Probably easier..anyone with a bridgeport in their garage can building a very high quality fully automatic weapon. However, I just ordered makerbot 3-d printer and will try making the gun just to see how accurate it really is.

I could get a lathe and a mill and make a real gun

aren't 3d printers available outside the u.s.?

i think they are,
seems to me this tech would be applicable to areas where it's difficult to obtain a gun, unlike in the usa, where guns are readily & cheaply available to most everyone. if a felon, etc, needs a gun, it's not a problem for them to get one or a dozen in the us.


also, t-minus how long till we read about the first dimwit who prints a gun that blows up in his hand.

:thumbsup

You could get that equipment used far cheaper than what a 3d printer would cost that is good enough to print the gun parts. The 3d printer staples has likely isn't good enough. It looks very cheap to me and the build area doesn't look big enough for things like the AR lower these guys have already released.

Most seem to over look that the printer those guys are using cost them $8k and that was "used" off ebay. The el cheepo printers are just that cheap and many of them can't make the gun parts these guys already have files for.

Meanwhile you can pick up some old used machine shop equipment that has out lived it's professional usage and build a AK or AR15 that can't be traced..

The 3D printing and distribution of design specs makes the issue a more interesting political debate about Government control vs. liberty and the rights of the people, particularly as it pertains to the internet, but the honest truth is you could make super cheap zip guns pretty much since there was such a thing as a hardware store.

I grew up with a machine shop in my garage. I've been thinking of getting a small lathe

That's funny because I am forty-five years old and yet... I haven't been raped yet. Or robbed.

+1 :thumbsup

http://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/war...s/BAimpGun.gif

Can find anything on Google

You can buy 85% complete AR parts that come with the patterns so all you need is a drill press from harbor freight and you are good to go. You can legally make 1 unregistered gun a year as long as you don't sell it to anybody and it's just for you. YMMV as I'm not a firearms lawyer, please read the ATF guidelines.

But if you get butt raped you will regret not owning a landmine.

that is scary... what will they think of next?

Anyone know if you can make bitcoins with the printer?

He was on 60 minutes last week.

You. Are. BRILLIANT!


Thank you for that idea. Time to beef up my home security system! :winkwink:

A unregulated gallon of gasoline and a lighter can do far more damage than a single shot .22

The 3D printing option doesn't really demonstrably change anything at all. Realistically, nobody now has better access than they already had. The unbelievably small fraction of DIY/Makerbot enthusiasts are pretty much already skilled enough engineers to fabricate something with better functionality than this 3D template already, and the printer materials are kind of pricey, all other options considered. The only thing the 3D printer is actually fabricating is the perception of some sort of new threat.

Now, the fact that the printer can be used to output various parts on demand is useful, whether you are fixing your AR or your washing machine, but that's a different discussion.