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To: SilentZ who wrote (692300)	1/11/2013 10:19:32 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) of 1575562

I'd read/heard that it's possible to use a 3-D printer to create a gun that will be able to shoot one bullet, but not one that's strong enough to not fall apart after it does that. Is that true? The early protos used polymers akin to what's used in a hot glue gun and the intention was to use them as visualization tools...then came stereolithography, a different process than we were using...at the time we thought that it would be eventually possible to print with low temp metals or sinterable materials...but these are not suitable to the production of a muzzle for instance, because of the precision and materials required. Some of these parts would still have to be produced by conventional means. That's my opinion anyway. In any case it's a stretch to use this as a rationalization for not passing gun controls that ban these assault rifles. Al

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