Discussing techniques for using 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and other computer-driven modeling tools

if things go a certain way, we will lose our
Interesting situation - thanks for shedding light on it. However, the Bill appears to allow you to become a "licensed manufacturer" which I am sure will get qualified if this gets any further. I'm sure the NRA ...  moreif things go a certain way, we will lose our
Interesting situation - thanks for shedding light on it. However, the Bill appears to allow you to become a "licensed manufacturer" which I am sure will get qualified if this gets any further. I'm sure the NRA will cry "foul".
It reminds me of the issue of adding identifiers to gunpowder, so that y...  

This thread is about losing our ability to create our scratch built models, nothing else.  Dont go there.

They keep trying, not knowing, or caring, about the unintended consequences of their actions.  "We must stop those model train hobbyists, they are a danger to the collective."

about fifty years ago i read in an arms-magazine about afghanistan's village smiths, producing working copies of Lee-Enfield rifles on stone anvils and with simplest handtools of their own design.
prooving, that if there is a need or desire, there is a wa...  moreabout fifty years ago i read in an arms-magazine about afghanistan's village smiths, producing working copies of Lee-Enfield rifles on stone anvils and with simplest handtools of their own design.
prooving, that if there is a need or desire, there is a way too.
 
tool-banning is the old political principle: castigate the law abiding citizen...  

This means even a lathe will be involved.
When I was in High school in 1960, a student made a zip gun in the shop class.  It worked!!
 
If someone really wants to do something illegal, a law will not stop them.

Given that the ultimate firearm manufacturing machine is the mind ...
9‘‘(2)(A)  Except  as  provided  in  subparagraph  (B),  it  10shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  o...  moreGiven that the ultimate firearm manufacturing machine is the mind ...
9‘‘(2)(A)  Except  as  provided  in  subparagraph  (B),  it  10shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  other  than  a  licensed  11manufacturer,  in  or  affecti...  

I too see the light you have shed in that one Steve. Thank you.

Steve,
Thanks for giving us a heads up.

I've thought long and hard about posting this here, and decided that I would go ahead.
 
This is not about guns, though the article addresses them.  It is about politicians trying to accomplish something when know not what they do.
 
If thi...  moreI've thought long and hard about posting this here, and decided that I would go ahead.
 
This is not about guns, though the article addresses them.  It is about politicians trying to accomplish something when know not what they do.
 
If this bill becomes law, and it might, if things go a certain way, we will lose our CNC machines...