Bloody Awesome 3D stainless PRINTED gun

gelandangan

blog.solidconcepts.com...metal-gun/

The gun is 3D Printed in its whole, the only non printed parts are the springs.
Shoots 45ACP at 20Kpsi pressure.
Whats incredible is that the barrel rifling is also printed.

This would change the way things are made soon.

gelandangan

Here is a video of it
youtu.be/u7ZYKMBDm4M

PaulS

I wonder how much a metal printer, and the software to run it, costs.
You could probably fill your safe with guns for less.

Vince

They claim half a million dollars for the machine plus a couple of ultra high tech engineers to set it up and run it. They can't put a price on the finished product...yet.

Whilst they do actually produce a gun capable of firing with reasonable accuracy, they are a long way from producing a marketable gun. The parts of the gun will require heat treating at the very least.

Elvis

just seen news tonight they doing similar thing with human body parts!!!!

SingleShotLover

I may have seen the same program. Guy used a plastic 3-D printer to make the parts for an artificial hand for his son? Pretty darned neat. That printer runs around $2,500 (plastic only) according to the show. They said he keeps improving the hands and plans to design and manufacture for other kids with disabilities. Wish him all the best.

Suzanne

That was a pretty slow shooting gun but it was a metal one. I'm surprised it was stainless, as that was my first question, how do they get to print metal. I can understand plastic but metal must be an even slower process than plastic to build little tiny layers of. At $500,000 for the machine that's one expensive handgun. At least they did it, and what the future brings in that technology will be mind blowing. Can't wait till someone in England or Australia buys one of those printers, boy will he be in for a spin.

Suz

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

They use Lasers to melt / deposit metal in layers. Takes more energy, more time but the result is pretty cool.

Wait till super strong epoxy resin's are used in this process... you could make a whole engine out of them super cheap, super fast.

-DallanC

Suzanne

Won't the custom choppers look cool then!

chambered221

I'm curious about the finish work !!!

Was there a need to hand finish the parts to make things work together.
What about the hammer and sear.

They stated there was no machining and they have finishers that are wonderful but they didn't give any details.

Love to be able to sit in a room with these guys and just listen to the conversation !!!

MacD

I am almost too sheepish to ask but, Dallan, would this make it a lam(b)inated gun Very Happy

slimjim

I have a lot of prototype componets made with 3-D printers but we use plastic almost all the time. We can make small stainless parts also. We tried going to an outside source to get some metalic control grips made but the cost was prohibited - $10,000. Even the plastic parts aren't that cheap. If you have to have large quanities, molds and injection are the way to go.

gelandangan

MacD wrote:

I am almost too sheepish to ask but, Dallan, would this make it a lam(b)inated gun Very Happy

Whatever you call it, this technology would make them stupid politician and the antis have headaches.
Ban them all to stop crime? yip, them crims would simply print more, just like they already did print funny money, credit cards, IDs and gun licenses.

English Mike

MacD wrote:

I am almost too sheepish to ask but, Dallan, would this make it a lam(b)inated gun Very Happy

Off to the punitentiary with you!!!! Very Happy