Can samurai swords be made from 3-d printing?

420er

Just read a couple of articles about 3-d printing, thanks to that guy who printed out a plastic gun...just trying to imagine how 3-d printing can change our lives, and was imagining how it could be used, and in the course of such thinking, this question occurred. Is it possible to print out a strong, capable samurai sword with 3-d printing? If so, then I imagine 3-d printing can be used to make just about anything from any raw source material...which would change our lives in ways we can't even imagine today...we'll be living like gods where we can make anything at whim...

(I'm gonna repost this in other categories cuz I don't know a good match for this question.)
hey dragon, what show was that? I was imagining buying one regular 3-d printer that's on the market today and making bigger parts to make a bigger 3-d printer and keep making them bigger and bigger until I could build my own glider or car, etc., but a house?!? Wow! I wanna see that!

Answer
There was a show on about that, being the good and bad of 3D printers,
So it is not good that rich can afford to make and print there own weapons,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/06/3d-printer-gun-has-been-fired

So you could eventually make a pseudo sword, and it may cut some things less durable than the plastic, but not other steel, also in pieces, or require larger printer, these tools are meant for smaller items at this time,

Zcorp 3D Printers
http://www.zcorp.com/en/home.aspx
NextEngine 3D Scanner
http://www.nextengine.com/
..

about how much energy does a regular desktop pc use when on(without a printer or scanner or mic or cam)?

liltammy19

the monitor says compaq 7500, computer says presario 6000

Answer
check your power supply. large beefy gaming/3d rendering compuers can use anywhere from 450-500watts on up even beyond 1000watts (only seen one of them though). a simpler home computer usually takes up 250-300 watts or higher, but usually not more than 400. overall the best way to find out is to read the sticker on the side of the power supply (if you open your computer up it the grey box in the top left with all the wires coming out of it).
Hope this helps!

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