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    Quote Originally Posted by militarymoron View Post
    No interest in casting a polymer lower but I wouldn't mind having a mold to start casting lower-shaped food out of it, like chocolate or hard candy.
    Actually not a half bad idea!


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    Quote Originally Posted by militarymoron View Post
    No interest in casting a polymer lower but I wouldn't mind having a mold to start casting lower-shaped food out of it, like chocolate or hard candy.
    This. 100%.

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    How about casting your AR lower in chocolate?

    If it cracks - eat it.

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    Here's a fairly detailed review of the process from a member of CalGuns.

    http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s....php?t=1153913

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    Quote Originally Posted by JC5188 View Post
    I guess I don't understand why a 3D printed gun would scare the government, when a competent machinist can build a superior weapon right now in their garage.

    Just like I didn't understand people's shock and concern when the guy open sourced the "first 3D printed gun". Any criminal can buy a REAL gun off the street every minute of every day. For way less than making the functional equivalent of a 3D printed liberator pistol.

    What am I missing?


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    Because manufacturing a firearm currently requires skill and equipment that a bored kid usually doesn't have. When 3d printing comes onto the scene, anyone can start printing and that means loss of control. There's still work to be done before we are at that point, but that is where we are going.

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    This is actually incredibly interesting for me. Does anyone know if you could build these in a banned state? My current state (WA) is headed that direction and it would be nice to have the accessibility to something like this. Plus, I don't think it would be out of the question to have a "pour party" if you will. I'm not opposed to cheap lowers on a plinking gun. I already have all of my guns built that would require any hard use.


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    Quote Originally Posted by The FNG View Post
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    Plus, I don't think it would be out of the question to have a "pour party" if you will....
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    We already have a pour party.
    The day we jar a batch of homemade blackberry wine.
    It takes a couple hours at least to filter and jar about 5 gallons.


    But I do like the idea of pouring an AR.

    It would be nice if we can add to the mix. Maybe my grandsons can add my ashes to their AR lower.

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    100% cast polymer lower made at home?

    3d printing has already come a long way in terms of creativity and reliability. There are people who are actually printing and using 3d printed superchargers on their vehicles. I don't own a 3d printer, but a friend of mine tole me recently that they have a media material now that is similar to a cold weld material like JB weld.

    http://totalruckus.com/phpBB3/viewto...p?f=35&t=87698


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    Quote Originally Posted by Parachute Pants View Post
    So they might be viable in a few years? 3D printing just seems like the holy grail for manufacturing a firearm without excessive skill. There's a store near me that offers 3D printing services, and I've been wondering what it would entail to print a lower and test it out.
    that is true, but most people and I mean probably 80% of people making stuff on 3d printers open sourced there objects. There are huge libraries anyone can join and buy the file to print. You are relying on the file to have been engineered by a trusted, knowledgeable and reliable source. Most 3d printer users are printing what is available online through these libraries which is trinket type stuff and models of ordinary objects. Ive seen only a few uses actually sit down and design from scratch something interesting. The whole idea on 3d printing is to do it yourself, if you have to out source the job to a 3rd party, you already have a paper trail with the original email with the file.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 44Dave View Post
    Because manufacturing a firearm currently requires skill and equipment that a bored kid usually doesn't have. When 3d printing comes onto the scene, anyone can start printing and that means loss of control. There's still work to be done before we are at that point, but that is where we are going.
    So 3D printing doesn't require skill and equipment?

    It's a different medium, for sure. But anything that would scare "the government" is going to have to be on a completely different scale.

    Again, people can build REAL guns with an 80% lower and an old Bridgeport now.




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