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Also, I winder what range they shot the balistics gell from.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.95&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.95"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_96"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_96"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)<span class="message_time">24 May 2013 15:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 24 May 2013 16:18"></span></span> <span class="message_count">96 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.96">40496.96</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.94#a40496_95" target="_self">40496.95</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I wonder how carbon fiber would fair.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.96&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.96"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_97"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_97"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">24 May 2013 16:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 24 May 2013 16:30"></span></span> <span class="message_count">97 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.97">40496.97</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.94#a40496_96" target="_self">40496.96</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Probably not great, I'm not sure what temperature gunpowder goes boom at but it'd probably be enough to soften the resin.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.97&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.97"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_98"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_98"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: af (CAER)<span class="message_time">25 May 2013 07:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2013 15:38"></span></span> <span class="message_count">98 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.98">40496.98</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.1">40496.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I think the meat cleavers thing was a deliberate choice on their part. If <em>just</em> wanted him dead, they could have done it in a much less attention-grabbing way, so it's not about what's an effective tool for killing someone.<br /><br /> Also, like Dan said, proper guns* are designed exclusively to kill things. More to the point, they make it <em>really really easy</em> to do so – so much so that even killing someone accidentally is very easy.<br /><br /> I would further argue that psychologically, killing someone with a knife is a very different thing to killing someone with a gun. With a knife, you have to get close, in their personal space, and risk retaliation. With a gun there is none of that – the balance of power is overwhelmingly in your favour.<br /><br /> edit:<br /> oops, didn't realise this thread was so long and that most of these points have already been made <span class="emoticon e_embarrassed" title=":$"><span class="e__">:$</span></span><br /><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 25 May 2013 07:43 by CAER</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.98&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.98"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_99"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_99"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">25 May 2013 08:58</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 May 2013 15:38"></span></span> <span class="message_count">99 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.99">40496.99</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.92">40496.92</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Video of it going boom:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/24/liberator_3d_printed_gun_catastrophic_failure/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/24/liberator_3d_printed_gun_catastrophic_failure/</a></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.99&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.99"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_100"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_100"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Killamarshian (HAL9001)<span class="message_time">27 May 2013 16:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">100 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.100">40496.100</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'll never understand the 'I have a gun to defend me in the street' attitude. Is it still the wild west in the US?<br /><br /> If someone pointed a gun at me, I would do exactly what they say, whether or not I had a gun on me.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.100&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.100"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_101"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_101"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">18 May 2023 21:36</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 May 2023 19:31"></span></span> <span class="message_count">101 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.101">40496.101</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.47">40496.47</a></div> <div class="message_body"> So where we at with this 3D printing tech?<br /> <br /> Have a huge amount invested in WAAM research at work (welding arc additive manufacturing - 3d printing near net shapes with welding consumables, basically), and they've produced some amazing parts that have met the same quality requirements as forged equivalents.<br /> <br /> Very impressive stuff, although I'm not convinced the microstructure is comparable to forged metal and although it's passed the quality tests for forged I remain suspicious that it is worse in some other ways that were not directly testing but could cause unexpected failure later (particularly with fatigue loads).<br /> <br /> Any progress on your gun?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.101&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.101"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_102"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_102"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">19 May 2023 14:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_unread" title="Unread Message"></span></span> <span class="message_count">102 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.102">40496.102</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.94#a40496_101" target="_self">40496.101</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Client in heavy industry is supposedly using it to repair and manufacture critical parts for ... critical things. If the marketing is to be believed.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.102&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.102"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40496_103"></a><div class="message" id="message_40496_103"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)<span class="message_time">19 May 2023 19:31</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_unread" title="Unread Message"></span></span> <span class="message_count">103 of 104</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.103">40496.103</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40496.94#a40496_101" target="_self">40496.101</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Good question! I still have a job so I suspect it's not quite there yet, and I really haven't kept up to date on what's been happening with printing metals. I wouldn't be surprised to see some really cool things happening, the world never sleeps!</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40496.103&return_msg=40496.94" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40496.103"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="40496.104" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>