{"id":4066,"date":"2013-03-12T09:40:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbin.net\/blog\/?p=4066"},"modified":"2013-03-12T09:40:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:40:43","slug":"3d-printer-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/politics\/rkba\/3d-printer-update\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printer Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time I went on about 3D Printers was back in October 2008<\/a>. \u00a0Time for an update.<\/p>\n

There are more options out there than the\u00a0RepRap<\/a>.\u00a0Engadet has a \u201cconsumers guide\u201d to 3D printers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I found interesting is that there are some sub $1,000 models. \u00a0Granted, most of those are\u00a0Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0projects, but it shows that these things are getting some traction in the geek hobby market.<\/p>\n

That expanding base also means a greater number of programmed designs as people share their experiments.<\/p>\n

One that is sure to cause a stir is\u00a0Defense Distributed\u2019s plan to design a 3D printable firearm<\/a>. \u00a0They have designed, and printed an AR-15 lower. \u00a0They have put over 600 rounds though a firearm using that printed lower in a single day. \u00a0They claim that it should be able to handle a 1,000 rounds.<\/p>\n

The AR-15 was a good choice. \u00a0It is one of the most popular civilian firearms in the US, and as Gun Geeks will tell you,\u00a0it\u2019s the general purpose PC of firearms<\/a>. \u00a0 It is very modular, with the ability to change stocks and uppers easily. It also has a large market of add on accessories, including pink plastic parts for the female (or male who just likes pink) shooters.<\/p>\n

The inter-changeable\u00a0upper (which includes the barrel) is key. \u00a0You can convert your .223 AR-15 to 5.55mm NATO, .308 Winchester, .22 LR or even\u00a0.50 Beowulf<\/a>. \u00a0All the same firearm by current US regulations.<\/p>\n

On the lower end of the 3D printing scale, is the\u00a0EDoodler<\/a>. \u00a0A hand held devices that extrudes a steam of heated material that you can create whole pieces or parts of a larger object. \u00a0This is another Kickstarter project which blew past its original goal of $30,000 \u00a0pretty fast. \u00a0They have pledges of over $2 million and still have three weeks to go for fundraising.<\/p>\n

Going even lower end, you have\u00a0InstaMorph<\/a>. \u00a0I know people who swear by this stuff for really Q&D projects. \u00a0You heat the stuff up and then are able to mold it. \u00a0When it cools, it hardens. \u00a0Kinda like a gateway drug for 3D printing.<\/p>\n

Originally posted at Urbin Technology<\/a><\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Just how\u00a0versatile\u00a0is the AR-15 you ask, here is an upper designed for black powder use<\/a>! There is even a crossbow upper<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last time I went on about 3D Printers was back in October 2008. \u00a0Time for an update. There are more options out there than the\u00a0RepRap.\u00a0Engadet has a \u201cconsumers guide\u201d to 3D printers. What I found interesting is that there are some sub $1,000 models. \u00a0Granted, most of those are\u00a0Kickstarter\u00a0projects, but it shows that these things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,22,30],"tags":[69,120,660,759,794],"class_list":["post-4066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear","category-rkba","category-technology","tag-3d-printing","tag-ar-15","tag-rkba","tag-technology","tag-urbin-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pab4zg-13A","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}