Tag: 3d printing

  • DEFCAD Tries Seduction By Trailer To Solicit Donations

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    Posted because it’s oh so dramatic: DEFCAD seriously needs a new spokesperson… preferably one that blinks, and doesn’t think he’s 3D printing Jesus.  I really do like the cause though, I just am looking forward to 3D printers that can print strong enough and in high enough resolution, to come down in price.  As I…

  • Defense Distributed Is Richer Than You

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    They have another few printers that print money: Full writeup and more pics over at DefDist. My suspicions were correct when I criticized the function test of this printed AR-15 lower: The new AR lower was SLA and FDM printed. The FDM printer was a used Dimension SST, and the material was p400 ABS. A quick look at…

  • Defense Distributed AR-15 Lower

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    These guys market this like they are doing the Lord’s work: Watching that guy pull the trigger was painful.  Slappy Mc2ndKnuckleSlapperson. Maybe I’ll eat my words when someone says they printed that out on a $200 RepRap, but my guess is they have some sort of fancy printer similar to the $20,000 one Stratasys yanked their…

  • Test Firing A 3D Printed AR-15 Magazine

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    Defense Distributed does it: There are so many shitty 3D printers out there, I think a lot of people are going to be very disappointed when they try to print their own version of this magazine. Definitely a step in the right direction.  I’m very surprised how uninformed the majority of people are about 3D printing…