Tuesday, September 22, 2009

3D Printing Used to Create Replica Handcuff Keys

According to several technology and do-it-yourself sites, a German fellow named Ray has utilized his RepRap 3D Printer to create a working replica of the official Dutch Police Key, shown on the right. Apparently it has only been tested under Police supervision and has not been used for an escape, yet.

To read more, please find your way to Gizmodo, BoingBoing or Makezine.

And to download your own copy of the Handcuff Key .STL file, click here.

1 comment:

  1. The Reprap is a neat little machine if you can figure out how to build one, and you are ok with a basic FDM technology.

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