In early May, Cody Wilson, the world's most famous digital gunsmith, fired the first entirely 3D-printed handgun, the Liberator, and posted its blueprints online. The idea was to give anyone with an Internet connection, a computer, and a 3D printer the chance to do the same.
It sounded simple enough: you download, you print, you fire. Still, questions remained. How easy is it to actually replicate what Wilson did? How expensive? Can someone pull it off with a cheaper 3D printer?
On May 19, Mashable traveled to Baltimore, Md., to see one of the first Liberator handguns printed in the wild, based on the files Wilson uploaded to his online weapons' designs repository,DefCad.
Software engineer Travis Lerol, 30, took about 48 hours to print the electric blue Liberator. He did it using his consumer-grade, $1,300 3D Systems Cube printer, and a grand total of $30 in materials.
Look at market.
FlashForge 3D Printer
Zen Toolworks CNC 7x12 3D Printer/Milling Kit
Look at market.
FlashForge 3D Printer
Zen Toolworks CNC 7x12 3D Printer/Milling Kit
Books
3D Printing For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution
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