Wednesday
May082013
CNN Interviews Cody Wilson Creator Of 3D-Printed Gun
MATTER OF FREEDOM
Cody Wilson, University of Texas law student and director of Defense Distributed, talks to Jake Tapper about using a 3-D printer to create the Liberator.
FULL STORY ON THE LIBERATOR
Reader Comments (12)
1) 3-D printing is for making masters for casting. Other methods use laser cutters to make the master. The finished product is a plastic and it would be ill advised to shoot something made this way. (The plastic cannot handle the high pressures of a bullet firing).
2) The finished plastic master (in both cases) is then placed into a rubber mold and then pressed into a rubber disk at high temperature in a Vulcanizer, which forms the PATTERN MOLD with which METAL masters are made.
3) The mold is used (generally in a centrifuge) to make METAL COPY of the plastic master.
4) The metal master is then machined, de-burred and polished to make a PRODUCTION MOLD.
5) The production pieces from that mold are then further de-burred/tumbled/ polished/machined to make a finished product.
In my opinion, this is not a good idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A8r4MK3R4PI
This is pretty intense
Over 5 million views on Youtube
I would never try it at home. I have no interest in building a gun, but your analysis is helpful for those who might be considering it
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/2nd-amendment-legal-defense-fund
He has raised $50K so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FW_5dQ4gKfQ
Listen for the first minute.
http://news.yahoo.com/pro-gun-billboard-colo-residents-upset-120046702.html
http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/03/technology/innovation/staples-3d-printer/index.html
You can now get one at Staples for $1,300.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protest-group-plans-july-4-march-on-washington-with-loaded-rifles/2013/05/07/59b8e392-b727-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/05/06/man-arrested-after-trying-to-return-pipe-bomb-at-gun-buyback/
The federal government has sent a letter to a personal defense advocate demanding he remove the 3D blueprints for a functional homemade gun from his website.
Feds Pull 3D-Printed Gun Design from Web - Breitbart
www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/09/State-Department-Pulls-3D-Gun-Content
Breaking: 3D printable gun ordered to shut down by government ...
www.internationalorganizationsdesk.com/breaking-printable-ordered-shut-down-gove...