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And that 24 hour figure assumes it's on an old bed slinger and each part is made on that printer, on a modern corexy it without be even faster . Have they demonstrated that the "found" gun functioned in a timely manner? From what I understand the real bottleneck in production would be from the post processing.
If you have people who know 3D printing, yes. They've tuned their machine to avoid clogs or layer shifts.
I haven't done 3D printed firearms, but I have done foam weapons like the Caliburn, which have some similar issues. You can cram a lot on a bed and then a layer shift ruins the whole thing 16 hours in. If you're experienced and confident in your setup, though, go for it.
Police had 5 days to set this up. They're not going to be able to spin up a print like that in the time involved. Not without people who already had a print farm and experience.
Tbf, who's to say no cop has a 3d printer? Plus, the printed gun crowd is actually a huge part of 3d printing, it's just you're not allowed to talk about it on the normal forums so it has to be kinda hidden. Cops also like guns. I'd be shocked if there weren't a few printers amongst them tbh.
And again, they'd likely just catch some Crab or Slob with a squirted glizzy and take it without filing charges, he complains he gets charges, he doesn't and now we have a "planting gun." The cops don't need to print one, just take it and don't log it.
It's not enough for a few random cops to have printers. They need it done quietly on short notice, then get it to a rando town in PA.
One of the cops in PA could have had one in his house before the shooting, is what I'm saying. Maybe this isn't the first gun those specific cops have planted, even. Maybe it was, and a cop saw the shooting and said "hey I have a printed glock at home, I could grab that and find a similar enough looking guy and make a name for myself." Maybe (again) the cop didn't print it, they took it from someone who did and didn't report it, saving it to plant on someone later.
Is it likely? Probably not, but it could happen. I do literally know a cop who used to take cool guns home and not charge people with having them, I don't see why it couldn't happen again +planting.
Oh with five whole days even a beginner could pull that off. It's not like the old days where a layer shift was a real issue. After looking at the actual STL, anyone could drop it into a modern slicer and hit print with the default pla print profile using autogenerated supports.