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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:58:15 AM EDT
Lowers are aluminum.
Beer cans are aluminum. How many beer cans would you need to make a lower? I ask, because I have beer cans. Like, a lot! 
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:04:06 AM EDT
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guncraft101 had a series of videos doing this.
Got pulled from youtube, but he still has them up in a couple other places. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:06:40 AM EDT
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If we say a lower is 8.5 ounces, and a can is half an ounce, thats 17 cans. But youd need to account for oxidation layer, the plastic liner, and the regions that are needed to be milled out. So, maybe a 12 ounce blank, if you are going to cast it. A 30 pack should be good to go. Don't spill the melted material.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:06:48 AM EDT
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8-1/2... maybe 9 ounces worth ?
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:07:48 AM EDT
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87, you want help? I can help.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:12:55 AM EDT
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If you need any help, I’m really good at emptying beer cans... I can easily empty 12-20 a night into my already pickled liver
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:14:21 AM EDT
[#6]
Either 69, 420, or 87.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:15:48 AM EDT
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Weigh a lower weigh a can, multiply.
Is beer can aluminum a strong enough alloy? |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:16:01 AM EDT
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Yes, +/- some.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:16:44 AM EDT
[#9]
87 bazillion
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:17:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:17:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you need any help, I'm really good at emptying beer cans... I can easily empty 12-20 a night into my already pickled liver I don't need help with that part, but the part with the sand and the styrofoam I need help. Also, czech yourself int a program ducking frunk!
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:18:31 AM EDT
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Tree fiddy
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:34:11 AM EDT
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Not today Mr ATF Man.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:41:24 AM EDT
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Watch this guy's video's? He did it.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 3:56:18 AM EDT
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Quoted: Lowers are aluminum. Beer cans are aluminum. How many beer cans would you need to make a lower? I ask, because I have beer cans. Like, a lot! Also, to answer your question, and I know it sounds stupid easy: Weigh a lower, then weigh ten cans, do math. I know, I know. You want me to do that. But I ain't gonna. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 4:04:07 AM EDT
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220. 221.
Whatever it takes. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 5:08:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Weigh a lower weigh a can, multiply. Is beer can aluminum a strong enough alloy? Well they have polymer lowers, so I'm going with yes. Not forged 7075 T6, but strong enough. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 6:17:30 AM EDT
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 What happened to the AR15 made from aluminum cans? GunCraft101 Links are in the description. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:00:22 AM EDT
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Weigh a lower.
Weigh a beer can. Do the math. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:18:16 AM EDT
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There's a guy in Australia that I watch on youtube that melts a lot of metal. LOTS of metal. He's entertaining. This answer doesn't have a lot to do with the question at hand, but it can give you an idea of how to melt and cast different metals. He has a great many videos.
BigStackD |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:19:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Either 69, 420, or 87. ...nice... |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:23:42 AM EDT
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So, if you’re drinking shitty beer from a can, will you then have a shitty lower? “Good Beer Comes In A Bottle Master Race” checking in.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:25:39 AM EDT
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I somehow doubt beer cans are made from 7075 Aluminum.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:25:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So, if you’re drinking shitty beer from a can, will you then have a shitty lower? “Good Beer Comes In A Bottle Master Race” checking in. If you like heavier, more fragile packaging, that promotes skunking, then sure. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:27:15 AM EDT
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Wrong alloy. Much weaker.
Lower be garbage. Literally. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 10:28:54 AM EDT
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I don't know, but like Mr. Owl, I'm willing to start finding out.
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Posted: 1/28/2021 11:08:52 AM EDT
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Quoted: Lowers are aluminum. Beer cans are aluminum. How many beer cans would you need to make a lower? I ask, because I have beer cans. Like, a lot! It takes all of them! Get to work, bro. It’s 5 o’clock somewhere! 
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Posted: 1/28/2021 11:10:47 AM EDT
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Dunno.....but can make AK from shit shovel.
First time I read that story, I LOLed. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 11:16:16 AM EDT
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Worked for a man that melted a couple of 55gal drums of crushed pop cans. This was poured into a welding rod tin as a mold (about 8"x8"x18").
This "billet" was cut and machined into a small right angle gearbox to go in a ww2 era plane. About a week later the lube the gearbox was filled with had all run out of the porous cast material. Probably spent $5000 in 1985 dollars to avoid buying a $10 piece of billet 6061. |
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