• @ph00p@lemmy.world
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    -111 year ago

    You can just print that shit now.

    Imagine if these crazy fucks didn’t already have guns and they just discovered printable ones, I think that would have been a worse outcome.

    • @Margrave@lemmy.world
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      81 year ago

      Please elaborate as to how that would be worse. At least half these nutters wouldn’t be able to figure out how to use a printer, let alone a 3d printer.

      • @Intralexical@lemmy.world
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        51 year ago

        This thread has, predictably, devolved into a hugely disrespectful exchange given the linked post.

        But as an aside, I shudder to think of trying to design an additively manufactured part that would reliably contain a propellant blast using anything less than an industrial $100k-$1m DMLS or at least really really good SLS machine. If the goal is to harm somebody using a 3D printer, you’d probably be better off bashing them over the head with it.

        • @aidan@lemmy.world
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          41 year ago

          Full plastic guns generally don’t last very long- but they have been proven to somewhat work since 2013. Now there are more stable designs that use off-the-shelf plumbing parts with plastic components. There are also designs that can be CNC’d with a cheap machine