Wonder what the restrictions will be like on the 3D printers, now that the first firing of a plastic gun has taken place on camera?, remember the fuss over colour printers & the worries about banknotes.
Wonder what the restrictions will be like on the 3D printers, now that the first firing of a plastic gun has taken place on camera?, remember the fuss over colour printers & the worries about banknotes.
Perhaps they will start to license 3D printers and the sale of plastic. Said with tongue in cheek.
Is anyone suggesting that barrels and chambers can actually be made on a 3D printer using polymer plastic? I ask because I can see how a lower receiver can be formed, but has a rifled barrel been managed?
Is anyone suggesting that barrels and chambers can actually be made on a 3D printer using polymer plastic? I ask because I can see how a lower receiver can be formed, but has a rifled barrel been managed?
Ceramic engine parts are in use now, so hey- ho!
Wonder what the restrictions will be like on the 3D printers, now that the first firing of a plastic gun has taken place on camera?, remember the fuss over colour printers & the worries about banknotes.
Link is duff!As regards resolution the latest Stratasys Dimension Elite has a layer thickness of 0.254mm, yet the standard RepRap layer thickness is 0.25mm and now goes down to 0.1mm.
About Dimension Elite 3D Printer | Stratasys
RepRap: Blog: A Tipping Point of Print Quality (Open Source for the win)
Technology moves on all the time, indeed, someone has used standard RepRap Kit and printed in 23 micron layers here
http://groups.google.com/group/ultimaker/browse_thread/thread/385a9e3be422025d