Man makes guns with a 3D printer

OhEsEcks · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:20

UncleRuckus said:
So they can't, can they.

These bullets cannot by fired by the gun parts including what is made up of the cartridge which this printer produces.

Are you choosing to ignore the blow dart gun?

UncleRuckus · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:21

Blue160 said:
What I'm trying to say is a bullet is still a bullet without the powder. The printer can print bullets. It can't print cartridges.

I'm not refuting that. I am refuting that the gun's bullet can be projected from a gun without black powder.

UncleRuckus · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:21

OhEsEcks said:
Are you choosing to ignore the blow dart gun?

This isn't the firearm in question now, is it.

OhEsEcks · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:23

UncleRuckus said:
This isn't the firearm in question now, is it.

It's still a firearm that can be 3D printed that does not require black powder to move the projectile/bullet.

UncleRuckus · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:23

OhEsEcks said:
It's still a firearm that can be 3D printed that does not require black powder to move the projectile/bullet.

This is not the firearm in question is it?

paradisiac · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:26

OhEsEcks said:
It's still a firearm that can be 3D printed that does not require black powder to move the projectile/bullet.

but why bother with a 3D printer when they already make straws for under £1 and darts cant be hard to make on the cheap either. why spend over £1.5k on a printer to do it.

OhEsEcks · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:26

UncleRuckus said:
This is not the firearm in question is it?

Go back to post to 17 where you decided to stick your oar in, read what you quoted me saying, read what you said, then see my post about blow dart guns. Simple.

It was you lot that got pedantic over the black powder being needed to have a functioning firearm while I was being pedantic about bullets.

You do not need black powder to fire a bullet. From a gun. You can use electricity. Or gas. Or rubber bands.

OhEsEcks · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:27

paradisiac said:
but why bother with a 3D printer when they already make straws for under £1 and darts cant be hard to make on the cheap either. why spend over £1.5k on a printer to do it.

I don't know why people spend £1.5k on a printer just to print tiny guitars. But people do.

paradisiac · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:28

OhEsEcks said:
you do not need black powder to fire a bullet. From a gun. You can use electricity. Or gas. Or rubber bands.

but none of these can be made with a 3D printer, so you cannot make a gun and ammunition that will actually work solely with a 3D printer.

paradisiac · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:29

OhEsEcks said:
I don't know why people spend £1.5k on a printer just to print tiny guitars. But people do.

because these are probably very easy to sell for a profit. I cannot imagine a plastic gun would have similar resale chances.

OhEsEcks · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:29

paradisiac said:
but none of these can be made with a 3D printer, so you cannot make a gun and ammunition that will actually work solely with a 3D printer.

Pedant

UncleRuckus · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:30

OhEsEcks said:
You do not need black powder to fire a bullet. From a gun. You can use electricity. Or gas. Or rubber bands.

But those are not the firearms that were originally being discussed.

StriderX · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:33

paradisiac said:
because these are probably very easy to sell for a profit. I cannot imagine a plastic gun would have similar resale chances.

Could get by metal detectors if the other components weren't metal either.

OhEsEcks · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:34

UncleRuckus said:
But those are not the firearms that were originally being discussed.

I apologise for not discussing solely everything that you wanted to discuss. Everybody just ignore my previous postings. We're only discussing what UncleRuckus wishes to discuss which means we're only discussing firearms that come under what he determines to be a firearm. That means it must use rounds. It must not use electric, gas, or elastic.

paradisiac · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:34

StriderX said:
Could get by metal detectors if the other components weren't metal either.

im pretty sure something that was 100% plastic would suck as a gun.

paradisiac · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:35

OhEsEcks said:
I apologise for not discussing solely everything that you wanted to discuss. Everybody just ignore my previous postings. We're only discussing what UncleRuckus wishes to discuss which means we're only discussing firearms that come under what he determines to be a firearm. That means it must use rounds. It must not use electric, gas, or elastic.

without being pedantic, but if you are talking about firearms not included in the OP then you are verging off topic, so they have a right to bring it up.
but on the other hand, threads would be dull and short if everyone just stuck to exactly what the OP said.

StriderX · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:35

paradisiac said:
im pretty sure something that was 100% plastic would suck as a gun.

Depends on the plastic.

paradisiac · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:36

StriderX said:
Depends on the plastic.

plastic that is capable of being shaped by a 3D printer

OhEsEcks · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:39

paradisiac said:
without being pedantic, but if you are talking about firearms not included in the OP then you are verging off topic, so they have a right to bring it up.
but on the other hand, threads would be dull and short if everyone just stuck to exactly what the OP said.

If people didn't verge off topic any forum would be a boring hole.

As for printing firearms to get through metal detectors… would't it just be easier to print a shiv? Also didn't H&K make a ceramic barrelled firearm for getting through metal detectors? Or is that a snopes thing?

UncleRuckus · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:47

OhEsEcks said:
I apologise for not discussing solely everything that you wanted to discuss. Everybody just ignore my previous postings. We're only discussing what UncleRuckus wishes to discuss which means we're only discussing firearms that come under what he determines to be a firearm. That means it must use rounds. It must not use electric, gas, or elastic.

Oh I'm happy to discuss any form of weaponry, in fact I made cracking set of blow darts when I was a nipper from a certain cookbook.

However, when disputing something I try to keep to the point in question.