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 machi...
The company will be hosted at DefCad.com, a spin-off of DefCad.org, and will make available 3-D printable files for parts of guns and other devices. Three-dimensional printing, or additive manufacturing, uses a printer that builds products made of materials like plastic or metal layer by l...
As of a day ago, MakerBot's Thingiverse Web site hosted the plans for a key component of an AR15 semi automatic rifle. Anyone could downloadMichael "HaveBlue" Guslick's designfor the lower receiver, and if you had a 3D printer you make one yourself. Those plans, and plans for other ...
3D printed weapons raise legal and security issues. Indeed, the 3D printing of weapons is illegal in Europe, Australia, and parts of Asia. Hence, a person could potentially easily turn into a new kind of gun manufacturer with only a desktop 3D printer. Table of contents 3D printing, a con...
News: Greater Manchester Police have issued a new statement following earlier claims that they had seized "component parts for what could be the UK's first ever 3D gun" after the 3D-printing community pointed out they may be harmless printer upgrade parts. More Marcus Fairs | 25 October 2013...
These parts will be 3D printed and shipped to your door in days. 100% printable (except the rubber bands..) rubber band gun, in semi-automatic flavor! I've included the .OBJ files for easy customization. Parts are grouped to fit on a standard MakerBot build platform. Print & Enjoy!
David Chipman of Giffords said that it's possible to use a 3D printer to create a frame or receiver and then combine it with metal parts to create a ghost gun. "They're not as reliable as metal frames or receivers, but they can fire 1,000 or 2,000 rounds" before failing, he expl...
I have been planning a 3d printer hot-blue extruder. I am much more interested in what 3d printed parts were used! Do you have any access to the 3d files, I would like to post them in an open source website like Thingiverse. Allowing the designs to grow and adapt. ...
An American gunsmith has become the first person to construct and shoot a pistol partly made out of plastic, 3D-printed parts. The creator, user HaveBlue from the AR-15 forum, has reportedly fired 200 rounds with his part-plastic pistol without any sign
places where significant amounts of the hot plastic could bond the two pieces together. He cut the channels with a rotary tool, buffed them, and used a hot knife to give them some internal texture. But with a 3D printer, you could build these channels into parts that were made to ...