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>>34342581
>rare pvc repro's
do those consist of cut sections of sewer pipe?

i keep meaning to finish my kearny fallout meter, but i don't have much initiative after i get home from work these days.

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-ballistic-plates.html

>>34343895
I believe so, yeah.

>>34344244
um
russian armor plates for 6b series
not tacticool shit

>VSS airsoft to 22lr conversion status
10/22 is too fat in pretty much every way including the mags.
18" barrel looks like it will align perfectly with the end of the silencer shroud.
Next step is opening the shroud at the receiver end to fit the barrel profile. Got a 1" knockout punch coming, backup plan is a hole saw on a drillpress.
Project on hold until I get my hands on a Mossberg 702.

>>34342581
You could probably make a decent armour plate from casting with a little metallurgy. Not AR-500 of course, but something that would stop pistols.

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>>34346648
Why not use an AR-7 receiver?

>>34347614
I'd rather have a decent barrel but nothing is off the table, a got a line on a cheap 702 rn so ill start there.

>>34347257
I'm focusing on just repro inserts for now
there's a niche but profitable market for these things

Stone

>>34342581
Neat I'm going to try that

>>34348435
oc donut steel

>>34342581
busy making a camlock face plate for my lathe, and a little part for a bed in the local nursing home

>>34342581
Putting the finishing touches on my subterranean steel, lead and concrete bunker/bomb shelter. Last week took the wife shopping for furniture, we had a lot of fun lol

>>34342581
Thumbnail looks like a homemade fleshlight.

>>34350356
>lead
dirt not highfalutin enough 'fer yer radiation shield'n?

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>>34350462
anything's a fleshlight if you're brave enough

also mold turned out looking kinda shitty because i was rushing and didn't have the right materials to make the casting box becaue i'm a cheap, impatient faggot, but the cavity itself is just fine and the original plate came out with no problem
will make another mold in the future, but I can totally get quite a few repro plates out of this one for now
finna buy the casting resin and mold release spray this july since i blew all my money this month on russian milsurp

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>>34342581

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jiIQOgwtI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjnpM6Fu7i4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzaa2x7huMs

>>34342581
I'm working on some very special ak furniture, would post picture but molding isn't done yet, plus I'm trying to get the costs figured out

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>>34352915

>>34355384
Umbrella anon or bakelite kun?

>>34350652
>>34350652
>posting your full name.

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Anyone else ever make their own holster?
Sorry for the old pic, best one I have of it.

>>34346648
Go to Walmart? They're like 100$ brand new.

>>34350652
Outside of the mold means shit, dun worry about it, Specially with a 1 Piece mold like that,
You're fine.
(Typically i use lego for mine, i can adjust the size as i need, but i make mostly 2 part molds where they need to line up)

Mold release can be any number of things. Rape Seed Oil worked for me, I mean technically you could probably use cooking spray in a pinch.
Your mold is going to start to degrade if you're casting urethane resin in the silicone.

With a shape like that, you could possibly make the mold out of plaster of paris or something like that, it'd last longer and be more heat tolerant if you were to pour like metals into it.

Im a bit confused though, Resin probably wont stop a bullet, Are these just for show?

>>34356091
Reads like they're for milsim/airshit

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>>34355786
forgot to censor it out first pic and just didn't give a shit after that
rip me

>>34356091
Was gonna make the casting box outta legos, but I didn't have enough pieces to make it capable of holding liquid (even silicone)
And yeah, they're for reenacting/milsim only.
Just as a placeholder alternative to other options
eva foam is too light
wood takes too much work for what it's worth and doesn't have the curvature unless you're willing to put in time and effort to make it that way
Ukranian pvc repros cost nearly as much as originals and are rare as balls
I want to put an american made option on the market that has the same feel and a decent weight, for a fraction of the cost of originals.

>reminder most 6b4 variants take this many fucking carbide boron plates

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>>34355388

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Not mine, just a pic I have saved from a previous thread

>>34355793
no but I make slings for all my rifles. I always seem to have lots of spare strap material for some reason

>>34356682
...is that a slam bang .22?

>>34356366
Of they are consistantly curved I would invest in an oven, a bandsaw and a shittton of high density plastic plate from Alibaba so you can make a lot fast.

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>>34358985
Why would I do that when casting resin cures to the exact shape I need and solid in 15 minutes and all I have to do is mix equal portions?

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>>34342581
I made some kydex knife sheaths and holsters for mags.

>>34350652
Yo I think we're related. I'm on the west coast branch though.

>>34359630
If you want to make a lot it would get annoying and messy pretty fast I think.

Though at that point you may as well get quotes for injection moulding

>>34359784
I'm not a factory nigga i'm a some neet living at his parent's house
and can't be any worse than having to hump around a bandsaw for an hour and dick with ovens

>>34359784
plus the demand for 9x9cm carbide boron plates isn't even big enough to warrant spending several grand on equipment
I honestly hope I'm being baited right now

>>34359817
>>34359836
Wait, arent you the anon that was planning on making a small factory for stens?

I thought I recognized the hand writing.

>>34359985
No, dude. That's a different anon.
I'm still trying to get a driver's education and out of my parent's place.
Tinker with milsurp projects to pass the time.

>>34355683
I'm going to see if I can't get bakelite but make it more resistant to heat

>>34342581
hey op you may want to check out this place
http://www.military.biz.ua/ballistic_protection/armor_vests/titanium_plate_soviet_body_armor_vest.html

no idea how trust worthy the site is but it's a fuckton cheaper then where you're looking

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>>34352915
DELETE THIS!

>>34342581
When will Part Trois of the videos be on the Facebook page, my guy?

>>34346648
Use a marlin 795

>>34352915
wut is dis?

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>>34360855
I think I had this site bookmarked at some point, but forgot about it. Thanks, anon.
I'll have to recount how much titanium my 6B4-01-O Vest (pic related) actually uses.
It carries 52 plates total, but the back set of pouches carry titanium only while the front is all carbide boron.

>>34361029
Maybe next month my dude. Still have to get the casting resin and I won't be able to afford it til then.

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>>34352915

>>34356386
Wow, someone actually took the time to put together this bullshit infographic.

>>34361593
what is it? some kind of shitty bottle bomb?

>>34360045
Probably possible if you know a materials engineer, phenolic resins are hard to beat for heat applications though

>>34342581
hey its autistic cvc guy

off topic but always wondered, do you own any real gats? i see you with a airshit g3 alot but no real blasters

>>34364714
unfortunately, no realguz yet
it's my old folks, they don't want guns in the house.
Love 'em too much to try and argue (not that I'd change their mind if i did, been down that road), so I'm just trying to move out atm.
At least it leaves me lots of money to afford milshit.

>>34347725
you can purchase aftermarket threaded and heavy steel barrels for ar7s.