#TOP5 Videos: Ford prints largest automotive part in history, gun enthusiast defends 3D printing and much more!

We found the TOP 5 videos of the week about 3D printing and the way additive manufacturing is shaping and changing our society. Ford 3D prints largest metal automotive part in history, ghost gun printing remains a divisive issue, Nervous System 3D prints kinematics dress and more! If you enjoy these, you can view even more 3D printing videos on our Youtube channel. You can also share your comments on 3Dnatives’ Facebook or Twitter accounts. Hope you’ll enjoy and have a great Sunday!

Top 1: Ford 3D printed the largest metal automotive part in history for their Hoonitruck!

Ford Performance, the high-performance division of Ford Motor Company, 3D printed what they claim to be the largest metal automotive part for a working vehicle in automotive history. The metal part, an aluminium manifold inlet, was installed in the Hoonitruck. The truck is a 1977 Ford F-150 with a twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 EcoBoost engine owned by Ken Block, star of popular YouTube series, Gymkhama. The whole process of building the part took 5 days and the finished piece weighs 6 Kg.

Top 2: Could 3D Printing become a threat to public safety?

Matt Larosiere is a 3D printer expert and gun enthusiast who breaks it all down in this short documentary from Free the People. He is an expert in 3D printers and uses the technology mostly for quick and cheap prototyping before creating a part. Additionally, he is also a gun enthusiast and collector. He explains that 3D printing allows people to keep “stranger, older, more relic and curio weapons alive” by producing the missing parts of historical guns for example. The media has warned against the issue of ghost gun printing to which Larosiere argues it is the typical response from the “culture of uninformed gun control alarmism”. Agree or don’t? Find out more in the video below!