Solid Concepts Announces Another 3D-Printed Metal Gun

Not particularly crazy about the looks of that trigger. I'll stick with my Glock
 
Talyrius said:
Are they selling them?
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The original 1911s in .45 were going for $10,000.00 from Solid Concepts to employees / friends.

To everyone else I think they were around $13,000.00.

This one is 10mm and should be going for about the same...though I think Eric just printed it for himself.
 
Cheaper and less complicated to just buy a damned gun, even in places that "ban" them.
 
Seventyfive said:
Is this idea of "printing metal" the same thing as an old fashioned "cnc machine"?
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Nope. CNC machines a solid piece (or several solid pieces) of metal to achieve the final product. Printed metal is sintered up layer my layer with a laser and powdered metal. Just like printing something up with layers of powdered plastic, except that it's metal.

The jury is still out whether sintered metal is worth a damn for making handguns. Sure they have a few hundred rounds through some of them, but i am on the fence. Would like to see a real study (which is probably out there, i just haven't looked), regarding the reliability and toughness of the resulting parts.

In any case, i see no reason for a crazy expensive handgun, when i can buy one traditionally manufactured for much less. Save the crazy 3D manufacturing for what it was intended for: Parts than cannot be made any other way, prototyping, or other low volume high value parts.
 
one really crazy thing is with DMLS you could literately align the crystalline structure of the metal. Basically what they do in forging steel. It is not the beating that makes it stronger but that the crystal shaped pieces inside line up in a fractal pattern that transverses shock through it and essentially re-enforces itself. The important question is sintering is fine enough a process to do this or if it is basically another drip process.
 
I've done over a million dollars with Solid Concepts. They should be getting me that gun for free. :D
 
Mike89 said:
Not particularly crazy about the looks of that trigger. I'll stick with my Glock
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If aesthetics matter to you, Glocks are ugly.

Changing the trigger isn't too difficult. Besides, a 1911 has a better trigger pull than a Glock.
 
BladeVenom said:
If aesthetics matter to you, Glocks are ugly.

Changing the trigger isn't too difficult. Besides, a 1911 has a better trigger pull than a Glock.
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Comparing triggers between a Glock and a 1911 isn't exactly fair. Both are designed to serve different purposes. By that I mean striker fired versus single action.
 
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