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Re:FedEx and UPS Refuse to Ship a Digital Mill That Can Make... by hga on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @05:18PM (#9110150)
That may turn out to be interesting.

The business model of this machine (well, aside from the advocacy/self-promotion angle others describe) is that one person buys this, then allows others to use it to finish their "80% receivers". (And then they do a hell of a lot more work to turn it into a safe, functioning gun, but that's assembly, not machining, a lot more people are good (enough) at the former than the latter.)

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Re:FedEx and UPS Refuse to Ship a Digital Mill That Can Make... by mirimir on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @05:46PM (#9110307)
Why couldn't someone buy the thing, and then rent it to other hobbyists? Or perhaps a serial resale network could develop. Eventually, I presume that Defense Distributed would release designs for the mill itself.
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Re:FedEx and UPS Refuse to Ship a Digital Mill That Can Make... by damoncali on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @06:08PM (#9110404)
It's overkill. Completing a lower is doable with normal shop tools. DD is making a point, not a product.
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