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Re:State Department Demands 3-D Gun Blueprints Be Removed by MichaelSalib on Friday May 10, 2013 @07:53AM (#5685696)
SLS fabricators don't actually produce equivalent quality to real guns. Real guns are made with precision machined metal components that are extremely strong. SLS "guns" are made with tiny bits of metal and binder fused at much lower temperatures than metal forging and thus have much weaker bonds. You can't really compare the two.
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Re:State Department Demands 3-D Gun Blueprints Be Removed by toomuchtodo on Friday May 10, 2013 @09:48AM (#5686104)
I think we can agree that the bonds of an SLS gun are going to be stronger than that of an ABS plastic printed gun.
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