How To Make Plate Armor From Sheet Metal

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How to make plate armor from sheet metal.

This is the finished product i had to put light artificially so you could see the textures i painted it black this is a full metal leg armor made out of tin sheet metal and recycles cans you just need a minimum of tools and pretty much anyone can make this i will upload the template when i fix my scanner i used as a reference guts armor from berserk picking another design would be. Im fairly new to metalworking as a whole and i really want to get a taste of as many different aspects of it as possible. I can get old drums for free so i have a virtual limitless sourc. This is the build video of my diy ballistics plate body armor.

No bullets got through the plate. Ive been making knives decorative brackets tools etc on the forge and id really like to try making armour. Cut the fiberglass into 8 by 96 inch wide strips on a board covered with saran wrap. The ceramic tile was demolished.

See other video for tools. Allow it to cure for three days. 22g mild steel 18g mild steel. Shooting the diy plate armor the second video is couch potato mike and i shooting the ballistic plate.

An amateur overview of making plate armor. For the 20 30 bucks i spent building this diy body armor it was money well spent. Mix polyresin and the hardener and pour it over the ceramic tile plate and sheet metal ensuring that the sheet metal is placed on the bottom of the mold. Secure the fiberglass strips and use the polyresin for coating.

The plate was built with a steel i beam a ceramic floor tile duck tape and plastidip. You can frame the sheeting for an instant magnet message board or cut it into decorative tiles and coasters. You can also cut it into small pieces and roll it into beads or bend up and crimp the sides to create containers.