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Define "meaningful concept of a gun". You can print a plastic device, insert one nail (needed for a firing pin), and fire bullets that can kill a person. Is i
by btilly 7y ago
Define "meaningful concept of a gun".
You can print a plastic device, insert one nail (needed for a firing pin), and fire bullets that can kill a person.
Is it accurate? No. Durable? No. A crappy gun? Definitely!
But I think that this meets most people's idea of a meaningful concept of a gun. A weapon with a barrel and a trigger. Pull the trigger, there is a bang, and a high speed projectile goes where you pointed it at.
- Retric 7y agoIf it requires a nail, the final device was not 3D printed.
- Someone 7y agoYou can 3D print metal (possibly not well enough for a quality gun, but a crappy one should be doable) Also, I don’t think a gun needs a firing pin. You could have a gun where the trigger release a spring that brings two chemicals together that react violently, thus firing the bullet.
- Retric 7y agoIf they 3D printed it that would be a firing pin. It’s a nail because they just used a nail and hammer it into the device.
- btilly 7y agoThe nail can itself be 3D printed with the right printer. The design that I was talking about was 2013. Since then there have been legal issues back and forth. Entirely plastic designs probably exist, but are not legally available.
- Retric 7y agoIf it required a firing pin that’s arguable, but a nail significantly changes the shape/form of the device. I could use a 3D printer to create a solid block of plastic and then hand carve it into a doll. But, nobody would call the doll 3D printed even if one of the steps was 3D printed.