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**mnl231**

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article...-d-printer

Once this technology is widely available, the internet will have to become tightly controlled and I suspect it will change beyond all recognition before long. I wonder if there will be a whole wealth of new civil servants who's job it is to monitor and control our activity on the internet.

**Wolf Pup**

Ahh yes..the replicator. I cant wait for it to print out hot babes! chuckle

**Kanigo2** lop guest User ID: 97971 07-27-2012 09:49 PM

From the replies:

The headline is an outright lie. He made a lower receiver not the entire weapon. Yet no mention of that fact in the entire article.

So much for journalistic integrity.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11770

^Here is a picture of the only component that was printed. A far cry from an actual working .22 pistol. Where do the bullets go John?

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/07...ing-thing/

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/13351...rinted-gun

**Foodnipple** · **Foodnipple** ♋ User ID: 111193 07-27-2012 09:53 PM **Posts: 4,850**

Badass! that's a hell of a lot cheaper than an injection molding machine which usually run $500,000 not including the Die needed

~~Jedi Knight Stevus~~

Wolf Pup Wrote:

Ahh yes..the replicator. I cant wait for it to print out hot babes!

Rachel Ray would be printed out on a daily basis. Fap1

**Devout Agnostic**

Wow! It's not everyday that you see an application of engineering technology that will change the world so certainly. An enthusiastic 5*, thanks for posting!

**Devout Agnostic** · (This post was last modified: 07-27-2012 10:05 PM by Devout Agnostic.)

Kanigo2 Wrote:

From the replies:

The headline is an outright lie. He made a lower receiver not the entire weapon. Yet no mention of that fact in the entire article.

So much for journalistic integrity.

No no no, this guy obviously just skimmed the article for the link. He made both a fully functional pistol, and an entire working assault rifle. He only posted the lower receiver design to the 3-d schematic site as a sociopolitical and legal test.

I don't know much about guns, but im assuming this is the part that determines whether the weapon is semiauto or fully automatic... i would guess for personal liability he posted a semiauto version, but its an interesting choice on his part if this is the case, because its the one part that could be modified with political implications.

**Bagatell** · **Bagatell** user Variable User ID: 9614 07-27-2012 09:58 PM **Posts: 1,704**

Devout Agnostic Wrote:

Wow! It's not everyday that you see an application of engineering technology that will change the world so certainly. An enthusiastic 5*, thanks for posting!

**Foodnipple** · **Foodnipple** ♋ User ID: 111193 07-27-2012 09:59 PM **Posts: 4,850**

Jedi Knight Stevus Wrote:

Wolf Pup Wrote:
Ahh yes..the replicator. I cant wait for it to print out hot babes!

Rachel Ray would be printed out on a daily basis.

Her boobs are too small but we can change that in the programing. chuckle

**Devout Agnostic**

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**Sonofabiscuit**

Devout Agnostic Wrote:

Kanigo2 Wrote:
From the replies:

The headline is an outright lie. He made a lower receiver not the entire weapon. Yet no mention of that fact in the entire article.

So much for journalistic integrity.

No no no, this guy obviously just skimmed the article for the link. He made both a fully functional pistol, and an entire working assault rifle. He only posted the lower receiver design to the 3-d schematic site as a sociopolitical and legal test.

I don't know much about guns, but im assuming this is the part that determines whether the weapon is semiauto or fully automatic... i would guess for personal liability he posted a semiauto version, but its an interesting choice on his part if this is the case, because its the one part that could be modified with political implications.

Someone said though that 3d printers can't print metal, so how were the internals made?

**Ray-Ray Debarge** lop guest User ID: 110358 07-27-2012 10:17 PM

Goddamnit, can we please call it a "semi-automatic carbine" instead of "assault rifle"?

And as was pointed out earlier, there's no f'ing way they made a barrel that wouldn't 'splode on first shot from plastic.

**Mike** lop guest User ID: 94568 07-27-2012 10:19 PM

Good for him, I eagerly await the shell shock anti-gun folks who cry arrest him, he made a gun! A lot of people don't realize it's legal to make your own firearm (with a few restrictions) as a non-licensee (as in not having a FFL07 or better license) so long as you are making it for your own personal use and are not prohibited from owning a firearm and the firearm you make meets all existing regulations - i.e. if you make a shotgun with a barrel less than 18" you could still build it but need the requisite $200 tax stamp.

**Devout Agnostic**

Mike Wrote:

Good for him, I eagerly await the shell shock anti-gun folks who cry arrest him, he made a gun! A lot of people don't realize it's legal to make your own firearm (with a few restrictions) as a non-licensee (as in not having a FFL07 or better license) so long as you are making it for your own personal use and are not prohibited from owning a firearm and the firearm you make meets all existing regulations - i.e. if you make a shotgun with a barrel less than 18" you could still build it but need the requisite $200 tax stamp.

The line between the 1st and 2nd amendments just got blurrier than its ever been in known history. This is destined to become the foremost political divide.

**Frigg Stuyvesant**

Wow ! Incredible...

I have a design I would like to build myself.

Awesome find OP!!

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