Have You considered getting a 3D printer

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

That may be the case, but as I say similar things can be done with a lathe and a mill and no legislation has been enacted with regard to them.

The focus I would have thought would be on internet trafficking of the files.

regards Martin

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Posted by Martin Kyte on 21/05/2021 08:29:04:

That may be the case, but as I say similar things can be done with a lathe and a mill and no legislation has been enacted with regard to them.

The focus I would have thought would be on internet trafficking of the files.

regards Martin

Do the villains of this world need to traffic files via the internet? I doubt it. All they need is the contact and the files could even be distributed by snail mail!

As I understood it, these ‘printed’ weapons had a short operational life (still lethal, all the same), but improvements are likely continuing, with materials etc.

I usually download files for my simple 3-D prints, but once those files are on my computer, they are downloaded to a memory card which is then simply plugged in the slot on the printer. If I had more than one printer, more than one could be running at the same time from the same source. There lies the problem…?

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

Can they also print a continual supply of ammunition?

Rob

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

Posted by clivel on 21/05/2021 04:14:18:3D printers can be purchased for a fraction of the price of either a lathe or mill, the raw plastic is far cheaper than the metal used in traditional weapons, and, unlike a machine tool, once the design files have been downloaded from the internet a 3d printer requires minimal skill and almost no training to operate.

So the problem is that for very little outlay any thug or potential terrorist with enough intelligence to drive a car has the ability to produce a continual supply of lethal weapons in the comfort of their own home,

That's still highly complicated compared to nailing a couple of planks together and some rubber tubing to make a slingshot. The sort of thing that young kids could make after school with a hammer….

In the vein, a cook who can bake an edible cake is quite capable of using their equipment to make explosives.

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

Granted one could easily make a replica firearm with a 3D printer. However a real firearm is a whole different ball game. I would not want to pull the trigger of such an offering as it would likely do far more damage to me, than to any potential target.

Yes I know real plastic guns exist, but they are hardly in the same league as something made on a home 3D printer.

Andrew.

Edited By Andrew Tinsley on 21/05/2021 14:31:49

[David JennerParticipant @davidjenner61726]

I tend to agree with Andrew T, plastic as used in 3D prints suitable only for toys or perhaps replacement grips

[Nick HulmeParticipant @nickhulme30114]

Posted by Ady1 on 19/04/2021 09:42:19:

Downside to this industry are muppets who print weaponry which could bring in regulation like what happened with drone technology

There are a lot of muppets out there

You mean like the regulation of Lathes and Milling machines which has been proposed repeatedly over the years by clueless politicians with no manufacturing or machining experience who don't realise that it's impractical and stupid to try to control illegal misuse with bans and regulation?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Nick Hulme on 24/10/2021 12:41:55:

Posted by Ady1 on 19/04/2021 09:42:19:

Downside to this industry are muppets who print weaponry which could bring in regulation like what happened with drone technology

There are a lot of muppets out there

You mean like the regulation of Lathes and Milling machines which has been proposed repeatedly over the years by clueless politicians with no manufacturing or machining experience who don't realise that it's impractical and stupid to try to control illegal misuse with bans and regulation?

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This nonsense reminds me of a time [back in the early 1960s] when I was a ‘Boy Scout’ :

Attending Church Parade one day; I was requested to hand-in my knife before entering the Church

I flatly refused … On the basis that my knife was a tool, not a weapon.

MichaelG.

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 24/10/2021 14:01:00:

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This nonsense reminds me of a time [back in the early 1960s] when I was a ‘Boy Scout’ :

Attending Church Parade one day; I was requested to hand-in my knife before entering the Church

I flatly refused … On the basis that my knife was a tool, not a weapon.

MichaelG.

I'm sure that was to stop the initials MG appearing in the back of a pew.

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

Y – but cost

Y – but space

Y – but time

Y – but other tool

Y – in future

All of the above. Select as applicable.

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