my idiot friend printed parts of my 3d printed gun experiment with pla instead of abs

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• jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You test fired a 3D printed gun you had no hand in making… but your friend is the idiot? 🤔

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  • hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, using the wrong kind of filament accidentally is understandable and doesn’t say anything about anyone’s intelligence.

    Takes a real moron to test fire a brand new experimental gun in their hand.

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    • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wrong filament and I bet 30% infill too! ;)

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    • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think you misrepresent something here, I clearly told my friend which filament to use and trusted them, that’s why it’s mildly infuriating

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  • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    ok, I’ll admit I’m kinda at fault here to

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You test fired a 3D printed gun you had no hand in making

    I mean, I think that that’s reasonable. But that seems like a “get behind something protective and pull the trigger with a string” territory.

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• rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  His idiot friend test fired a brand new weapon in-hand.

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• tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  High risk, low rewards

  Enjoy your rewards

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Guns are dumb

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  • hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Guns are inanimate.

    People who do dumb shit like this are dumb.

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    • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s common to call products dumb when they have the marketing strategy of tricking gullible people into thinking they need it.

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    • AstralPath@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Guns are still dumb.

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• Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I usually see people mount it on a vice and use a string from a distance away, plus behind blast shields.

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• Dogiedog64@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You stupid dumbass…

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I can’t believe this ended badly. Seems like you just can’t catch a break.

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• hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And you're absolutely sure it had turned out differently with ABS? I've tried different filaments and to me it seems they're all just plastics... I tried some mechanical parts and they all broke. So I'd say it's likely an ABS gun will explode, too. Don't try that with your other hand!

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  • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I belive an abs gun should be able to fire 2-3 shots, also it’d probably crack instead of explode (according to people who tried it that is)

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    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I really can't tell if you're being serious. I strongly suspect this is some rage-bait or excercise in creative writing... In case it isn't: I'd advise you to re-watch the old Mythbusters episodes. See how they do experiments and treat safety and dangerous things. You generally also don't look down the barrel of a loaded gun. Sure, it isn't supposed to go off and blow your head off until someone also pulls the trigger... But: This is how accidents work. It's literally the definition of it.

      And you're constantly begging for more accidents to happen. Your friend wasn't supposed to print it in PLA... That ABS wasn't supposed to do more than crack... The design should have worked...

      And then you do the experiments and find out what happens in reality. That's the scientific approach. Your friend didn't use PLA, layer decoherence is a thing and ABS will exhibit catastrophic failire on first try and not just crackle. The whole design might be a failure. I applaud you for learning things... But don't have your fingers and limbs in-between you and that learning experience! Idk, clamp it down with a vise and use a rope to pull the trigger. Watch the Youtube videos of lots of other 3d printed guns explode... Hide behind the shed so the fragments won't hit your eyes.

      And in case this is some creative writing project: I'd recommend you to visit 4chan. That's more a place for people like you.

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• Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Can you… uh… explain for someone who has no idea what you’re talking of?

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Their friend used the weaker kind of material to make a gun and test fired it by hand. So the gun exploded, hurting them.

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• random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  forgot to mention: it fortunately only was a 40gr .22lr

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• DankDingleberry@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  why tf you need a handprinted gun. i bet my ass this isnt legal

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  • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a hobby gunsmith who happend to buy a 3d printer

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  • histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Most states it is completely legal

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• dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Fuck the haters, OP.

  They will thank you for your experiment & sacrifice when they have to resort to printing these. When the only weapon left against the fascists, that confiscated all weapons, is this.

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  • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean I did something stupid when hand fireing it, so they got a point ig

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• Doom@ttrpg.network ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Interesting. I don’t 3d print. What happened and why?

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  • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    gun made boom, but in the wrong direction, because my friend printed the barrel with a wraker material

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    • sntx@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Did you send the model or pre-sliced files? Parameters like wall-thickness and vase/non-vase can have a huge influence on structural integrity.

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• Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Would carbon fiber be better than abs?

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not really. Most CF filaments are PLA with a chopped strand fibers added in, and the strength gains are marginal.

    You can get CF-impregnated ABS/ASA but it’s really hard to work with and liable to be weaker unless you get everything perfect.

    Ultimately the best approach is to go the same route as the Defcad people, printing the lower receiver of an AR and paying cash for the rest (or maybe also stock and frame. The important bits line the breach block, barrel and other things that get hot would still be metal.)

    The thing with that is that the LR is technically “the firearm” as far as the ATF is concerned.

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  • random@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    just gonna mention oatian gate here

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    • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I tried looking it up and and didn’t find anything What’s the reference?

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