Someone has finally managed to print up and successfully fire a real firearm (in this case, a 1911-pattern) using sintered metal and lasers.
All these parts were printed:
and here's video of it being fired:
Check out that funky slide reciprocation at 1:35.
Blog post from the manufacturing company is here: World?s First 3D Printed Metal Gun - Solid Concepts Blog
I posted this under "General Firearms" instead of "Pistols" because I think it has more impact on manufacturing in general rather than anything having just to do with pistols.
What do y'all think?
All these parts were printed:
and here's video of it being fired:
Check out that funky slide reciprocation at 1:35.
Blog post from the manufacturing company is here: World?s First 3D Printed Metal Gun - Solid Concepts Blog
I posted this under "General Firearms" instead of "Pistols" because I think it has more impact on manufacturing in general rather than anything having just to do with pistols.
What do y'all think?