and one more thing: once you figure out how to assemble a 3d printer and how to download/adjust cad to wok on your printer, you have a set of fairly marketable skills, and don’t really need to commit crimes to make a living.
Huh. Accidental education, make the goals immediate and tangible enough, and maybe people will educate themselves on their own.
I Imagine that thing would be perfect for the Index finger pointing style, (middle finger on the trigger), it would feel weird at first, until you were driving tacks at 50 yards..
Depending on the colour of the hand they're in, yes.I'm guessing these plastic weapons WON'T have the orange band around the muzzle that says 'this is a toy'
Up Here it used to be that you could buy ammo without a Firearms Acquisition Certificate, but not a gun. That loophole was, thankfully, closed some time ago.
Stephen? You can by a refurbished 3D printer for about $200.And schools and libraries have them too.
We're getting one for our new library. I had a chat with the librarians last week and brought this up - supervisory staff will be watching things VERY carefully. We don't THINK anyone around here is this crazy, but the trouble with this sort of crazy is that you DON'T see it until someone is on the ground bleeding out.
Shapeways does metal prints, and there's metal infused FDM filament. Available now.
Someone can also CNC mill better quality metal gun parts, using tech generations old.
I think this printable gun story is a bigger proportion of clickbait than functional prototype.
I own a couple of these consumer grade cheap printers, and any material whose primary attribute is to have a melting point low enough to turn from liquid to solid quickly enough only to stick to a previous layer and then be rigid, can't ever be bullet-explosion withstanding strength. Unless someone works out an entirely new molecular binding process or something, the layer by layer technique creates an inherent grain that's always going to be relatively weak.
I had to look that Rhino up, wow, that is different. I was wondering what that would do to the sight picture, but I get it, the sights live on a sort of "ramp", and yikes, pricey is right!
The real idea was to shoot hostile troops and take their guns. As I've mentioned before, it's a bit of a mystery if the things were actually used for this or any other purpose.
and one more thing: once you figure out how to assemble a 3d printer and how to download/adjust cad to wok on your printer, you have a set of fairly marketable skills, and don’t really need to commit crimes to make a living.
Huh. Accidental education, make the goals immediate and tangible enough, and maybe people will educate themselves on their own.
Yeah, we discourage that, too.
I can see the sex toys being relevant, at least for the folks surfing porn on the public-access computers.
The true wing nuts have already stockpiled more ammo than they could shoot in a lifetime.*
* not technically true, because you can go through a lot of ammo in an afternoon of target shooting.
IIRC, the manufacturer has a particular grip they recommend you use, but I don't remember the details. If I ever get one, I'll let you know. ;-)
I Imagine that thing would be perfect for the Index finger pointing style, (middle finger on the trigger), it would feel weird at first, until you were driving tacks at 50 yards..
I'm saving up. Hopefully they'll still make 'em by the time I can afford one.
When the last gun nut shoots himself?
There's printable Kevlar but the ceramic plates might be tricky.Hmm...
Depending on the colour of the hand they're in, yes.I'm guessing these plastic weapons WON'T have the orange band around the muzzle that says 'this is a toy'
Up Here it used to be that you could buy ammo without a Firearms Acquisition Certificate, but not a gun. That loophole was, thankfully, closed some time ago.
Certainly not ABS, so yeah, fire and toss. A weapon for murder but not MASS murder.Well, I feel better now.
Stephen? You can by a refurbished 3D printer for about $200.And schools and libraries have them too.
We're getting one for our new library. I had a chat with the librarians last week and brought this up - supervisory staff will be watching things VERY carefully. We don't THINK anyone around here is this crazy, but the trouble with this sort of crazy is that you DON'T see it until someone is on the ground bleeding out.
Shapeways does metal prints, and there's metal infused FDM filament. Available now.
Someone can also CNC mill better quality metal gun parts, using tech generations old.
I think this printable gun story is a bigger proportion of clickbait than functional prototype.
I own a couple of these consumer grade cheap printers, and any material whose primary attribute is to have a melting point low enough to turn from liquid to solid quickly enough only to stick to a previous layer and then be rigid, can't ever be bullet-explosion withstanding strength. Unless someone works out an entirely new molecular binding process or something, the layer by layer technique creates an inherent grain that's always going to be relatively weak.
I had to look that Rhino up, wow, that is different. I was wondering what that would do to the sight picture, but I get it, the sights live on a sort of "ramp", and yikes, pricey is right!
The real idea was to shoot hostile troops and take their guns. As I've mentioned before, it's a bit of a mystery if the things were actually used for this or any other purpose.