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I'd still rather stick with one made from metal. But an 80% AR-15 lower or a AK-47 flat are still legal to be shipped right to your door without a background check nor any type of serial number.
All homemade guns are legal if you meet the following criteria
1. They are not being made for sale or gift. Only the maker of the gun can own it.
2. You can't build anything that is illegal or regulated. No short barreled rifles or full auto.
3. You must be able to pass the background check. You don't have to take one but you must be able to pass one.
Based on that, it's much cheaper and easier to buy a gun than build it. An AR-15 lower costs $100. One that is partially finished costs $180 and you have to buy machine parts (drill bits and mills) as well as anodizing equipment to properly finish it. You usually end up with about $400 invested in that one part.
I'd still rather stick with one made from metal. But an 80% AR-15 lower or a AK-47 flat are still legal to be shipped right to your door without a background check nor any type of serial number.
All homemade guns are legal if you meet the following criteria
1. They are not being made for sale or gift. Only the maker of the gun can own it.
2. You can't build anything that is illegal or regulated. No short barreled rifles or full auto.
3. You must be able to pass the background check. You don't have to take one but you must be able to pass one.
Based on that, it's much cheaper and easier to buy a gun than build it. An AR-15 lower costs $100. One that is partially finished costs $180 and you have to buy machine parts (drill bits and mills) as well as anodizing equipment to properly finish it. You usually end up with about $400 invested in that one part.
I would think that this would bring the costs related to most gun parts WAY down. I'd like a 200 dollar AR
Based on that, it's much cheaper and easier to buy a gun than build it. An AR-15 lower costs $100. One that is partially finished costs $180 and you have to buy machine parts (drill bits and mills) as well as anodizing equipment to properly finish it. You usually end up with about $400 invested in that one part.
this. Its quite expensive right now to 3d print anything, if you dont have the materials or printer to begin with. Even a moderate one will set you back a couple of grand.
then you need a high quality 3d model, with thick enough wallsw that can handle the pressure of firing a bullet.
and its still a plastic gun. one part of it modeled wrong, and if you go to fire it, you can blow off your hand.
The risk invovled is not worth trying to do this until the technology is better
meh, by the time this happens,s we'll have phasers.
It is interesting to me that the about the only thing being talked about or hyped in regard to 3D printing, really isn't the best use of such tech.
The only bigger paradigm shift would be decentralized energy. Regulation is a major tool in the central control tool box. Imagine how radical decentralized production would be.
Do people really think 3D printing is best used for gun making?
I think a 3-D printed gun would be so cost-prohibitive it would be ridiculous to even do it. I'm wondering why 3-D printed guns are the main item being discussed in relation to this technology when there are so many more useful applications for this technology. How about prosthetics or artificial heart valves? Maybe cheaper replacement parts for household appliances or cars? What is the purpose of focusing on printed guns?
I think a 3-D printed gun would be so cost-prohibitive it would be ridiculous to even do it. I'm wondering why 3-D printed guns are the main item being discussed in relation to this technology when there are so many more useful applications for this technology. How about prosthetics or artificial heart valves? Maybe cheaper replacement parts for household appliances or cars? What is the purpose of focusing on printed guns?
I just said the same thing. I can see a reason why the focus is on gun production.
Just look at the particular market relationship of the other uses being discussed and it becomes obvious why that is being hyped.
Originally Posted by CDusr Well the construction usage I find most intriguing, however, 3D printing of body parts will be far more controversial. Think I read where they have kept parts for 4 or 5 months successfully. Imagine this with nano tech. 3D Printers Now Print Human BodyParts | TechHive
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An elderly woman is the first person in the world to be fitted with a 3D-printed body part--a new lower jaw.
According to the BBC, the 83-year-old patient had long suffered from a badly infected lower jaw that was considered too risky to operate on by way of traditional methods. Due to the associated risks, doctors turned to 3D-printing as a viable alternative.
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I'd like a 200 dollar AR 
