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CNC killed the gun control star
Bob-owens.com ^
| 5/23/13
| Bob Owens
Posted on 05/25/2013 7:17:14 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe
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Anyone have a setup like this?
To: NewJerseyJoe
Picture of Othermill from the website:
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:18:37 AM PDT
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: NewJerseyJoe
Thanks for a post on this topic that isn’t 3D BS. There are thousands of home shops and small CNC shops with this capability, which costs under 10K.
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:20:45 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: NewJerseyJoe
"You may have noticed my complete lack of posting about Cody Wilson and his printed gun technology. The reason for that is simple: its a gimmick. Sure, printed guns can work, but the question is inevitably how long? Long enough to get a real gun...
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:27:09 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: NewJerseyJoe
Sure, printed guns can work, but the question is inevitably how long? They only need to work long enough for the user to acquire a real gun.
To: bigbob
Um.. it is 3D, just subtractive instead of additive.
/johnny
To: Joe 6-pack
"You may have noticed my complete lack of posting about Cody Wilson and his printed gun technology. The reason for that is simple: its a gimmick. Sure, printed guns can work, but the question is inevitably how long? Long enough to get a real gun...The author of the article obviously doesn't understand why Cody named his plastic gun 'Liberator' after the WW2 pistol.
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:32:09 AM PDT
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: Malone LaVeigh
Actually, they only NEED to work one time.
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:32:33 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(The Government lies, then the media lies to cover up the government lies.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Sure, printed guns can work, but the question is inevitably how long?Long enough to get a real gun...
To the guy on the receiving end, if it works one time that is one time too many.
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:36:53 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Obama-Ville - Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved)
To: NewJerseyJoe
Purely as a practical matter, how long do you think it will be before someone takes an Othermill or similar portable CNC machine, and builds the jigs and writes the code to make finishing an 80% receiver or 80% frame as simple as clicking a button with your mouse?If you've got a mill, why bother starting with the 80% receiver? I guess if you're the guy writing the program to distribute to others, it gets you most of the benefit with the least effort, at least as the first project.
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:55:52 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: NewJerseyJoe
While the plastics are a disruptive technology on a political and psychological perspective, they are nearly irrelevant as a practical matter.Making it clear to potentials tyrants that this issue is a lost cause would BE a practical matter, wouldn't it? IOW, "You're screwed, any more effort down this road will cost you more than you could possibly gain."
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:58:17 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: NewJerseyJoe; Tax-chick
The introduction of high-quality, affordable micro million machines which can cheaply finish 80% parts or completely manufacture them from scratch, however, changes the game entirely.Micro-million? I think I have about that in my wallet right now!
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posted on
05/25/2013 7:59:53 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Still Thinking
I have a pickle-jar full of them!
Wow, talk about word-salad.
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posted on
05/25/2013 8:14:53 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
To: Tax-chick
You could stab someone to death with the sentence diagram, if you didn’t kill yourself first.
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posted on
05/25/2013 8:24:48 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Still Thinking
You could get yourself in a loop of mixed-modifiers and starve before you found your way out!
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posted on
05/25/2013 8:30:54 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
To: Still Thinking
Subject-verb-direct object:
Introduction, changes, game. Blech.
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posted on
05/25/2013 8:31:39 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
To: Tax-chick
Yeah, but he goes on this meandering side trip that massively overshadows the original plan.
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posted on
05/25/2013 8:34:29 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: NewJerseyJoe
Purely as a practical matter, how long do you think it will be before someone takes an Othermill or similar portable CNC machine, and builds the jigs and writes the code to make finishing an 80% receiver or 80% frame as simple as clicking a button with your mouse? I'm not sure about the Othermill, but people have adapted the $500 Harbor Freight bench-top mill to CNC. The data files for AR-15 lower receivers are all over the Internet. The writer's "one button" scenario is possible with large production CNC equipment, but the garage shops require more setup steps.
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posted on
05/25/2013 9:10:12 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Still Thinking
The subject/verb/object base is the key to a good sentence. If that’s weak - like “introduction/changes/game” - there’s not much that can be done but junk it and start over.
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posted on
05/25/2013 9:58:23 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
05/25/2013 10:03:58 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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