3D Gun Builder

[Doughty]

Anybody looked at 3D Gun Builder? https://3dgunbuilder.com/guides/

Done any of their projects?

[Doughty]

Maybe a moderator could move this on into the 3D related forum.

[Doughty]

Apparently, from the overwhelming lack of response, there is no interest in this at all.:p

[Scrounge]

Apparently, from the overwhelming lack of response, there is no interest in this at all.:p

I have a little-used 3d printer, but absolutely no interest in having a gun blow up in my face. Maybe when I can afford one of the printers that actually prints in metal... :)

[Doughty]

Do you know of some instances (or even an instance) where a 3D printed gun blew up in someone's face?

[jmorris]

I know of actual instances of both plastic and metal guns blowing up.

Google "gun kaboom", lots of examples.

Might google, "3d printed gun fail", has results too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6fKTWoIiT8

[Doughty]

jmorris, thanks for the links. If it's not too personal of a question, have you done any gun related 3D printing?

[MrWolf]

jmorris, thanks for the links. If it's not too personal of a question, have you done any gun related 3D printing?

I doubt you will get many folks responding to questions of 3d printing firearms due to the environment and oversight of our personal information. I do not want to say more as this is not the forum for it.

[jmorris]

jmorris, thanks for the links. If it's not too personal of a question, have you done any gun related 3D printing?

I have but not things that require much strength because the method I have available isn't much better than that guys print.

It's great and will only get better, just not quite there yet. Like electric cars.

[M-Tecs]

If cost is not an issue the technology is here. Printing aircraft turbine blades is a reality.

https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/articles/3d-printed-turbine-blades-for-more-efficient-power-generation-the-cool-parts-show-35

https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/1/16

https://www.xometry.com/resources/3d-printing/3d-printing-aerospace-parts/

[jmorris]

Yes, I remember 3d wax printers of the early 1990's ~ $250,000. Not as useful as my $120 anet 8.

Difference in 30 years of innovation. If someone has that quality of a machine, they would be here showing us things not asking about them.

[Handloader109]

You Can get filament that once printed, it is sent off to the maker and they will run through their oven and the metal print is sintered. They caveat is that they will NOT sintered any part that looks like it is a gun part. So you can't at this time 3d print a metal gun part. Unless you have a very expensive oven.

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[zymguy]

What would you print that you would not mill ? I understand additive manufacturing but steel is pretty cheap in the quantity needed for a gun

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[Ed K]

What would you print that you would not mill ? I understand additive manufacturing but steel is pretty cheap in the quantity needed for a gun

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I think the fallacy (at least at this stage of printing technology) is that "home gunsmiths" would like to print a receiver with a $500 machine without having to spend the $10K+ on a real mill.