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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next time 3d print the mold and then forge it
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This is a video about: "How NOT to give up" Good job! I'm amazed how motivated and patient You are.
This might be fun to try with tin with say 5% copper and 10% antimony. Much easier to work with.
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.
I was so happy when it finally worked – thanks for sharing the fails as well, gotta learn somehow 😀
I'm definitely a car guy but now I'm a fan of your craft. Your videos are amazing man, you edit them perfect so it's not boring. Great stuff
I wonder, after seeing your Aluminum And Brass build,,, How Feasible would it be to use a Blank Lower as your Mold then Pour the material in thus having Way Less Machining???
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.
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You have patience like a statue bro
You said "Welcome to FarmCraft" tee hee…
Do a bolt action rifle please, like the mosin nagant
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 !
Love these type of videos, and watching skilled craftsmen at work…great job overcoming the problems..
Might have been a stupid question but here it goes… why not just make a regular aluminum ingot and then go on about with your cutting and machining.
MacGyver watched your video and felt like a slacker!!!
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…
Why don’t u use wax investment from a silicone mold
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Could you add more vents in the areas where shrinkage is an issue? Or use aluminum slugs as cores?
AR Alcoa Rifle. Sorry, I couldn't resist. And I subbed. Great job showing everything. Good and bad.
sometimes trial and errors best way to learn I like how you posted that and didn't make it seem like it was all perfect the first time
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!
Wtf you never give up!!!!
Is it as strong as 6066 or 7075?
I'm amazed… Building metal parts in sand molds was the profession of my dad in the 1970th. He told me about it, but I never seen the process.
can you make me one let me know thank you jim
This is cool and all but if it was me I would taken the lower and dropped it in a tub of sylicone then cut it open and proceed to do the same thing he did
YOU HAVE PATIENCE
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.
try to make a lower part from some other hard wood? probably not for use, mabe for a few shots to show it works, BUT purely for aesthetic reasons
Came here from the ar10 brass video, great work man, absolutely amazing!
You can also put a vent above the area you are getting shrinkage to ensure enough metal to fill "shrinkage"
Love it!
Love watching a master craftsman
Fuck ppe
Just curious.
Why did you add the newspaper between the 2 halves before gluing?
Braze that aluminum hole, and fill it will aluminum rods.
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!
Нужно делать из титана а не из пластилина !!!
Вот АК сделан из того что нужно!!!
Legend…. wait for it…. ary!!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. With people like yourself on this planet we always stand a chance against tyranny.
14:22 Gas the cores, race war now