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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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9. My girlfriend uses a professional 3D printer at work, it is used for chassis prototyping

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2013, 03:31 PM

May 2013

And she laughs her ass off at the "futurist" predictions for this technology. She doesn't think there is that much of a market for making your own bobble-heads or bits of mass produced plastic junk for 20x the price.

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If you can 3D print a gun at home, you're welcome to shoot me with it [View all] Junkdrawer May 2013 OP

One part of progress will be learning to live with progress . olddots May 2013 #1

(clap clap clap) nt galileoreloaded May 2013 #5

and learning to make progress gunner-safe... Junkdrawer May 2013 #17

I can print out a bullet in ten seconds Blue Owl May 2013 #2

"They are very costly though, and will never find their way to the average consumer" kona808 May 2013 #3

Buy one, print out the downloaded design and give Mr. Fox a call.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #4

"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons kona808 May 2013 #8

Nowhere do I doubt the technology’s potential.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #11

Yeah, I don't buy it either. There will also be cases of printing guns and hitting bystanders kysrsoze May 2013 #6

The sad thing is that no matter how great a new technology that comes along... Initech May 2013 #7

There are probably thousands of LEGITIMATE uses for the technology.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #10

My girlfriend uses a professional 3D printer at work, it is used for chassis prototyping Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2013 #9

if their aim was to make a one-shot home made gun, why not make a zip gun NightWatcher May 2013 #12

And not poison the technology well? Junkdrawer May 2013 #14

Please stop talking about reality. NCTraveler May 2013 #15

like you've said, here in Florida we've got more guns than grains of sand on the beach NightWatcher May 2013 #16

I think this is all about nothing. NCTraveler May 2013 #13

Funny. I'd have thought someone here would be taking this guy up.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #18

No takers Junkdrawer May 2013 #19