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Making an AR15 from soda cans, complete build- Part 1: CASTING WOES! GunCraft101

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Part 1 of building my soda can AR 15 lower. In this video I go through an unexpectedly arduous process of the casting the blank for the lower receiver. I don’t think aluminum cans are the best choice for casting, but it can be done! I had to leave so much of this out of the first video because it would have been too long, but there was so much here to share that others will hopefully enjoy and learn from. Thanks for watching!

***There is not enough information included in this video series to build a firearm. Not even close!***

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  5. Awesome! I would say I subbed, but I subbed when I saw the golden gun video 🙂

    I heard gas in aluminum is caused mainly by water, oil and plastic on the aluminum. Heating the metal up strangely makes this more soluble in the Aluminum not less. I would have thought it would drive it off but no. But I guess it makes sense cause otherwise it would come out when it cooled down to make porosity. Aluminum cans are usually covered in a fine layer of plastic to protect the metal from the contents. Plus the contents might add some gas if it's not completely clean and dry. Castings from old engine blocks and such can have real porosity problems cause of the grease and oil on them, so it's a good idea to degrease them I guess.

  9. This man is a designer, a mechanic, a chemist, a physicist, an engineer, who has an enormous amount of patience, passion, skill, dedication, knowledge to complete this project from A to Z.

  14. The problem with beverage cans is the paint and interior coating cause a reaction that degrades the aluminum a bit when melting. You could shred the cans and probably soak them in acetone to remove a lot of the coating but that's more work too. I think I may try this but use some old car pistons, probably will bake them in my powder coating oven before melting and test machine on an ingot. Great series though I subscribed !

  18. Wow, the second pour had so much outgassing that it looked like the erupting Kilauea volcano, ha ha ha! Anyway, I've been wondering if the plain old sand, water and cement mixture would make a good core…

  24. OH GOD! I bet this series falls under Youtube new draconian guidelines for instant demonetisation. They don't like you showing how to put guns together… especially when you're starting with tin cans!

  31. I love it. Thousands or tens of thousands in tools, hours and hours to make the castings from recycled cans. Then lots of hours to machine the lower into an actual firearm.

    Gotta love American ingenuity!

    Why? Because he can! And to show others in case Bloomberg, Pelosi and the anti gun nuts get their way.

    This may not be practical, but it shows with enough determination one can build a firearm.

    So while one could spend $30 or so when Anderson lowers are in sale, this is a great video to show how to make one literally from scratch.

    Thanks for a great video series, and thanks for teaching so many machining processes.

  40. I am an avid fit gun guy been studying @ YouTube university for like four years now I have a few builds ( shotguns) you are FUCKIN GREAT! SUBSCRIBED IMMEDIATELY !) LOOKKING 4 WARD 2 MORE OF YOUR BIOS THANKS TEDDY
    BROSEVELT!

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