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A fully 3D Printed Metal 1911 Pistol
- Thread starter zack991
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davidmcbeth
Banned
Did not look as smooth as a regular 1911 .. slide issues ...
You can mill one too ...
5 day turn around ... unless the HP printer runs out of ink lol
This is all really a fad IMO ... at least for the next 10 yrs.
You can mill one too ...
5 day turn around ... unless the HP printer runs out of ink lol
This is all really a fad IMO ... at least for the next 10 yrs.
jeffrey-r
Regular Member
You sound like a guy that would poo-poo the Internet back in 1999. "It'd just a fad. Pfft."
3d printing is about the furthest thing from a fad. I'd go so far as to say it's the next big technological advance in manufacturing, and it won't take 10 years to realize. Just a couple years ago "3d printing" was all but unheard of, especially at the consumer level.
I don't understand the negativity.
Someone manufactures a functioning 1911 from scratch from a 3d printer, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, and your response is "Meh, it looks a bit rough..."
OC for ME
Regular Member
No recoil spring. All Uncle Sam has to do is to slap a $1000 tax on springs, or outlaw springs except when purchased through a FFL. The Bound Book will be full of CBCs for the purchase of springs.....serial number checks to see if your spring was involved in a crime.
Springs have enough functions that they could be sold fairly in the open under a different guise, much like pipe diameter converters are. Of course a gun could already be made with a CNC machine and etc. I really like the 4 winds shotgun for its simplicity. In principle once these advance a bit they should enable large-scale production by individuals, which is what their real benefit is. 3D printing a rifle would be a lot more important though in that context.
77zach
Regular Member
Good luck with that! Springs make the world go round. I think within a decade we'll be able to easily print our own guns.
davidmcbeth
Banned
"I need my springs...Bit**h !" said Mr. Hooks
stealthyeliminator
Regular Member
"It was bound to eventually happen, but I did not think it would be so soon."
My thoughts exactly. I read the title and though, wow, that was fast...
So it's a little rough. Could you not just finish it by hand to smooth out the edges?
1245A Defender
Regular Member
Sooo,,,,
They dont print Springs,,, no problem,, actually, they are easy to wind them your self!
They do print,,, pins...
Do they print,,, screws??? no problem, they are cheap at the store...
Can they print,,, screw threads in the holes??? that would really be some thing!
What they do is Incredible,,, but their must be much hand work
and parts going into making it ready to really fire!!
They dont print Springs,,, no problem,, actually, they are easy to wind them your self!
They do print,,, pins...
Do they print,,, screws??? no problem, they are cheap at the store...
Can they print,,, screw threads in the holes??? that would really be some thing!
What they do is Incredible,,, but their must be much hand work
and parts going into making it ready to really fire!!
Yea, I would say you would do the finish work like any other 1911. Also take the power from governments attempt to control free men. I hope this gets cheaper so everyone can do it.
Primus
Regular Member
How do they print rifling? Or is it milled later? My assumption is they just "print" the flat pieces and still use traditional means to lathe, mill, thread, etc. the reast of the pieces.
JustaShooter
Regular Member
From the article:
It's hard (for me anyway) to explain how they do it, but it is possible. The video in the article shows a bit of the process, but you really need to do a fair bit of reading / research to get a good understanding of how it works.
09jisaac
Regular Member
What is so hard to explain? It is similar to a 2D printer. The only difference is that there is now a Y coordinate.
Primus
Regular Member
Except if you have a 5 inch barrel how do you "print" a rifling perfect from top to bottom? Disregard, I'll look it up.
Rusty Young Man
Regular Member
Smooth out the edges? You mean like, go shooting a lot, file down rough fabrication marks, and perform maintenance on the gun?
Never heard of it
(coming from a guy who carries a 1911....).Citizen
Founder's Club Member
Citizen
Founder's Club Member
I would guess that for the barrel, just print "looking down the barrel". Start scanning at the breech and work your way "up" the bore. If the laser beam focus is tiny enough, I imagine you could get passable rifling grooves.
Rusty Young Man
Regular Member
While a certain poundage (no bad thoughts!
) of resistance is needed from the springs, you would be surprised how ingenuous the lowly "civilian*" can be:http://www.fraternalorderoflawenforcement.com/content/Unusual Weapons 2.pdf
*(that is what we are called in the PDF)
Rusty Young Man
Regular Member
Even if it were limited to smoothbore, wouldn't the firearm still go bang? I'm looking at this 1911-printing like the printing of the all-plastic 3-D printed "Liberator": while the firearm itself wasn't made for repeated firing and prolonged abuse, the gun still went bang, and I wouldn't want to be shot by one either.