Collaborate Disseminate
A modern firearm is likely to be mass-produced using high-precision machine tools, and with a uniformity to the extent that parts from one can be interchanged with those from another. …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The Gunsmith of Williamsburg
[Guy in a garage] has made a 3D printed gun that not only appears to fire in the direction pointed, it can also do it multiple times. Which, by the standard of 3D printed guns, is an astounding feat. He started with .22 rifle cartridges but has since upgraded and tested the gun with .357 rounds. The link above is a playlist which starts of with an in-depth explanation of the .22 version and moves through design iterations
This gun prints on a standard FDM printer. Other 3D printable guns such as the infamous Liberator or the 3D printed metal …read more
Continue reading Songbird, A Mostly 3D Printed Pistol That Appears To Actually Work
[Guy in a garage] has made a 3D printed gun that not only appears to fire in the direction pointed, it can also do it multiple times. Which, by the standard of 3D printed guns, is an astounding feat. He started with .22 rifle cartridges but has since upgraded and tested the gun with .357 rounds. The link above is a playlist which starts of with an in-depth explanation of the .22 version and moves through design iterations
This gun prints on a standard FDM printer. Other 3D printable guns such as the infamous Liberator or the 3D printed metal …read more
Continue reading Songbird, A Mostly 3D Printed Pistol That Appears To Actually Work
A few months ago, we caught wind of someone doing something remarkable. [Clinton Westwood] built a pistol from plans he found on the Internet. You can find plans to build anything on the web, from houses to four-stroke engines to perpetual motion machines. Most of the time these plans are incomplete and many of these devices have never been built at all. [Clinton]’s pistol was one of these never-built designs. After months of work, he’s ready to call this project done, and managed to build an awesome rig to rifle the barrel.
Before [Clinton] set out to build this gun …read more
