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Print your own magazines
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:25 pm
by LSUTiger
Got to get me one of these printers.......
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Re: Print your own magazines
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:16 pm
by PBR
they are not for only mags -- people are making ar lowers and all kinds of other gun parts using them
Re: Print your own magazines
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:36 pm
by JeffT72
I was reading about these the other day. I realize that the technology has been around for several years, but this was the first that I had heard about it. I was amazed by it all and then to find out that one of the companies that is a leading force in printing the components resides in Austin. Very cool stuff.
I should have gotten into CAD long ago.
Re: Print your own magazines
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:22 pm
by Redneck_Buddha
I'm probably dense, but is "printer" the device that cuts or forms the magazine from the material based on the 3D spec?
Re: Print your own magazines
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:25 pm
by sdmahoney
Redneck_Buddha wrote:I'm probably dense, but is "printer" the device that cuts or forms the magazine from the material based on the 3D spec?
It prints it from filaments of plastic, basically building it up a bit at a time.
Re: Print your own magazines
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:23 pm
by JeffT72
There are youtube videos showing a time lapse of the process. I watched one where they printed a bust of Yoda. It was pretty amazing. And then to see magazines/lowers/etc printed just raised the bar to another level.