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olgoi khorkhoi
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/10/13 at 2:16 am to joshnorris14)
man, you thought ink was expensive..
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joshnorris14 
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/10/13 at 10:18 am to olgoi khorkhoi)
3D printing is pretty inexpensive
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 11:42 am to joshnorris14)
Video coming today of their printed magazines.
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 3:49 pm to joshnorris14)
This post was edited on 1/11 at 3:51 pm
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hypnos 
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 3:50 pm to joshnorris14)
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Video coming today of their printed magazines.
What are they using for the spring?
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 3:51 pm to hypnos)
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What are they using for the spring?
We'll find out when they release the video I imagine.
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Ace Midnight 
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 3:54 pm to joshnorris14)
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Video coming today of their printed magazines.
Josh - I was excited about this project from the beginning, although I was just slightly skeptical (not unreasonably) about any short-term successes - your updates have been helpful.
Thanks for these, man.
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hypnos
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 3:56 pm to joshnorris14)
Theres a million pmags on back order. Theres the potential for these guys to be very rich in very short order.
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WikiTiger
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:00 pm to joshnorris14)
was just about to ask you if they accepted bitcoins for donations but then I just checked their site and saw that they do! 
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:05 pm to hypnos)
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Theres a million pmags on back order. Theres the potential for these guys to be very rich in very short order.
They are open sourcing these projects.
Anyone with a 3D printer who wants to sell these will be able to.
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:05 pm to WikiTiger)
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was just about to ask you if they accepted bitcoins for donations but then I just checked their site and saw that they do!
Yes, I don't know if you know, but Cody Wilson spoke at the BitCoin conference in England last year.
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:06 pm to joshnorris14)
Guys, I updated the OP so that the information is a little more organized.
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WikiTiger
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:07 pm to joshnorris14)
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but Cody Wilson spoke at the BitCoin conference in England last year.
I'm going to go watch that video when I get home.
Also, did Kokesh ever post the video from his interview with Cody earlier this week?
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:09 pm to WikiTiger)
Sure did
LINK
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hypnos
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:30 pm to joshnorris14)
"Oh you want to regulate manfacturing well we will just take that back from you." Its amazing this guy can walk freely in the street without liberals trying to kill him.
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:32 pm to hypnos)
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"Oh you want to regulate manfacturing well we will just take that back from you." Its amazing this guy can walk freely in the street without liberals trying to kill him.
It was funny hearing him talk to the media in Britain.
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/11/13 at 11:33 pm to joshnorris14)
LINK
Printed high capacity magazine test. 5 shots to failure.
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KosmoCramer 
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/12/13 at 4:12 am to joshnorris14)
Roughly how many privately owned 3D printers are out there?
Are these guys getting a lot of help from smart, random people around the country?
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Ace Midnight
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/12/13 at 7:46 am to joshnorris14)
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Printed high capacity magazine test. 5 shots to failure.
I know these aren't amazing results, but they're very promising - just need tweaks to the design and a nudge or two on the materials.
I know the ultimate goal is to directly manufacture whatever you want. However, as an intermediate step, I'm wondering if they're considered printing molds as a precursor to using materials that cannot currently be used to print - that might be a short-term workaround until magazines (and lowers) can be printed.
You know what the powers-that-be will do once this project is complete? They'll move on the barrels and ammo which will be more difficult to replicate with existing technology.
This post was edited on 1/12 at 7:48 am
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joshnorris14
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| re: Defense Distributed's quest for the printable gun (Updates in OP) (Posted on 1/12/13 at 8:45 am to KosmoCramer)
There are many privately owned printers in the form of RepRaps and Makerbots but these guys are using industry grady 3D printers for now. They are still getting help but i think they are doing most of the work themselves.
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