3d printing

[quackhandle]

Did someone not print a gun recently?

3D printing files freely available on internet.

Give it five years before someone is shot and killed in this country with a printed gun.

I'm sure the Daily Fail have the headline ready on standby.

qh

[bobspud]

Did someone not print a gun recently?

3D printing files freely available on internet.

Give it five years before someone is shot and killed in this country with a printed gun.

Not Likely its far easier to wander into a pub in East london and buy a proper gun and some live rounds. Its been like that since I was a kid. Its even easier on the continent as handguns are sold legally in places like Czech. When the EU opened to the ex russian borders the quality of illegal firearms went through the roof...

[RedSauce]

Is this what your are looking for:

Your search for sledge - 5 printable 3D models

[doodab]

Some say it's worth holding off on getting a 3D printer until next year, when the patent on laser sintering expires: Laser Sintering 3D Printing Patents Expiring in 2014 - Tested

But if you just fancy having a play, the Invention Studio at Georgia Tech have been running a number of different ones fairly intensively for a while, so their experiences are the next best thing to a Which? review for now: MAKE | Being a Printer Master: Managing Mass Printing in a Makerspace

Mmm. Laser sintering. I suspect that is always going to be quite expensive because of the need for relatively powerful lasers. Those direct metal laser sintering machines are awesome though.

[doodab]

Oh dear. Now I am looking at linear guides and stepper motors on eBay. Where will it end?