Airport scanners aren't that sensitive. I went through with my belt on the other month (standard metal buckle) and they didn't go off.
Working gun made with 3D printer
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Airport scanners aren't that sensitive. I went through with my belt on the other month (standard metal buckle) and they didn't go off.
More to the point, You COULD make them sensitive enough. It is just that they would then go off for everybody and therefore be useless!
What is it with the retards making sensationalist headlines? Its a piece of plastic that fires .22 rounds most likely highly inaccurately due to not having a metal threaded barrel. They have pens that can be used to fire .22 rounds FFS. It's hardly a .50 caliber sniper rifle. if you are scared about something that can carry a .22 round, they have been round for ages in many smaller forms than that large plastic handgun thing in the OP.
You need AMMO to use it. If you have access to AMMO then you can use anything to fire a .22. Get a thin metal tube, put the round in it and use a hammer with a nail. Should they ban hammers, metal tubing and what ever else that could remotely be used to fire a .22 round? Larger caliber rounds wouldn't even work with a plastic barrel.
You need AMMO to use it. If you have access to AMMO then you can use anything to fire a .22. Get a thin metal tube, put the round in it and use a hammer with a nail. Should they ban hammers, metal tubing and what ever else that could remotely be used to fire a .22 round? Larger caliber rounds wouldn't even work with a plastic barrel.
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you saying a .22 round cannot kill someone??
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That 3D-Printed Handgun You've Been Waiting For Is Here
J.D. Tuccille|May. 3, 2013 9:15 am
Michael Thad Carter for ForbesRemember when Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson promised to unveil an entirely 3D-printed handgun made of ABS plastic with the firing pin its only metal part? Well, he's apparently done it. Forbes's Andy Greenberg was given a sneak peek of the result, and it looks and appears to be quite an achievement. If all goes well, the plans will be unveiled at Defcad.org next week.
Writes Greenberg:
Eight months ago, Cody Wilson set out to create the world’s first entirely 3D-printable handgun.
Now he has.
Early next week, Wilson, a 25-year University of Texas law student and founder of the non-profit group Defense Distributed, plans to release the 3D-printable CAD files for a gun he calls “the Liberator,” pictured in its initial form above. He’s agreed to let me document the process of the gun’s creation, so long as I don’t publish details of its mechanics or its testing until it’s been proven to work reliably and the file has been uploaded to Defense Distributed’s online collection of printable gun blueprints at Defcad.org.
All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition.
Some people have asked why you would bother to print a gun like this when you can purchase a stronger, more durable gun made from traditional materials. The answer should be obvious: This is an exercise in political theater, to demonstrate that technology is empowering individuals by stripping governments of the ability to enforce restrictions. Yes, you can make guns in a host of ways, including the similarly advanced technology of CNC machines. But 3D printing is a hot and increasingly accessible technology that has been specifically called out by the president. To use it to so easily defeat restrictions (or outright prohibitions) is to demonstrate the limits of the coercive power of the state.
J.D. Tuccille|May. 3, 2013 9:15 am
Michael Thad Carter for ForbesRemember when Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson promised to unveil an entirely 3D-printed handgun made of ABS plastic with the firing pin its only metal part? Well, he's apparently done it. Forbes's Andy Greenberg was given a sneak peek of the result, and it looks and appears to be quite an achievement. If all goes well, the plans will be unveiled at Defcad.org next week.
Writes Greenberg:
Eight months ago, Cody Wilson set out to create the world’s first entirely 3D-printable handgun.
Now he has.
Early next week, Wilson, a 25-year University of Texas law student and founder of the non-profit group Defense Distributed, plans to release the 3D-printable CAD files for a gun he calls “the Liberator,” pictured in its initial form above. He’s agreed to let me document the process of the gun’s creation, so long as I don’t publish details of its mechanics or its testing until it’s been proven to work reliably and the file has been uploaded to Defense Distributed’s online collection of printable gun blueprints at Defcad.org.
All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition.
Some people have asked why you would bother to print a gun like this when you can purchase a stronger, more durable gun made from traditional materials. The answer should be obvious: This is an exercise in political theater, to demonstrate that technology is empowering individuals by stripping governments of the ability to enforce restrictions. Yes, you can make guns in a host of ways, including the similarly advanced technology of CNC machines. But 3D printing is a hot and increasingly accessible technology that has been specifically called out by the president. To use it to so easily defeat restrictions (or outright prohibitions) is to demonstrate the limits of the coercive power of the state.
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I'm surprised at everyone on here laughing at how rudimentary the printed gun is including it's lack of firing pin and ammo. Of course it is, personal 3D printers are still in their infancy and a design like this no doubt could do with a lot of optimisation. 3D printers, and the filament used to print with, are still quite expensive but that'll come down with time, for example, personal extruders should greatly reduce the cost of printing.
I'm not saying that something like this could ever be viable, if it ever could it would take decades, but with a large community working on it, who knows what could come out the other end. As for the lathe and drill analogy, yes anyone with a working knowledge of how guns work and the requisite skill to use the tools can make a gun, it's not like they're very complicated devices. The ability to print a gun however negates those requirements and gives instant access to anyone with a suitable printer.
Even if there never will be a viable way to print guns there's still a lot of home use CNC milling machines and lathes knocking about (though not as accessible as 3D printers) with pretty good tolerances. I bet you could download a blueprint for a gun easily enough for them but there's no outcry over that as 3D printing is what's popular right now.
I'm not saying that something like this could ever be viable, if it ever could it would take decades, but with a large community working on it, who knows what could come out the other end. As for the lathe and drill analogy, yes anyone with a working knowledge of how guns work and the requisite skill to use the tools can make a gun, it's not like they're very complicated devices. The ability to print a gun however negates those requirements and gives instant access to anyone with a suitable printer.
Even if there never will be a viable way to print guns there's still a lot of home use CNC milling machines and lathes knocking about (though not as accessible as 3D printers) with pretty good tolerances. I bet you could download a blueprint for a gun easily enough for them but there's no outcry over that as 3D printing is what's popular right now.
Its not this particular gun that is worrying but the idea that printed weapons are (potentially) going to become more and more viable as technology improves. This particular model is a bit naff... its the likelihood that 3D printing improves significantly over time and more sophisticated designs become feasible which could be worrying. There is also the issue of ammunition to overcome as has been pointed out.
True though that requires more effort... 3D printing, in theory, means you can download, press a button then simply assemble.
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3D printing is still far to young to be a threat, but its certainly a step in the right direction towards us all having star trek holo decks!
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My friend and I made a pipe gun or kind of zip gun when we where 13. We made it in his fathers workshop who was an owner of a rifle club.
We used a .410 shotgun shell and made a stand so we didn't have to hold it in case of failure.
His father found out and was not too pleased to say the least but agreed to test it at the club when everyone had left. We did and it successfully fired 3 shots. He then destroyed it and we got lectured on how dangerous and illegal our actions were.
If a couple of 13 year olds can achieve this in the 1980's in a shed then I wouldn't worry too much about this. The printers still cost a fortune so it is unlikely that every school boy and nutter will have one. It will be cheaper to buy a gun on the black market.
We used a .410 shotgun shell and made a stand so we didn't have to hold it in case of failure.
His father found out and was not too pleased to say the least but agreed to test it at the club when everyone had left. We did and it successfully fired 3 shots. He then destroyed it and we got lectured on how dangerous and illegal our actions were.
If a couple of 13 year olds can achieve this in the 1980's in a shed then I wouldn't worry too much about this. The printers still cost a fortune so it is unlikely that every school boy and nutter will have one. It will be cheaper to buy a gun on the black market.
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I'd like to mention that making decent gunpowder is not easy. The granularity, the proportions and many other issues can hugely affect performance.
I don't think we'll all be touting 3D printed guns any time soon.
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Plastic bullets.
gun cotton however is quite easy to make, chemicals easily available to order and some ice water and a thermometer.
I would really enjoy watching backyard-anarchists blow themselves up by trying to make nitrocellulose at home
(Most[Some)) Americans are nutters...
As mentioned earlier in the thread its not really about making the weapon, its about proving the point that the US and her laws cant stop them from the right of having one at any means. Gun Nuts..
Cant wait till we all get Star Trek replicators, Tea, earl grey,hot and an UZI, 9mm.
As mentioned earlier in the thread its not really about making the weapon, its about proving the point that the US and her laws cant stop them from the right of having one at any means. Gun Nuts..
Cant wait till we all get Star Trek replicators, Tea, earl grey,hot and an UZI, 9mm.