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To: marktwain

Being made from plastic will limit them to something akin to a zip-gun


2 posted on 08/24/2012 8:48:34 AM PDT by Figment
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To: Figment
Being made from plastic will limit them to something akin to a zip-gun

Are 3D printers up to a decent plastic, or are they still spitting out cornstarch and some sort of foam?

3 posted on 08/24/2012 8:53:49 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Can I get a "/S" here?)
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To: Figment
Cody Wilson has a simple dream: To design the world’s first firearm that can be downloaded from the Internet and built from scratch using only a 3D printer–and then to share it with the world.

OK, Cody. Just YOU be the one to test-fire it, OK? On YouTube.

14 posted on 08/24/2012 9:24:47 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: Figment; Travis McGee; Squantos
Being made from plastic will limit them to something akin to a zip-gun

The results look awfully zippy to me:




57 posted on 08/25/2012 10:16:54 AM PDT by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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