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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: GZire on May 03, 2013, 11:02:39 AM

Title: Group to debut handgun you can print at home
Post by: GZire on May 03, 2013, 11:02:39 AM

http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=0638de35-2174-42f0-8b0d-a3d3df3bc50a (http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=0638de35-2174-42f0-8b0d-a3d3df3bc50a)


Same guy/principle as the AR, but this time for a pistol.

Title: Re: Group to debut handgun you can print at home
Post by: mokeanne on May 03, 2013, 11:24:30 AM

Quote from: GZire on May 03, 2013, 11:02:39 AM

http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=0638de35-2174-42f0-8b0d-a3d3df3bc50a (http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=0638de35-2174-42f0-8b0d-a3d3df3bc50a)


Same guy/principle as the AR, but this time for a pistol.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/03/technology/innovation/staples-3d-printer/ (http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/03/technology/innovation/staples-3d-printer/)

3-D printers have officially gone mainstream. You can now get one at Staples for $1,300.

available online Friday, projecting in store by June. interesting note in the article:

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In some cases, 3-D designs have been controversial. Makerbot found itself under pressure to crack down on downloadable designs for printable gun parts late last year, after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. MakerBot's design file repository, called Thingiverse, had long prohibited "the creation of weapons" -- but they were loosely enforced before the crackdown in December.

Title: Re: Group to debut handgun you can print at home
Post by: GZire on May 06, 2013, 10:52:20 AM

Pistol has been fired:

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/first-3-d-printed-gun-fired-its-digital-blueprints-make-6C9790795?ocid=msnhp&pos=2 (http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/first-3-d-printed-gun-fired-its-digital-blueprints-make-6C9790795?ocid=msnhp&pos=2)