Stopping RIFLE ROUNDS with recycled milk jug plates!
2020 ж. 25 Мау.
428 748 Рет қаралды
In this video we take recycled milk jugs (HDPE plastic) and form them into plates to try and stop the highest caliber yet seen on this channel! And they worked amazingly well. We will continue down this path till we stop a .308! I think we might be able to, honestly now. Make sure to subscribe to see that happen! join our discord group! : / discord
parts list and guns used in testing:
For those interested in seeing recycled HDPE used as a laminate check out my newest version of these plates!
I swear to God, if you figure out how to make a level IV plate, you should be awarded a freedom medal
Alternate directions of your fabric by 45° every wrap. It's how they increase strength in regular kevlar vests
I'd be interested in seeing similar "armor" panels installed into the doors, and seat backs, and roof, of a vehicle,....
Excited for that .308 test's results, love the idea of re-using old milk jugs, very eco and utilitarian.
1. This is awesome! Really appreciate this. 2. I have a suggestion for your fabrication process with the composites. Instead of casting solid blocks of HDPE how about this. Separate the softened HDPE into 4-8 equal sized portions. Lay down the first portion and compress enough to form it to the mold. Then add a layer of fiberglass, then another layer of HDPE, layer of fiberglass, layer of HDPE, and so on. Put it back in the oven as necessary to maintain flexibility. After you've gotten however many layers you decide to make, put it back under compression (likely with weights that are heat resistant) and then heat the mold up to near melting point. Then go forward with the annealing process. With the composite sandwiched between HDPE the individual fibers motion is also constrained by the HDPE and the HDPE flow under impact forces is constrained by the composite fibers. Just an idea.
Mother in law's going to ask me why I have 350 milk jugs I refuse to throw away lol
Y'all should get together with Matt over at Demolition Ranch! This is right up his alley and he could help with production of more plates and hitting them with some high caliber weapons.
Great work! Taofladermaus put your work on display. More than impressive.
The plates need to be made of very thin multiple layers. So it can flex and absorb the energy of the bullet.
This is truly ingenious, fantastic video, I started cutting up milk jugs, melting plastic grocery bags, chemical bottles, shampoo bottles etc into confetti. I ended up getting a cheap toaster oven to melt it down and made a 5×8 wood mold to press it in to make small individual plates for a batman armor suit and so far I've tried doing thin layers at a time of hdpe and putting fiberglass tape in between each layer of hdpe and change the direction of the fiberglass tape each time until the hdpe/fiberglass is a half an inch to 3/4 of an inch, I think that the fiberglass tape would work best in between the hdpe layers because the fiberglass strands are far apart so the hdpe can go through it and bond to itself better than fiberglass fabric since the hdpe can't melt into a liquid like epoxy resin does. Then I will try the annealing but not sure what temperature will work, I looked up a couple sites and one site said to anneal hdpe at 200 degrees for 2 to 4 hours and the other site said 250 degrees at 2 to 4 hours which I think might be to hot since hdpe melts right around that temperature and lower the temperature slowly after that between 10 to 50 degrees per hour, I'll try to figure it out as well, I won't be able to test it however where I live, I can't wait to see how your annealed hdpe plates stand up against hand gun rounds or rifle rounds etc. Ps I'd love to see you try what I'm doing with layers of fiberglass tape in between the hdpe. Again I really loved this video and it's inspiring!
The friction energy reduction is incredible
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Awesome video! Love these armor projects! Some of my favorite videos on KZhead!
Stunning Research & Development work, I love it. You guys got one new subscriber.
Yoooouuu make it, weeeee shoot it
Please keep this project live! Very good!
First time ive seen this channel.... Wow awesome is all i can say!
Incredible. Im already processing several ways to make these better. Fantastic tutorial fellas. Thank you.