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NYC_SKP

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1. I have a basic Dimension 3D printer, it won't do guns, BUT...
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 01:33 PM
Dec 2012

There are others out there that do metal in a sintering process.

I don't see printing rifled high strength barrels anytime soon, not more easily than a simple metal lathe can do right now (and has been able to do for over hundreds of years).

To people who worry about 3D printers printing guns, I suggest they don't have to wait and can worry right now about existing machine tools.

But digital fabrication always makes for interesting discussion!

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