Defense Distributed Is The Greatest

**Fragony** · 02-26-2013, 10:10

I took this for an april's fools joke, how is this actually possible?

**Greyblades** · 02-26-2013, 10:30

Ok, you can make guns, can you make viable bullets, percussion caps and propellant from these? Otherwise it's just models.

**Idaho** · 02-26-2013, 10:31

I don't understand. Is it saying you can print the whole gun, or just a few parts of it? How do you make the barrel?

Doubt it would make much difference in the UK, as it's very hard to get bullets, and I doubt you can print those.

**Husar** · 02-26-2013, 11:27

You can just buy a standard issue copper pipe for plumbing and use it as the barrel, maybe put some vaseline inside to reduce the stress on the somewhat weaker copper material. Or buy a standard issue household hardened steel printer, which will soon be available. If the plastic printers can also print carbon materials or nanotube barrels then the government can finally be overthrown as well.

The future is bright, mostly from the gunfire and explosions.

**Fragony** · 02-26-2013, 11:34

Originally Posted by Idaho

I don't understand. Is it saying you can print the whole gun, or just a few parts of it? How do you make the barrel?

Doubt it would make much difference in the UK, as it's very hard to get bullets, and I doubt you can print those.

It's very easy really, you can just order them from Belgium

**Idaho** · 02-26-2013, 12:19

Ok. So I have printed my stock, magazine and trigger. I've ordered my barrel from Belgium and smuggled in my bullets from Russia. Will I finally be safe from the king of England?

**gaelic cowboy** · 02-26-2013, 12:42

bah big deal some company decides to print a piece of 19th century tech.

The real innovators are talking about printing everything from toys, musical instruments, clothes and jet engines.
This is going to be big and just like in the music industry has the potential to turn manufacturing upside down.

The exporting of manufactured goods will essentially evaporate overnight once it becomes widely available.

**Greyblades** · 02-26-2013, 12:51

Wow. Imagine the computer parts you could make with this stuff.

**gaelic cowboy** · 02-26-2013, 13:00

Originally Posted by Greyblades

Wow. Imagine the computer parts you could make with this stuff.

The parts might be big at first but you could print hundreds of chips and essentially create a super computer.

You could print a house or a car if you like, maybe you fancy building a corporate jet or a spaceshuttle. The only limit is the size of the printer and the material for the printer itself.

But even that can be overcome with some clever CAD design (or download someone elses)

Major corporations we think are monolithic will go bust as they wont be able to monetise the new system.