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Staples to sell 'affordable' $1,299 3D printer starting in June
examiner.com ^ | 4/3/13 | Michael Santo

Posted on 05/04/2013 10:43:08 AM PDT by LibWhacker

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To: JRandomFreeper

All good! But like the rest of everything, libs will muck this up and stifle development just to stop people from printing boomsticks. ANY way they can.


21 posted on 05/04/2013 11:10:28 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: LibWhacker
$499 Portabee 3D Printer

$499 Solidoodle 3D Printer

22 posted on 05/04/2013 11:13:36 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Once you have a 3D printer, you can print all the parts for another except for the stepper motors and circuit boards, that you can by on the open market.

Doesn't matter if they try to make it so "certain shapes" can't be printed if you build your own 3D printer.

23 posted on 05/04/2013 11:17:12 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie
Just saw this info from Autocad - looks like you can outsource the printing until you make the investment in a 3D printer:

Simply export a STL file from 123D and you are ready to print your model using our 3D printing services.

meet our 3D printing partners

24 posted on 05/04/2013 11:19:28 AM PDT by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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To: napscoordinator
It is brilliant that it will be used on Apple Products.

It is brilliant that it will be used on virtually all home computer systems, including Apple.

25 posted on 05/04/2013 11:21:03 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: null and void

Here’s one for your list.


26 posted on 05/04/2013 11:22:35 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Obama is the Chicken Little of politics)
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To: LibWhacker
The Cube 3D Printer works with both Windows and Mac OS X.

That's because the computer is not actually controlling anything. You are just downloading a file to the printer. You could use a flash drive if you have the file and the printer has a USB port, which it should.

27 posted on 05/04/2013 11:31:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Norm Lenhart
They can try. But this morning when I went through my shop, my lathe and milling machine were still there. I figure I can build whatever I want anyway.

/johnny

28 posted on 05/04/2013 11:33:34 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: LibWhacker

The profit is never in the printer itself, but in the consumables the printer uses.


29 posted on 05/04/2013 11:36:05 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: SgtHooper

“Give away the razors, sell the blades.”


30 posted on 05/04/2013 11:39:17 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: LibWhacker

So what can you use it for? Print out a bunch of Happy Meal Toys?


31 posted on 05/04/2013 11:39:45 AM PDT by MNDude (Sorry for typos. Probably written on a smartphone, and I have big clumsy fingers.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

The materials are going to improve in the future. nanocellulose could be a game changer with one of these.

USDA Under Secretary Sherman Unveils Nanocellulose Production Facility
Posted by Rebecca Wallace, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, on August 3, 2012 at 11:57 AM
The U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory recently opened a $1.7 million production facility for renewable, forest-based nanomaterials.  This facility is the first of its kind in the United States and one that positions the laboratory as the country’s leading producer of these materials, also called nanocellulose.
Nanocellulose is simply wood fiber broken down to the nanoscale. For perspective, a nanometer is roughly one-millionth the thickness of an American dime. Materials at this minute scale have unique properties; nanocellulose-based materials can be stronger than Kevlar fiber and provide high strength properties with low weight. These attributes have attracted the interest of the Department of Defense for use in lightweight armor and ballistic glass. Companies in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, consumer products, and medical device industries also see massive potential for these innovative materials.

http://blogs.usda.gov/2012/08/03/usda-under-secretary-sherman-unveils-nanocellulose-production-facility/


32 posted on 05/04/2013 11:42:49 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Obama is the Chicken Little of politics)
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To: Norm Lenhart
Before going further I will admit only slightly more than basic knowledge here. But how many recyclable plastics in common use have the structural properties needed for durable (even short term durable) mags and other gun components? And how many people have access to the equipment needed to recycle said plastics into

"Here are the two most common plastics for these types of printers:

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

Polylactic acid

The gun, receiver, and magazines that Defense Distributed has created were I believe all printed in ABS plastic. It is very common. The recycling equipment you can build yourself for a few hundred dollars.

33 posted on 05/04/2013 11:44:17 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: LibWhacker

I am not a computer whiz. We have on this forum those that are. For the computer whiz: what will I get if I spend $2,000 on a 3D printer? What is the benefit?


34 posted on 05/04/2013 11:48:55 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: LibWhacker

Here are some different materials that they are using for 3D printing.

http://www.emergingobjects.com/category/materials/


35 posted on 05/04/2013 11:52:09 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Obama is the Chicken Little of politics)
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To: uncommonsense

Yeah I been to shows and discussed things with firms offering those services. Just haven’t actually done it yet.


36 posted on 05/04/2013 11:52:19 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: JRandomFreeper

A vise. some scrap angle, a hammer, a hacksaw and a rivet gun. Instant emergency Mag manufacturing facility.

With a mill and lathe you are a danger to the country ;)


37 posted on 05/04/2013 11:52:45 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: MNDude
Happy Meal toys, AR-15 lower recievers.. you know, that kind of junk.

/johnny

38 posted on 05/04/2013 11:52:53 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Norm Lenhart
I watched a special on the guys in Afghanistan. They've been making knock-off copies of british rifles for over 100 years with a file, a hammer, and a rock for an anvil.

/johnny

39 posted on 05/04/2013 11:54:48 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Well that definitely changes the situation ;)

If literally common plastics will work, They are in a hell of a fix. Because any code in the printer to ban shapes will be hacked and there is no way other than criminalizing/confiscation the printers or ownership to stop gun part printing.

Which is the very same failure as gun laws that caused the whole mess in the first place.


40 posted on 05/04/2013 11:56:58 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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