Tag: abs

  • Defense Distributed Readying First Entirely 3D Printed Gun

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    Cody Wilson head of Defense Distributed promised this would happen: All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using…

  • Portable Coilgun

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    Technical Data: – Action: single stage, bolt – Power supply: 12V NiMH battery (fires about 15 times/charge) – Charging: 40 watt regulated ZVS flyback driver (charge time ~30s) – Capacitor bank: 4x 3900uF @ 400VDC – Stored electrical energy: ~1.25kJ – Switch: SCR – Efficiency: unknown, probably 1-3% – Body: lightweight ABS plastic pipe and…