for 3D printers?
Savannahmann
May 2013
#22
Jeez, and I can't even print a 3 page spreadsheet without a F'ing paper jam! n/t
hughee99
May 2013
#30
But that is true about any gun. Balistics work only if the gun hasn't been 'disapeared'.
marble falls
May 2013
#74
No - if making and distributing the plans is legal then there is no criminal liability
hack89
May 2013
#67