Ok, this is kinda messed up. The top image looks more like an extruder upgrade to me, and the bottom “3D clip” is a dead ringer for a filament spool holder - the T-shaped bit of it is the give-away.
http://www.dezeen.com/2013/10/25/3d-printed-gun-parts-seized-by-police-in-manchester/
Oh wow.
This “trigger” is plainly an extruder idler tension arm. I totally agree with you about the spool holder thing too.
Someone has an agenda for fear and opression… Sky News and the met?
@Andre_Esteves it’s also on BBC news. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24666591
This is straight from the police force website: http://www.gmp.police.uk/content/WebsitePages/F32F886757B6529180257C0F00229898?OpenDocument
I’ve printed that extruder upgrade myself.
Well… The damage is done. Makers are criminals.
Just got off the phone with the Greater Manchester Police Press Office. I informed in detail about the parts, they seemed quite interested, took down details such as what the parts actually were, and the thingiverse links to the items.
The question now is what they do with this new info.
The 3rd picture was of a MakerBot Replicator 2 (couldn’t tell but looked like the single-extruder, not 2X) so it wouldn’t be printing for long without the upgrade, and lots of 3rd party plastic spools won’t fit on the MBI holder.
Detaild map showing where “gun” parts were found http://pic.twitter.com/dIkVJErB1F
Could somebody send me the thingiverse links for the extruder and spool holder?
I’d better burn these before the witch hunters find me https://twitter.com/MarkDurbin104/status/393691364619079680
I can see the rap where this is heading: “only authorized and licensed persons are able to legally make things…”
They’ve updated their FB page with a cagey response of “We need to test these more to see if they are gun parts”
Their main news page remains the same at the moment.
Here’s our story on it: http://bit.ly/16zH24p
I must add that GMP have confirmed to us that a pistol was also found at that address as well as the 3D printed gun parts/printer accessories.
Their updated statement is now on their main site here:
http://www.gmp.police.uk/content/WebsitePages/32936B600DBD980980257C0F003DEEFC?OpenDocument
Sigh…
Evil, evil people!!
@Sanjay_Mortimer - Nicely done, reaching out to them. Best-guess, someone in the field watched that recent episode of Elementary and panicked.
When you have some familiarity with the tech and materials it’s easier to apply Hanlon’s razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon’s_razor