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Patently false. If I have access to a mill and pictures of some "high security key", sans magnets and other types of active mechanisms, I can duplicate that ke
by kefka 12y ago
Patently false.
If I have access to a mill and pictures of some "high security key", sans magnets and other types of active mechanisms, I can duplicate that key.
It may be difficult, but subtractive method still works. A subtractive method is what is used when you go from blank to key.
What is new here is someone can print a plastic key. Cool. with PLA and a rubber vacuum set, I can cast any amount of iron blanks of said 'secure keys'.
- agreenberg 12y ago"If I have access to a mill"..."rubber vacuum set" These sound more expensive and harder to obtain than a Shapeways key ordered by mail for $5.
- valarauca1 12y agoThe existence of a shapeway $5 key kinda undermines 3D printing a plastic key from a ~1,000 3D printer doesn't it?
- agreenberg 12y agoYeah, the story doesn't mention printing anything from your own $1,000 printer. Shapeways sells much higher quality 3D printing as a service, which is why these guys used it.