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the20year2: Not against us , but
they used
the heck out of
them against
the CHinese and conitnue
to use
them
today
the20year2: Bending
the gas
tube would be pretty easy, and could potentially plug
the barrel up in a way it wouldn't operate correctly in
teh future
the20year2: That would render
the gun inoperable and virtually nothing usable for
the enemy
to use
the20year2: Would be much easier just
to separate
the BCG from
the bolthead and just
throw it as far as you can
the20year2: and
those work
typically much better
than clubs
the20year2: But at any rate,
the military still issues bayonets
to soldiers
the20year2: In a life or death situation i'm sure
they don't care
too much
the20year2: or
to damage it by a human being clubbing somoene with it
the20year2: It just isn't possible
to bend
the barrel of a modern firearm
the20year2: Those barrels are made out of steel proofed
to 200,000PSI , you're not gonna bend
them by clubbing someone
diametric: greenspan_fan: no benefit, any FDM style printer is still going
to suffer from a weakness on
the layers
the20year2: There are some really good materials coming out soon
that have awesome
tensile strength
diametric: greenspan_fan:
theres CF infused PLA already
the20year2: Or , if you're gonna club someone, use
the barrel, not
the butt
the20year2: And you're not supposed
to club someone with
the gun, you're supposed
to stab with
the pointy knife on
the other end
the20year2: There's a
tube inside
the aluminum stock
that runs
to
the end of it
cads: luckily
the parts we have
to print are pretty printable
cads: and
the control software is really lame
cads: the
thing is a piece of crap
greenspan_fan: I am just waiting for a $500 carbon fiber printer
to show up on kickstarter
cads: I'm kinda worried our printer won't be able
to do it
the20year2: My dad was
told by quite a few guys
they hated
their stocks
cads: but you have less lead
time and you're able
to print really unmanufacturable geometry
cads: I'm not going
to lie, 3500 is a figure I pulled from my rear
diametric: the20year2: creating
the die would cost a lot more
than $700
the20year2: would seem cheaper
to me
then
to create dies and just PIM it
diametric: If it were like an objet,
then yeah $700 probably isn't enough.
cads: I
think
they want
to see what a $1000 3d printer can do
cads: and fly out a guy
to check
the prototype
cads: right now
they use a STL machine in italy
diametric: yeah
thats way expensive dude, but hey if you can get it, good on you
the20year2: Are you
talking full length stock, say 18"-24" long or just
the end stock for like an AR/AK
that's 6" or so
cads: it's going
to be a ultra
tall format print and we're expecting it
to fail at least once :P
the20year2: The stock will be
then creating
the
toolpath if
they go wood, molds for dies ,ect
diametric: most of
the
toolpath work for 3D printing is entirely automated
diametric: the20year2: yeah
thats what i said
the20year2: For cnc it could likely be fine, for 3d printing i don't
think it'd be right
diametric: the20year2: creating
the
toolpath from
the design can be just as difficult as
the design itself.
diametric: the20year2: 3D printing
thats a bit high, but for
traditional CNC its not.
the20year2: But, as you said if it's a prototype it might make sense
to
test it before using. Granted I don't undersand how you came
to $700 if
that fee doesn't include
the design work
too
the20year2: Most companies do , or
they use PIM
to make one from say zytel
cads: I'm not sure why
they would not simply mill it from wood
the20year2: Unless it's free floating, unique and all
that jazz
cads: it's a prototype
to
testing fit and ergonomics
cads: for now we're negotiating a first job - we're going
to print a gun stock for around $700
cads: I
think if we manage
this we can get more
than
that
cads: the client
thinks
that it would be a good idea
to instead retain my friend for 25 an hour while he helps
them set up
Apocalyptic: cads, was
there some "niggers.txt" attachment ?
cads: he managed not
to mention
that he has a partner who's loaning him
the computronium base of
the business
cads: wow my business partner sent me
the email correspondence with
the client
ThickAsThieves: i wonder if i could get away with selling NSA original logo shirts as parody
too
mike_c: w00t, $500 from
the nsa
diametric: VirtaAssets: it works! wow!
tell me more about how it works
kakobrekla: <VirtaEu> yes, you can contribute
to
the Satoshi Project
to receive a guaranteed 120% payout (34.1% funded on round 49) :
http://cur.lv/7lc9r diametric: and
then going "thats just how
the internet works, we're not
throttling it!"
diametric: asciilifeform: what appears
to be happening now, is verizon and comcast are pushing netflix
through
their already saturated links
diametric: asciilifeform: I've seen
that going around.
pankkake: some French mobile ISP did a similar
thing
cads: okay, 2k a week while we're
there doing
the
thang
cads: What's
the appropriate consulting fee, assuming I'm additionally
training some workers and
teaching
them how
to use
the
tech?
cads: hey guys, suppose a business is consulting me
to provide
them a fleet of 5 3d printers (which can be bought for around $4K a piece)
ThickAsThieves: "do not block or slow down access
to any lawful content on
the Internet."
nubbins`: but hey, isn't
that just a different way of saying "decentralization"? ;D
nubbins`: that's probably
the overarching
theme
nubbins`: or perhaps "hopefully we will survive long enough
to reproduce"
ThickAsThieves: we've been building
things for so long, let's change it up!
nubbins`: makes you go a bit googly-eyed after a while
tho
benkay: but man you start /stacking/ ideas and people just
trip over
their own feet
benkay: thinking is hard
to begin with
nubbins`: i believe
that he doesn't know what
three of
those words mean
nubbins`: "central
theme of
the century"
kakobrekla: well
the question went "do you believe
that. ..."
nubbins`: if it wasn't for peripheral vision, i wouldn't know what
the rest of
the sentence was beyond "decentralization"
nubbins`: and
then a larger chunk if "I" is followed by "believe"