Gun Made With 3-D Printer Is Successfully Fired

[Mookz 1,287]

Was a toddler at least wounded?

[frank 2,144]

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.

- John Lennon

 

Stop and think, you should be able to figure it out.

If your eyes are closed, you can't see anything. Therefore, you can't misunderstand all that you see. Unless it means you misunderstand nothing.

Stop and think, you should be able to figure it out.

[Phurfur 70]

I was wondering how long it would take for this topic to come up.

 

News flash for the anti gun crowd: Until the 3D printer can use metal, there is nothing to worry about.

 

 

Homeland Security bulletin warns 3D-printed guns may be 'impossible' to stop

 

A new Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin warns it could be "impossible" to stop 3D-printed guns from being made, not to mention getting past security checkpoints.

A May 21 bulletin distributed to numerous state and federal law enforcement agencies and obtained by FoxNews.com states that the guns, which can be made by downloading blueprints into cutting edge computers that mold three-dimensional items from melted plastic, "poses public safety risks" and are likely beyond the current reach of regulators. The guns threaten to render 3D gun control efforts useless if their manufacture becomes more widespread.

"Significant advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing capabilities, availability of free digital 3D printer files for firearms components, and difficulty regulating file sharing may present public safety risks from unqualified gun seekers who obtain or manufacture 3D printed guns," warns the bulletin compiled by the Joint Regional Intelligence Center.

 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/23/govt-memo-warns-3d-printed-guns-may-be-impossible-to-stop/#ixzz2U9dheckT

 

[Recliner Pilot 61]

On a related note, the Dept Of Homeland Security quietly announced they will be purchasing 1.5 Billion 3-D printers for training purposes.

[Phurfur 70]

Once again, correct me if I'm wrong, but there are no 3d printers that have the ability to use the metals that are needed to make the most important parts of a gun.

At least none available outside of military tech, which none of us here would know about anyways, right?

 

You are way behind, it looks like the technology has passed you by old timer.

 

3D printing aims to deliver organs on demand

 

Dying patients could someday receive a 3D-printed organ made from their own cells rather than wait on long lists for the short supply of organ transplants. Such a futuristic dream remains far from reality, but university labs and private companies have already taken the first careful steps by using 3D-printing technology to build tiny chunks of organs.

Regenerative medicine has already implanted lab-grown skin, tracheas and bladders into patients body parts grown slowly through a combination of artificial scaffolds and living human cells. By comparison, 3D-printing technology offers both greater speed and computer-guided precision in printing living cells layer by layer to make replacement skin, body parts and perhaps eventually organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/09/24/3d-printing-aims-to-deliver-organs-on-demand/

 

 

[Sho Nuff 719]

 

Such a futuristic dream remains far from reality,

 

 

Keep trying old man....Miller Geniune Draft

[FlaHawker 24]

 

Keep trying old man....Miller Geniune Draft

Keep whining baldy!

[Little Rusty 17]

 

The Texas-based company Defense Distributed is getting quite a bit of attention this week for its Liberator — a handgun made almost entirely by a 3-D printer.

 

The BBC says "the world's first gun made with 3-D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US." There's a promotional video posted here of the gun being tested.

 

Defense Distributed says it's going to post instructions online for how to make the gun (though the 3-D printer it used costs $8,000, a not insignificant investment).

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/06/181612663/gun-made-with-3-d-printer-is-successfully-fired

 

 

The Printers are relatively cheap, they make a killing on the ink.

[Sho Nuff 719]

Keep whining baldy!

 

Its still funny that you think this is some sort of insult.

[FlaHawker 24]

 

Its still funny that you think this is some sort of insult.

Whatever you say Kojak!

[hoytdwow 202]

Real patriots would have made a 3D machine gun

[Phurfur 70]

NASA is preparing to launch a 3D printer into space next year, a toaster-sized game changer that greatly reduces the need for astronauts to load up with every tool, spare part or supply they might ever need.

The printers would serve as a flying factory of infinite designs, creating objects by extruding layer upon layer of plastic from long strands coiled around large spools. Doctors use them to make replacement joints and artists use them to build exquisite jewelry.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/30/nasa-to-launch-3d-printer-into-space-to-help-supply-astronauts/?intcmp=latestnews

 

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Real patriots would have made a 3D machine gun

I cannot Imagine the hysteria.

[Vikings4ever 496]

I was wondering how long it would take for this topic to come up.

 

News flash for the anti gun crowd: Until the 3D printer can use metal, there is nothing to worry about.

6 months later...

 

 

Solid Concepts has successfully produced what it claims to be the world’s first 3D printed metal gun. And unlike the Liberator before it, this one looks a whole lot closer to the traditional firearms you're used to seeing. According to its creators, the metal gun functions without issue and has already fired off over 50 rounds. Building it involved the process of laser sintering — which helped them manufacture over 30 individual components for the gun — and various powdered metals. The point of all of this, Solid Concepts says, is to provide yet more evidence of 3D printing's potential; that the technology of far more than making "trinkets and Yoda heads."

 

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

I honestly have no idea what metals make the most important parts of a gun. A quick google search shows that, at least, steel, titanium, and stainless steel are printable.

 

Here's an article about NASA using 3D printers.

 

I admit, I don't know a ton about the technology. But what I do know is that the technology is way more advanced than most people would think. And technology is general is moving so quickly.

 

Fock, at the turn of the century what would people have thought about a touchscreen computer the size of a hardcover book, less than a centimeter thick, with near instantaneous access to audio and visual materials from almost anywhere? 10 years later, boom, iPad.

 

I remember as a kid watching Inspector Gadget thinking that Penny's "Computer Book" was the coolest thing ever.

 

Now, I carry a better version in my pocket daily.

 

Although I still don't have my focking flying car or robot maid like the Jetsons promised.

[pimptastic69 0]

It's the Star Trek replicator.

 

"Computah....Tea...Earl Grey...Hot."

[parrot 789]

6 months later...

 

 

The technology of this stuff is really interesting, but as it now stands, it's BFD as far as making weapons. It's pretty simple to fabricate a single shot firearm using everyday items. You can make a 12 gauge shotgun from two pieces of pipe and a nail.

[edjr 5,547]

ban printers

[Phurfur 70]

Philadelphia poised to become first city to ban 3D-printed guns

 

With the stroke of a pen, Philadelphia will become the first U.S. city to ban the manufacture of firearms using three-dimensional printing technology.

In a preemptive move designed to get ahead of creative criminals, the Philadelphia City Council voted unanimously last week to prohibit the use of 3D printers to create any firearm or “any piece thereof” unless that person possesses a license to manufacture firearms. Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, author of the legislation, told FoxNews.com he expects Mayor Michael Nutter to sign the bill by the end of the year, enacting it into law. Violators could face fines up to $2,000.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/26/philadelphia-poised-to-become-first-city-to-ban-3d-printed-guns/?intcmp=latestnews

 

[Phurfur 70]

I was wondering how long it would take for this topic to come up.

 

News flash for the anti gun crowd: Until the 3D printer can use metal, there is nothing to worry about.

 

 

 

 

American Pearl touts 3D-printed jewelry, engagement rings

 

The time-honored tradition of browsing a jewelry store -- wallet in hand and heart in throat -- is being turned upside down, thanks to one New York jeweler's tech-forward thinking.

American Pearl is using 3D printing to let customers create their own finely detailed pieces of gold, silver, and platinum jewelry, quickly, and more cheaply than the traditional jewelry-making process, without ever setting foot in the store.

That's right, guys: You can order that Christmas engagement ring while in your pajamas, without ever leaving your laptop behind.

“What we love about 3D printing is that consumers save a lot of money and lot of time having something 3D printed,” said Eddie Bakhash, CEO and son of the founder of American Pearl, which has had a storefront in New York City’s Diamond District since 1950. He called the technology “very disruptive” to the $85 billion a year U.S. jewelry industry.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/12/12/for-that-someone-special-3d-printed-engagement-ring/

 

New 3D printer lets home cooks print their dinner

 

Here’s an appliance to help you make perfect pizza every time, and we mean every time.

The same technology being used to make guns, toys and even diamond rings, is being applied to homemade food.

Barcelona-based 3D printing startup Natural Machines is releasing the Foodini, a 3D printer that allows cooks to create perfectly formed meals, reports the BBC.

Users can combine up to six ingredients to at a time, and with a push of a button, the food comes out of the nozzle in a preprogrammed pattern. Think evenly made pizzas, burgers, and ravioli. And it’s designed so the ordinary home cook can use it.

The Foodini, which looks a bit like a miniature oven, can also perform other useful food prep tasks, like decorate cakes.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/12/11/new-3d-printer-lets-home-cooks-print-their-pizzas/

 

[Phurfur 70]

3D Systems (DDD) announced a deal with Hershey's (HSY, Fortune 500) Thursday to collaborate on developing a 3-D printer that makes chocolate and other edible products.

 

In a statement, 3D Systems said making printers that print chocolate is a good way to help the relatively new technology go mainstream. Hershey sees it as a great delivery system for its products.

"Whether it's creating a whole new form of candy or developing a new way to produce it, we embrace new technologies such as 3-D printing as a way to keep moving our timeless confectionery treats into the future," said William Papa, head of research and development at Hershey, in a statement.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/16/technology/3d-printer-chocolate/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Sho Nuff 719]

3D Systems (DDD) announced a deal with Hershey's (HSY, Fortune 500) Thursday to collaborate on developing a 3-D printer that makes chocolate and other edible products.

 

In a statement, 3D Systems said making printers that print chocolate is a good way to help the relatively new technology go mainstream. Hershey sees it as a great delivery system for its products.

"Whether it's creating a whole new form of candy or developing a new way to produce it, we embrace new technologies such as 3-D printing as a way to keep moving our timeless confectionery treats into the future," said William Papa, head of research and development at Hershey, in a statement.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/16/technology/3d-printer-chocolate/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

So let me get this straight.

You couldn't figure out how to consolidate all of your Obamacare whining into one thread for a while.

But printing 3D chocolate and you post it in a thread about 3d printed guns?

[Recliner Pilot 61]

So let me get this straight.

Never happen.

 

Now hurry up and post your emoticon.

[Sho Nuff 719]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0fyUYB3cA

[Phurfur 70]

So let me get this straight.

You couldn't figure out how to consolidate all of your Obamacare whining into one thread for a while.

But printing 3D chocolate and you post it in a thread about 3d printed guns?

Does it matter? If my name is on it you are looking at it.

 

Jump Monkey Jump!

[Sho Nuff 719]

Does it matter? If my name is on it you are looking at it.

 

Jump Monkey Jump!

 

Does it matter?

Yes...3d printed chocolate needs to be up front with a thread of its own.

Better than 90% of the topics started today.

 

As for your name making me look at it...Ill point you to the massive amount of posts of yours in the sequester thread that I have ignored your rambling.

HTH

[Recliner Pilot 61]

 

As for your name making me look at it...Ill point you to the massive amount of posts of yours in the sequester thread that I have ignored your rambling.

 

So, you admit looking at them.

 

Hurry up and post your emoticon.

[Sho Nuff 719]

[SUXBNME 1,322]

Where are all these 3D printer guns I've been hearing about?

 

Oh yea...There are none.

 

mksuckadikultra

 

It's ok, phurfur...You are correct many more times than wrong, imo

[Sho Nuff 719]

Where are all these 3D printer guns I've been hearing about?

 

Oh yea...There are none.

 

mksuckadikultra

 

It's ok, phurfur...You are correct many more times than wrong, imo

 

But now they are on to printing chocolate...and nobody knows about it because its buried in a fail of a thread by phurfur.

[drobeski 3,061]

Where are all these 3D printer guns I've been hearing about?

 

Oh yea...There are none.

 

mksuckadikultra

 

It's ok, phurfur...You are correct many more times than wrong, imo

holder is selling them to the cartels

[Phurfur 70]

Where are all these 3D printer guns I've been hearing about?

 

Oh yea...There are none.

 

mksuckadikultra

 

It's ok, phurfur...You are correct many more times than wrong, imo

http://www.industrial-lasers.com/articles/2014/01/plastic-3d-printed-gun-regulations-urged-in-california-bill.html

 

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/california-bill-seeks-to-pre-empt-spread-of-undetectable-3d-printed-guns-470882?site=classic

 

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/click-print-gun-the-inside-story-of-the-3d-printed-gun-movement-video

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/3d-guns-house-renew-prohibition-plastic-firearms

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/3d-printer-gun

 

 

Next time you crawl out from under your rock try google.

 

 

BTW: The earth is round

 

I was wondering how long it would take for this topic to come up.

 

News flash for the anti gun crowd: Until the 3D printer can use metal, there is nothing to worry about.

And that is why they are rushing to pass legislation against them at the state and federal level.

[Phurfur 70]

I was wondering how long it would take for this topic to come up.

 

News flash for the anti gun crowd: Until the 3D printer can use metal, there is nothing to worry about.

National Harbor, Md. – A U.S. Navy carrier in the perhaps not too distant future will have the ability to create everything from replacement parts to organs to miniature combat drones with 3-D printers, Navy officials say.

 

Advances in additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, are happening so quickly that ideas for its uses have outstripped the Navy's ability to get into places where officials know they want it -- aboard ships at sea.

 

 

 

"There are significant safety concerns," Lt. Ben Kohlman of the Chief of Naval Operations' Rapid Innovation Cell said on Tuesday during a presentation at Sea Air Space 2014. "The powder that's used in the aluminum or titanium is highly flammable."

 

 

 

 

 

And there is also figuring out where such a shop would go on a ship. Right now, 3D printing is done at shops on land – not a "dynamic environment" like a ship at sea, Coast Guard Commander Tyson Weinert said.

 

 

"They can't be subjected to the pitch, the roll, the yaw [of a ship], so now you've got those forces acting on a printer," he said. "What is the tolerance for that, how will the printer itself react to those other forces? You can try to manage the center of gravity as best you can, try and get the safest sot with the minimal amount of movement, but what is the trade off? What is on the ship already ... versus where will the printers have to go? So that is a whole design process in itself."

[Phurfur 70]

How does a $50 3D-printed hand match up to $42G prosthetic?

 

Jose Delgado, Jr., 53, was born without most of his left hand and has been using prosthetic devices for decades. His current device, a mayo electric prosthesis, is valued at around $42,000.

 

Due to the high cost of prosthetics, groups like e-NABLE, comprised of a global community of volunteers, have been formed with the goal of providing free 3D-printed devices and parts for people in need.

 

Jeremy Simon, an e-NABLE volunteer and founder of 3D Universe, had an idea: make a 3D-printed mechanical hand using $50 worth of materials and see how it compares to the $42,000 prosthetic. The results were shocking.

 

"Certainly we're not making an apples to apples comparison -- these are entirely different kinds of devices -- but the comparison I was trying to draw with Jose was strictly in terms of day-to-day functionality what's more useful," Simon told FoxNews.com. "It turned out [the 3D-printed] one was."

 

Delgado Jr., who tested the device, told Simon the grip of the 3D-printed hand made it more functional in many cases than the more expensive prosthetic.

 

"It's useful for carrying boxes," Delgado Jr. said. "These are more grip and won't let go of much."

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/04/23/how-does-50-3d-printed-hand-match-up-to-42g-prosthetic/?intcmp=latestnews

[Sho Nuff 719]

Good news phurf...you can print a new cack now so you can finally get it up again. Your wifey will be so happy...no more of those blue pills.

[KSB2424 3,082]

I still can't wrap my head around 3D printing. :splode:

[Phurfur 70]

I still can't wrap my head around 3D printing. :splode:

And we are just scratching the surface.

[parrot 789]

I still can't wrap my head around 3D printing. :splode:

 

The guitar that was posted recently blew my mind. This is the kind of sh!t where we need to make sure we are in the vanguard.

[SUXBNME 1,322]

Springs made from 3d printers yet?

[SUXBNME 1,322]

Solid Concepts, one of the world’s largest rapid prototyping outfits, just printed a gun. Unlike previous 3D printed guns like the Liberator, this 3D printed version of an M1911 is made out of metal. It’s a real gun, with rifling in the barrel – something the Liberator doesn’t have – and has the look and feel of what the US military has been using as a service pistol for decades.

The Solid Concepts 1911 was made using the selective laser sintering process, using a combination of stainless steel and nickel-chromium alloys. Every single part of the gun, save for the spring, was 3D printed without any machining. It’s an impressive feat of rapid manufacturing – firing .45 ACP rounds, this gun will see 20,000 psi every time the gun is fired. It’s already chewed through a few magazines so far, and it apparently shoots pretty well, to boot.

Here’s why you shouldn’t care.

Solid Concepts business is to make things using rapid prototyping. They make everything from plastic baubles, tooling for injection molds, architectural models, and stuff that doesn’t get past the prototype stage. This 3D printed 1911 is simply a demonstration of Solid Concept’s capabilities, nothing more.

The printer used to manufacture this printer is an EOS SLS printer that costs many tens of thousands of dollars. Our limited research can’t pin the price of the printer down more than that, but let’s just say you could buy a very, very nice sports car for the same price, and we’re not talking about that awesome ‘vette down at the Chevy dealership.

This is just a neat little advertisement, that’s it. Someone at Solid Concepts realized if they made a gun using 3D printed parts, it would be picked up by blogs and wire services. They were right. It’s an excellent demo of what Solid Concepts’ capabilities are, but that’s just about it. You’re still not able to manufacture an M1911 on a desktop 3D printer, and even if you could, you could set up a machine shop in your garage and end up with a similar product for less money.

As an aside, and this is just me throwing an idea out there, can we please stop using guns as an example of what 3D printing can do? I respect your right to manufacture, own, and operate a gun, but as I write this paragraph, I’m cringing at the thought of all the pro and anti-gun comments this post will see.

If you’re looking for a way to demonstrate your 3D printing prowess, how about something like an engine? Given the right design, they’re more complicated than a gun, and a really small Wankel engine would be really cool.