Of course, we know full well that our Masters in Washington are not going to like being taken out of the control loop, and will seek to regulate this in every way they can imagine. History has already shown how well that works...
Of course, we know full well that our Masters in Washington are not going to like being taken out of the control loop, and will seek to regulate this in every way they can imagine. History has already shown how well that works...
Perhaps of interest.
So, can you build a 3-D printer using a 3-D printer?
$250K machine...
Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) is an additive metal fabrication technology developed by EOS of Munich, Germany, It is comparable to selective laser sintering (SLS) that was developed at UT Austin in the 80s and commercialized by DTM. They could have been making gun parts for 20 years, but why, when there are better technologies available?
DTMs core patents expire next year, but consensus is there won’t be any rush to copycat machines at lower prices after the DTM goes off-patent.
It’s funny how overhyped reporting is treated differently when it’s about 3D printing of guns vs, say “EVs” or “climate science”.
Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
Isn’t it true that lathe operators have always been able to make guns for very little money? Used lathes are a few grand each. That’s how they’re made in Pakistan, where copies of AK-47’s proliferate.
To put it in perspective, that's about the same cost as a five year old work truck with 150,000 miles on it. For the same money you could also have four bare bones modern sporting rifles.
I have a suspicion that the price tag won't be a barrier to the sufficiently motivated.
To heck with guns. Can one of these things build a president getter-ridder that won’t physically hurt him? It would just put him in a place where he is a lonely man, and constantly reminds him of his botched presidency.
Once classic designs can be “printed” reliably, next will be making one-off & limited runs of exotic designs, going straight from designer to finished product without fiddling with CNC & normal milling issues. Example exotic: http://www.pascaleggert.de/ThorA1.html
Kinda like publishing going from movable type to laser printers. First, the latter has to catch up to the former, then far surpasses it in capability.
Amazing. I truly thought an actual working metal gun would be a lot farther off. I am impressed.
The leftists are going nuts over the fact that this was done.
What they don’t realize is that this puts one more nail in the coffin for the rationale for people control.
There is no way for the government to totally get rid of the Commonsense Civil Right of self-defense –there are still ways for guns to be produced and that people control only punishes the law-abiding an rewards the criminals – public and private.
Now if we could 3D-print µm-scale high-temp superconductors...
Next up: Background checks for 3D printers.
think about how well the tolerances can be made.
