Honestly I don't think he was being malicious towards Obama overall. Sounds more like a misinformed title whose purpose is more to draw views and what not

But yeah...could really take piracy to new levels depending on what kind of materials it may be able to work with.

Grend

1600 Posts

July 29 2012 11:05 GMT

#24

A pistol made of glued together pieces of plastic.
Sounds like high quality precision equipment to me!

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

July 29 2012 11:12 GMT

#25

I can't seem to find the video... :-/

TerraTron

Canada137 Posts

July 29 2012 12:18 GMT

#26

I read somewhere that it only makes plastic parts, so you can build PARTS of a gun, but not a whole gun. Also 3d printers can only print in additive processes, which appears to have some effect on building weapons, but I have no knowledge of how guns work and the link I read this off seems to be down right now (http://www.3dprinter.net/gunsmith-makes-rifle-with-3d-printer).

The part he made with the 3d printer seems to be this http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11770

and another confirming it http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/07/26/the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun-is-a-terrifying-thing/

nihoh

Australia978 Posts

July 29 2012 12:20 GMT

#27

Remindz me of det film with the body guard n whitney hooston in it, wut wuz the film called again?

Nymphaceae

United States350 Posts

July 29 2012 12:21 GMT

#28

This has got to be a troll thread. There's no way that a 3d printer is the way of the future. With the number of people failing algebra in America, I'm guessing there's even a far larger percentage who fail physics and chemistry.

nihoh

Australia978 Posts

July 29 2012 12:21 GMT

#29

On July 29 2012 21:20 nihoh wrote:
Remindz me of det film with the body guard n whitney hooston in it, wut wuz the film called again?

Just found out, In the Line of Fire.

Nazza

Australia1654 Posts

July 29 2012 13:20 GMT

#30

On July 29 2012 19:24 sam!zdat wrote:

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Exactly! What happens to commodity capitalism then?

Answer: it creates a police state to keep us in line!

You'd have to steal a 3D printer first

. I heard they are a tad pricey.

Severedevil

United States4839 Posts

July 29 2012 13:29 GMT

#31

Eventually, you'll be able to download a file and print complex devices in your own home. And that will have plenty of ramifications. But you sure as hell can't do so yet.

iPlaY.NettleS

Australia4335 Posts

July 29 2012 13:43 GMT

#32

On July 29 2012 22:20 Nazza wrote:
You'd have to steal a 3D printer first

. I heard they are a tad pricey.

Maybe 5 years ago but not these days. $2000 ain't all that much , in the long run it would probably save you money.
Besides most people here are too short sighted , what happens when they start creating stronger plastics to use with these things? Theres videos on youtube of 3d printers that use stainless steel dust to make metal objects.

It's the future , get used to it left wingers.Government control over guns will be null and void when you've got 3D printers popping out guns left right and centre.

Athos

United States2484 Posts

July 29 2012 14:16 GMT

#33

All the articles have so far been misleading, as you can only print out the guns receiver. Somebody who wanted a working gun would still have to acquire the other parts.

Caihead

Canada8550 Posts

July 29 2012 14:16 GMT

#34

On July 29 2012 22:43 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:

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Maybe 5 years ago but not these days. $2000 ain't all that much , in the long run it would probably save you money.
Besides most people here are too short sighted , what happens when they start creating stronger plastics to use with these things? Theres videos on youtube of 3d printers that use stainless steel dust to make metal objects.

It's the future , get used to it left wingers.Government control over guns will be null and void when you've got 3D printers popping out guns left right and centre.

I gave this thread a chance after seeing the title but that's just troll bait from the creator. There isn't one comment that's remotely leftist in this thread, adding a political slant to a technology that should be used for enriching the educational and scientific process is just ridiculous.

Heh_

Singapore2712 Posts

July 29 2012 14:38 GMT

#35

On July 29 2012 23:16 Caihead wrote:

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You should take a look at the OP's previous blogs. He has a history of creating troll bait blogs..

micronesia

United States24691 Posts

July 29 2012 14:43 GMT

#36

3d plastic printers aren't the only possible alternative source of guns; in a place where gun manufacture is banned but demand is high, machine shops could knock together cheap, unsafe metal firearms pretty easily. In fact, in the USA, this is probably what would happen if there was a sudden ban on the production and distribution of firearms for civilian use.

L3gendary

Canada1470 Posts

July 29 2012 15:06 GMT

#37

lol you can't "print" any of the mechanisms of the gun just a plastic body. It took a gun smith to make it work...

Masq

Canada1792 Posts

July 29 2012 15:27 GMT

#38

I remember awhile back they were looking into printing organs for transplant using a 3D printer and stemcells

docvoc

United States5491 Posts

July 29 2012 16:04 GMT

#39

Lol so confused by this topic. I am unsure of the abilities of 3-d printers, but I find it hard to believe that a printer could make something THAT technical, something that requires hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment to mass produce.

Antimatterz

United States1010 Posts

July 29 2012 16:06 GMT

#40

On July 29 2012 17:59 SnetteL wrote:

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Just.. No.

If you knew anything about material requirements and processing technologies you would know how wrong you are.

I definitely have read in multiple places about 3-D printers that can do this.

Edit: On second thought it might have actually been that they are working on being able to do this, but I read that a while ago so I'll stand by the fact that they can do it haha