Astonishing results. If your armor meets MIL-STD-810 criteria (for harsh environmental conditions); I genuinely believe you could sweep the current military body armor industry with a revolutionary change. Keep at it and please patent your final product!!
@@CrashMakerspace I think you're not far off! Continue collecting test result data and refining your design prototypes. In a world full of IED drones (loitering munitions), AI robots and ever evolving weapons, I think your new armor could be what the modern Soldier needs to survive and fight.
Absolutely agree! Patent your creation! This is amazing armor! The 3D print process is my favorite part...there are so many possibilities for this tech... @CrashMakerspace, I know you did this initial iteration in steel, have you considered a lighter material like titanium? Or a light weight alloy?
Patent everything. Process, design, implementation. If you go the patent route, and you should, get a patent attorney to review everything for patentability.
I'll be posting the full video of unedited ballistics footage like with my RedHood armor! I'm not sure on the process yet to get ahold of AP, but that would be the next test. .300 WM doesn't seem to have black tip options, 30-06 certainly does but that's about 500ft*lbs less energy than the 300WM here.
@CrashMakerspace you need to take apart a .30-06 black tip and load the projectile into .300 win mag.. only problem is that i think "producing AP ammo" is ilegal..
That is very impressive armor. I have a hole in my chest because of back-face deformation and the round I wore was just from a hand cannon and my plate was supposedly rated for it. The fact is that if I had been wearing your armor I would have suffered no more than broken ribs and bruising. Which would have been *much* easier to deal with and recover from. Mad props. I always thought of guns as a coward's weapon and I really *really* enjoy watching people develop ways to make them useless. I dont even live that life anymore. I haven't been in a gunfight , shot, or even shot at in several years, but the shit that mattered to me when I was that guy, still piques my interest now. Keep it up, earned a sub.
Send one to Matt at Demolition Ranch. He will test it completely. He asks us to send him homemade armor to test. With almost 12 million subs a lot of people will see it.
Boron carbide did it's job, there's a reason it's been used for armor for over 50 years. I recommend using UMWPE to reduce weight for the back material. It also will significantly improve chances of catching the slug.
I'm using a high density Fiberglass on the rear which so far, it's very light and super hard. But I want to make a video of direct comparisons across weight, thickness, deformation, etc for UWHMPE / KV / FG / CF / KV+CF / Basalt for a nice summation of each
@CrashMakerspace Generally speaking fiberglass is really good for backface deformation and is cheap. But really heavy compared with everything else. It's also not great against armor piercing projectiles. UHWPE is also harder to work with due to how slick it is and resistant to soaking just as a warning.
As far as anecdotes go, the best performance I've seen in video (lately) is a plate of titanium inside a slab of umwpe. There's something about the composite of materials and how they react to energy together. I estimate this video maker will arrive on the principle of whatever is going with that... If he hasn't already
@@Fgway so a lot of armor uses uhwmpe for its deformation properties to absorb energy. the titanium plate acts as the "hard" strike surface to take the brunt of the force. but depending on the titanium alloy your using titanium also has amazing deformation properties. so if you match the right alloy with uhwmpe both materials will act in unison to absorb the energy into the plate. but even with that plate. the thing that plagues non steel plate body armor is multi hit. if you get hit multiple time in a close proximity ones going through. but steel plate armor has the weight and spauling problem.
For someone who shoots a .300 win mag on the regular im baffled with how well your DIY armor held up. Absolutely crazy. The power that round has is destructive as hell and your plate took it like a champ
You seem like a really chill and down to earth dude. Seeing you do work like this is also truely inspiring to the average everyday person aswell. Keep it up man and goodluck.
Thanks bro! I've always believed that if you work hard enough for long enough, you'll get it. So it's sweet to start getting a community around my projects 💯
I'm definitely gonna have to get some more visco-elastic foam, when I get the steel for my 5x14x1/4 and 3/8 shields and out to the forge to pound out some scales, and as a much more practical hobby after painting?
The way the rounds seem to punch the clay behind the plate is really interesting It might be really cool to see the plate up against a wooden frame without a backing directly behind it, in front of a box to catch the bullets, but with a high speed camera looking at the back of the plate to see what it looks like when it gets hit
Nice video! A few tips: 1. You could try to adjust the surface of the plate. Don't make it smooth, put small hexagonal pyramids on top. This will help to divert the momentum of the bullets so that they don't hit the plate at a 90° angle. You could even include these pyramids inside the plate. 2. When shooting the plate, you should always shoot them at an 90° angle. Shooting at a plate on the ground while standing while increase the effective thickness that the bullet will hav eto pass through, which is kinda cheating a bit. 3. Beware of ricochets of the smaller rounds. Great work!
Beautiful video! I prefer this format because it got me curious enough to stick around to hear the nerdy science, rather than the usual promises with no guarantees of delivering ergo wasting my time. **Chefs kiss**
Man, when I first saw your spinal battery designs I was impressed. This is a whole other level. You've outdone yourself, and I'm excited to see you become the new Bruce Wayne!
I'm actually very impressed with the armor. You created level 4 plates that can stop what most level 4 plates can stop: while being the same weight. Good Job! :)
@@CrashMakerspace A single 30.06 M2AP round with a mass of 166 grains at a velocity of 2880 ft/s you blew that out of the water. I suspect Aiden typo'd and meant can't on the second one.
I cannot wait to see the future of this project, just dont let lockheed or the us government see this. Also jokes aside try this with tungsten and with titanium to see how the different density of different metals chage its effectiveness at stoping rounds since tungsten is pretty brittle but very dense while titanium is lighter than steel.
Plate something in platinum and i bet it will go through. A solid copper or steel. Platinum plated. Wonder horse bronze does? Solid platinum would also be interesting. Platinum is super slippery. High end needles are platinum for sewing or flesh.
@bashkillszombies it's not about the weight cause it's around the same weight as normal body armor. It is the fact that it's able to eat more rounds from different calibers and not fall apart as quickly.
@@bashkillszombies yeah as a prototype… my IOTV is around 30 with just front and back plates. So it may be around 10-15% lighter although I’m not sure if our go to war plates are rated for more than what was demonstrated.
And this is how Material Science Engineers get started in the 21st century!! My brother who recently retired received his PhD in Material Sciences (Paraphrasing the exact degree) and went on to a career in government service studying and building various forms of armor (once again, limited paraphrasing). It's amazing to see a lot of declassified public information like this on TH-cam, but it's even more amazing to think about what's being worked on in Secret :). Great Video!!
That’s amazing how you still got a lengthy 16 minutes of content without a ten minute Wikipedia-sourced dump of exposition at the beginning. I watched the whole thing til the end, so for me, your method worked.😊
Im so stoked to see someone engineering things at such high quality and standards here on youtube. Genius often comes from humble beginnings. I cant wait to see where this goes
This is so cool to see right now since I’m in a composites class in college and I get to make all lot of the carbon fiber and kevlar composites like you are in this video.
hacksmith has a video where they coated a 3d printed 'bone' with a thin layer of some kind of metal alloy thing and it was super strong. if you have access to that it might be a good option because the lattice structure you made has a lot of surface area to coat with the metal. you might even be able to just use the resin printed one because it's supposedly that strong.
I think the time intensive and financial investment for these may make them less utilisable than mass produced products currently on the market. 3d printing with metals is a burgeoning industry and the accuracy isn't terribly wonderful. There is also a few unique processes in production that we see which I'm unsure of the scalability for. Still some goddamn awesome work and so interesting and impressive as engineering. It could maybe be used for large projects where force distribution is crucial but they wouldn't be produced at such a high rate.
@@johndabobomb7108 I'm not sure how much tolerances beyond the 0.25mm or so SLS offers matters here, and if they do there are other technologies which can step in, like DMLS.
@@ClqwsExe my next video in a couple weeks is that red hood plate using just basic tools (shop vac / rolling pins / foil etc) for a plate build under 100 bucks
I wish you had gone into more detail about the build process. This is crazy stuff. Primarily 3D printed level 4 plates is not something I thought I would ever see. If you ever feel like making a second video about how you made everything you'll definitely have an audience for it...
Your explanations are always amazing and especially the videos where you explain the process, I find myself getting hooked in, visualizing what you're talking about and even getting ideas when I don't have an engineering degree at all (I'm in computer science). I wish you the best with your channel and your build~!
Great video, I’d love to see a comparison between armor with your printed lattice and armor with solid steel either the same thickness out and weight as your printed peice
Even beyond the incredible armour and getting straight into the action, its great that you show a lot of firearm safety in the vids. My nephew loves these vids and the safety measures really stick in his head.
@@RaptorTroll360Same weight class? These are like 75% heavier than other lvl 4 plates on the market that would have similar or better blackface deformation I'm pretty sure.
@@noscopesallowed8128 back face defirmation is much worse actually on Mira plates. Once a LV4 plate gets hit with 300WIN deformation is massive. Barely could take another hit. theres a good video on here actually.
That being said, these plates have a lot less deformation. Which means that the amount of energy transfer is probably massive in your body, but better interal bleeding and broken bones that a hole through your heart or major artery
This is fantastic work dude. You should patent the concept and the future iterations. Your product could be used one day to save lives on the battlefield.
This seems like the type of "Lockheed would like to know your location" content I'd enjoy Edit: Also "The US Government would like to know your location" content Edit2: Before a fullblown argument insues, this comment was meant as a *_JOKE,_* you know, those things that are meant to make people laugh. If you wanna have a full on debate about armor ballistics and ect then this isn't the comment to reply to.
@@theredknight3736 Wasn't talking about the oil, was talking about nudge nudge gimme your design and i give you a cut of the money from only the finest lowest bidder projects
@@fen3311 Get out of here kid, it's not just taking one shot of 300 like you're comparing. Just taking a couple slugs is a ton after taking 4 or 5 other shots it took wayyy more than a typical IV plate would
funny thing is that me and my friend are also trayng to make body armor . we are attempting to create a armor that dosetn have only front protection , but back and side protection as well . the armor should be 2 times as protective as a level IV plate , weigh less than 10 kilos ( all the 4 plates combined ) and cost less than 2500 euros . ( also its supposed to stop 3 regular 338 lapua magnum rounds and 1 armor piercing 338 lapua magnum round )
Demo Ranch is going to be doing a homemade armor test preety soon. Send him one Also, composite shaters on impact, so that might have been your problem, whereas steel just disforms some
Hands down best plate performance I have seen, its a chunky boi. The fact you have so little back deformation with the 300 winmag was impressive. The ceramic did what ceramic does great initial protection. Layer of ball bearings? Your science survived testing.
Patent this! Immediatly! You are gonna have one of the armor companies steal this if you don't! You will be a multi millionaire if you play your cards right. You need to get it to market. Find a manufacturer to mass produce it. It will sell like crazy.
I woefully admit that my attention span has been eroded over the years, but your video has kept me hooked for its entire length. Keep not listening to the people who tell you to try to play the algorithm, you are doing a great job in every way.
Thank you for not using clickbait and waiting till the and. These kind of videos, in reality, keep me watching till the and. It shows at the biginning what we are getting, and than you can listen to how you got there. If I were you, I would frame that plate, just so I can have it as a memory 🤭
I'm not gonna lie, i don't really understand everything that was said here. Not a gunhead nor an armor plating guy (I have a degree in English 😅). But, it's been phenomenal following this entire build. Fiest discovered the channel when you made the battery pack and have stuck with you ever since. Keep going my man 🔥🔥
Dude your stuff is brilliant. The usage of complex structures like that is so fascinating; I'm actually wanting to go into research on this (more specifically the usage of biology in the synthesis and manufacturing of complex organic compounds and composites, as well as carbon materials such as graphine), but I'm realizing I can probably start researching some stuff now!
You sir are a legend. Thank you for the no clickbait approach, and more importantly thank you for showing us all how this is done. Every detail of the process is fascinating to me. :)
Atta boy... That is how shit is done - enthusiasm, dedication, preparation and research beforehand... Well, that plus all the high grade work that goes into proper stuff, but shiet, if i knew i would get a kid like you - i might consider having one... Best regards! - Austrian-German machinist
What an OG - creates innovative armor that yields better results than traditional armor, and proceeds to share his build process to the internet. Legend. Look forward to seeing future breakthroughs with this project!
Dude.... This is legit amazing. Subscribed to your last video and well worth it. So please keep these vids coming. Even if you just go through more of the science for it, that would be great👍👍
@@sionsoschwalts2762 yessir! I don’t subscribe to click bait garbage haha, .300WM doesn’t come in AP but it’s about 500ft*lbs more than a 30-06 black tip so I’d estimate that penetration is similar while surrounding fracturing is more severe with the 300. However, I would like to someday get a hold of some spicy rounds just to verify 💯
@@CrashMakerspace Just need to reload the 300WM with 30-06 M2 projectiles. Buffoon range doe sit all the time. Bonus if you send him a couple plates for testing!
You should file for a provisional patent, and then get the formal patent done. So many applications for this, body armor, armored vehicles, walls, backpacks, etc… well done
Its honestly crazy seeing what could be the future of modern ballistic armor being made by one dude in a garage. Crazy work can't wait to see a full suit
your channel was recommended to me by youtube, and I watched your most recent spinal battery video, clicked on your channel and watched this one. I subbed at immediately after 1:53 you have good values, definitely deserve to reach a ton of people to educate and share with them all of your projects. Keep up the hard work, and thanks for showing us your creations. very wholesome ending as well. -Garou
How this only has 76k views (at the time of this comment) is crazy. We are looking at a potentially radical change in the design of modern combat body armor. Give it a few weeks for this to go viral, and I guarantee you some young cat at RMA or Point Blank is gonna see this and bring it up to his superiors and crank out some even crazier prototypes. You need to get a patent (or even a few patents) on this IMMEDIATELY. I know for some people money isn't everything, but this could literally be a world changing multi-billion dollar idea with a solid proof of concept already behind it.
Hey this is honestly awesome dude, the one thing I would change is add a layer of material on the front with small triangular shapes facing towards the front across the plates surface which should help to dissipate the energy of the shot more evenly and could help stop even larger caliber with little added weight
really curious how this design would fare with higher end 3d printed (FDM) prints if its even possible (It look so? from what you have shown anyways). I thought your tests with the resin were extremely interesting. I thought of this after seeing tullomer from zpolymer, a MUCH cheaper engineering filament (still 250$/ 500g) but it can allegedly print on any machine that can do 300c nozzle. It was on par with STEEL in some of the tests, like better than stuff triple its price. I think the idea of custom fitted FUNCTIONAL 3d printed armor at home is insanely cool. keep it up man!
This has very quickly become one of my favourite channels alongside Alexlab, Hacksmith and the OG Jetman, all trying to make the dream of superhero’s a reality
Keep up the good work brother... hopefully the fed bois don't try to shut you down... as far as I'm concerned your doing the entire country a great service in showing how possible it is to really protect yourself from a modern battle field. Thanks a ton and I'll defiantly keep my eyes open for more content like this! Thanks for the awesome video
Nice to see all of your 3D printing experiments coming to fruition. Would love to see a comparison to something similar to a layered version of a 3D printed "dragon scale" armor
This video blew my mind. Your design is brilliant! as someone who enjoys learning and protecting themselves, I am soooo intrigued by the possibilities.
Fascinating video and an absolutely phenomenal personal code of conduct! Mad respect to you for being a paragon of what youtubers/content creators should be like! Definitely worth a subscription.
I respect the "no clickbait crap" You should def send one to demolition ranch or kentucky balistics
I think he’s explained before that there was some reason that he couldn’t.
Really only one youtuber that should be considered the go to on testing armor performance... Buffman - R.A.N.G.E.
@@Re1bot I second your opinion, Buffman got the spicy rounds, and the "near peer" rounds...
yea dude a .408 cheytac would be crazy
Or Garand Thumb
🤔 Why not all to test out?
Astonishing results. If your armor meets MIL-STD-810 criteria (for harsh environmental conditions); I genuinely believe you could sweep the current military body armor industry with a revolutionary change. Keep at it and please patent your final product!!
These should handle extreme cold & heat well; I haven’t tested how good they are with shock damage (like dropping it a ton)
@@CrashMakerspace I think you're not far off! Continue collecting test result data and refining your design prototypes. In a world full of IED drones (loitering munitions), AI robots and ever evolving weapons, I think your new armor could be what the modern Soldier needs to survive and fight.
Absolutely agree! Patent your creation! This is amazing armor! The 3D print process is my favorite part...there are so many possibilities for this tech...
@CrashMakerspace, I know you did this initial iteration in steel, have you considered a lighter material like titanium? Or a light weight alloy?
Patent everything. Process, design, implementation. If you go the patent route, and you should, get a patent attorney to review everything for patentability.
Yeah get a patent on your workmanship before someone else decides to do it illicitly!
Wild this stopped a 300 WM I’ve seen it punch holes through 1/2 steel no problem. Amazing work
Thanks! It was the repeated hits that I was really surprised with on the results here
Mild steel maybe, 300 WM doesn't go through 1/2 inch AR500.
petition to send this to famous youtubers and have them test it. See how well they work against even higher powered rounds.
Yes would love to see Scott shoot it with one of his elephant guns
this would be great for the power armor of hacksmith
I'll be posting the full video of unedited ballistics footage like with my RedHood armor! I'm not sure on the process yet to get ahold of AP, but that would be the next test. .300 WM doesn't seem to have black tip options, 30-06 certainly does but that's about 500ft*lbs less energy than the 300WM here.
@CrashMakerspace you need to take apart a .30-06 black tip and load the projectile into .300 win mag.. only problem is that i think "producing AP ammo" is ilegal..
@@pbayers if no police there habibi, everything legal
You don't need to worry about clickbait because this shit is fire all the way through
Damn dude, you solved the big problem in body armor- how to get multi-hit capability without weighing a ton- with ease. Nicely done!
That was the biggest success really, not just stopping .300 but, like you said taking a bunch more hit after hit
Wonder how light you could make it if you made it only comparable to a lvl 4 plate
@@CrashMakerspace serious money in this, good for you
You should seriously look into patenting your armour plates, big company are going to copy your idea if they haven't already done it
The fact that it is stopping 300 win mag is wild
Add the fact that he's shooting it at quite a close range!!
That is very impressive armor. I have a hole in my chest because of back-face deformation and the round I wore was just from a hand cannon and my plate was supposedly rated for it. The fact is that if I had been wearing your armor I would have suffered no more than broken ribs and bruising. Which would have been *much* easier to deal with and recover from. Mad props. I always thought of guns as a coward's weapon and I really *really* enjoy watching people develop ways to make them useless. I dont even live that life anymore. I haven't been in a gunfight , shot, or even shot at in several years, but the shit that mattered to me when I was that guy, still piques my interest now. Keep it up, earned a sub.
Glad that you've recovered man! Even without having backface deformation here, you'd definitely want padding on this if taking rifle rounds haha
Think you would have suffered kinetic trauma to a larger region the way this works.
Send one to Matt at Demolition Ranch. He will test it completely. He asks us to send him homemade armor to test. With almost 12 million subs a lot of people will see it.
I was thinking the same thing maybe send it to Demo to put it on Lt Dan to test out.
Boron carbide did it's job, there's a reason it's been used for armor for over 50 years.
I recommend using UMWPE to reduce weight for the back material. It also will significantly improve chances of catching the slug.
I'm using a high density Fiberglass on the rear which so far, it's very light and super hard. But I want to make a video of direct comparisons across weight, thickness, deformation, etc for UWHMPE / KV / FG / CF / KV+CF / Basalt for a nice summation of each
@CrashMakerspace Generally speaking fiberglass is really good for backface deformation and is cheap. But really heavy compared with everything else. It's also not great against armor piercing projectiles.
UHWPE is also harder to work with due to how slick it is and resistant to soaking just as a warning.
As far as anecdotes go, the best performance I've seen in video (lately) is a plate of titanium inside a slab of umwpe. There's something about the composite of materials and how they react to energy together. I estimate this video maker will arrive on the principle of whatever is going with that... If he hasn't already
@@Fgway so a lot of armor uses uhwmpe for its deformation properties to absorb energy. the titanium plate acts as the "hard" strike surface to take the brunt of the force. but depending on the titanium alloy your using titanium also has amazing deformation properties. so if you match the right alloy with uhwmpe both materials will act in unison to absorb the energy into the plate. but even with that plate. the thing that plagues non steel plate body armor is multi hit. if you get hit multiple time in a close proximity ones going through. but steel plate armor has the weight and spauling problem.
@@inthedark65 This. also titanium has poor sheer resistance and galling qualities so it needs to be accounted for.
For someone who shoots a .300 win mag on the regular im baffled with how well your DIY armor held up. Absolutely crazy. The power that round has is destructive as hell and your plate took it like a champ
For sure! That's why I was surprised it took 2 to be honest lol
You seem like a really chill and down to earth dude. Seeing you do work like this is also truely inspiring to the average everyday person aswell. Keep it up man and goodluck.
Thanks bro! I've always believed that if you work hard enough for long enough, you'll get it. So it's sweet to start getting a community around my projects 💯
I'm definitely gonna have to get some more visco-elastic foam, when I get the steel for my 5x14x1/4 and 3/8 shields and out to the forge to pound out some scales, and as a much more practical hobby after painting?
The way the rounds seem to punch the clay behind the plate is really interesting
It might be really cool to see the plate up against a wooden frame without a backing directly behind it, in front of a box to catch the bullets, but with a high speed camera looking at the back of the plate to see what it looks like when it gets hit
Nice video! A few tips:
1. You could try to adjust the surface of the plate. Don't make it smooth, put small hexagonal pyramids on top. This will help to divert the momentum of the bullets so that they don't hit the plate at a 90° angle. You could even include these pyramids inside the plate.
2. When shooting the plate, you should always shoot them at an 90° angle. Shooting at a plate on the ground while standing while increase the effective thickness that the bullet will hav eto pass through, which is kinda cheating a bit.
3. Beware of ricochets of the smaller rounds.
Great work!
Beautiful video! I prefer this format because it got me curious enough to stick around to hear the nerdy science, rather than the usual promises with no guarantees of delivering ergo wasting my time. **Chefs kiss**
Good feedback!
Man, when I first saw your spinal battery designs I was impressed. This is a whole other level. You've outdone yourself, and I'm excited to see you become the new Bruce Wayne!
I'm actually very impressed with the armor. You created level 4 plates that can stop what most level 4 plates can stop: while being the same weight. Good Job! :)
This can stop a lot more, level IV is often only a few rounds of 762 / 308
NIJ is an outdated rating system that is in need of an update
@@CrashMakerspace A single 30.06 M2AP round with a mass of 166 grains at a velocity of 2880 ft/s you blew that out of the water. I suspect Aiden typo'd and meant can't on the second one.
This is amazing! bro is real Tony stark.
My exact thoughts.
More like Bruce Wayne minus the billions of dollars coz he is building a real life Batsuit.
I cannot wait to see the future of this project, just dont let lockheed or the us government see this. Also jokes aside try this with tungsten and with titanium to see how the different density of different metals chage its effectiveness at stoping rounds since tungsten is pretty brittle but very dense while titanium is lighter than steel.
Seeing as this is supposed to be used for a lightweight batman suit, it severely limits his options in terms of metals.
@notreallykeven86 exactly why I would like to see how titanium would work for the lattice inside of it
Can we manipulate tungsten like this yet, lol? In 3-D printing I mean. I don't think we can
Titanium is the go
Plate something in platinum and i bet it will go through. A solid copper or steel. Platinum plated. Wonder horse bronze does? Solid platinum would also be interesting. Platinum is super slippery. High end needles are platinum for sewing or flesh.
I can feel a military contract in your future lol.
More likely, a corporate contract for the tech.
Not at ten pounds.
@bashkillszombies it's not about the weight cause it's around the same weight as normal body armor. It is the fact that it's able to eat more rounds from different calibers and not fall apart as quickly.
@bashkillszombies it's honestly right on par by size with a SAPI plate, with far better results.
@@bashkillszombies yeah as a prototype… my IOTV is around 30 with just front and back plates. So it may be around 10-15% lighter although I’m not sure if our go to war plates are rated for more than what was demonstrated.
Stopped what I was watching just to watch this one instead 😂
Same
Bro same I've been waiting for this one, and it did NOT dissapoint
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Thanks for sharing! This makes me feel great to hear 💯
And this is how Material Science Engineers get started in the 21st century!! My brother who recently retired received his PhD in Material Sciences (Paraphrasing the exact degree) and went on to a career in government service studying and building various forms of armor (once again, limited paraphrasing). It's amazing to see a lot of declassified public information like this on TH-cam, but it's even more amazing to think about what's being worked on in Secret :). Great Video!!
Bro the science part is even better than the tests, and I am a gun guy. This is so dang cool
That’s amazing how you still got a lengthy 16 minutes of content without a ten minute Wikipedia-sourced dump of exposition at the beginning. I watched the whole thing til the end, so for me, your method worked.😊
This is incredible work man! Seriously mind blowing.
Immediately stopped and clicked! Yes! So excited to see real testing
This is awesome dude haha, thanks for checking back on my progress!
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Wow, 300WM is no joke, very impressive!
THIS. IS. ASTOUNDING. Big respect to your engineering abilities
Im so stoked to see someone engineering things at such high quality and standards here on youtube. Genius often comes from humble beginnings. I cant wait to see where this goes
This is so cool to see right now since I’m in a composites class in college and I get to make all lot of the carbon fiber and kevlar composites like you are in this video.
hacksmith has a video where they coated a 3d printed 'bone' with a thin layer of some kind of metal alloy thing and it was super strong. if you have access to that it might be a good option because the lattice structure you made has a lot of surface area to coat with the metal. you might even be able to just use the resin printed one because it's supposedly that strong.
you would also be able to make it even thinner and lighter
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I've never heard a youtuber say "don't donate" before.
literally, respect for that
Reverse psychology is a hell of a thing
@@raam1666 No it's not
Or is it
16:14 F**cking awesome job brother. Why don't you contact premier body armor or rts tactical for a colab or something?
I think the time intensive and financial investment for these may make them less utilisable than mass produced products currently on the market. 3d printing with metals is a burgeoning industry and the accuracy isn't terribly wonderful. There is also a few unique processes in production that we see which I'm unsure of the scalability for.
Still some goddamn awesome work and so interesting and impressive as engineering. It could maybe be used for large projects where force distribution is crucial but they wouldn't be produced at such a high rate.
@johndabobomb7108 makes sense 👍
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I'm not sure how much tolerances beyond the 0.25mm or so SLS offers matters here, and if they do there are other technologies which can step in, like DMLS.
So glad my previous video got over 10s after the notification so I could go immediately here
Edit: my guy has a pretty great taste in guns
same but more like 50 sec
The green tip 5.56 out of that 20" barrel tavor is quite impressive. That .300wm was pretty crazy. This armor has BIG potential...
Stopping the bullet is crazy impressive but man you gone feel those impacts. Gotta do some intensive kuji-kiri ninjutsu training to heal those wounds
I subscribed, just because of your model... "no clickbait" and straight-to-topic. THANK YOU for your content and contribution!
Love this you should definitely do a video on a more budget friendly bullet proof armor
@@ClqwsExe my next video in a couple weeks is that red hood plate using just basic tools (shop vac / rolling pins / foil etc) for a plate build under 100 bucks
@@CrashMakerspace ok cool thanks for letting me know ill def be waiting
A rare find in the sea of TH-camrs love that you don’t bait 1:54
love to see someone who had an idea and is making it happen. great production and presentation.
I wish you had gone into more detail about the build process. This is crazy stuff. Primarily 3D printed level 4 plates is not something I thought I would ever see.
If you ever feel like making a second video about how you made everything you'll definitely have an audience for it...
If he shows us everything how is he gonna land that defense contractor gig lmao.
Your explanations are always amazing and especially the videos where you explain the process, I find myself getting hooked in, visualizing what you're talking about and even getting ideas when I don't have an engineering degree at all (I'm in computer science). I wish you the best with your channel and your build~!
Awesome! I definitely put extra effort to try to keep a meaningful flow of info that's not a full-on lecture 😅
As a mechatronics undergraduate, this is fkng AWESOME... Really motivates me to keep going and research about all i can for whatever my eyes find.
You are insane in the best way. I hope the internet realizes how amazing this guy is soon.
Just building this takes a lot of very useful knowhow and skill, let alone coming up with the lattice design. Top notch stuff
Great video, I’d love to see a comparison between armor with your printed lattice and armor with solid steel either the same thickness out and weight as your printed peice
That would be an interesting test, the solid would definitely be a good bit heavier too
Even beyond the incredible armour and getting straight into the action, its great that you show a lot of firearm safety in the vids.
My nephew loves these vids and the safety measures really stick in his head.
That second 300win mag shot definitely would've cracked ribs and have possible internal bleeding to the end user.
If it hit ribs, that'd be a punctured lung, but still way the f more survivable than any other type of body armor in the same weight class.
@@RaptorTroll360Same weight class? These are like 75% heavier than other lvl 4 plates on the market that would have similar or better blackface deformation I'm pretty sure.
Looked like a pass through. There's a hole in the clay cavity you can see before he sticks his fingers in.
Still impressive though.
@@noscopesallowed8128 back face defirmation is much worse actually on Mira plates. Once a LV4 plate gets hit with 300WIN deformation is massive. Barely could take another hit. theres a good video on here actually.
That being said, these plates have a lot less deformation. Which means that the amount of energy transfer is probably massive in your body, but better interal bleeding and broken bones that a hole through your heart or major artery
This is fantastic work dude. You should patent the concept and the future iterations. Your product could be used one day to save lives on the battlefield.
This seems like the type of "Lockheed would like to know your location" content I'd enjoy
Edit: Also "The US Government would like to know your location" content
Edit2: Before a fullblown argument insues, this comment was meant as a *_JOKE,_* you know, those things that are meant to make people laugh. If you wanna have a full on debate about armor ballistics and ect then this isn't the comment to reply to.
nah, he's fine. no oil
@@theredknight3736 Wasn't talking about the oil, was talking about nudge nudge gimme your design and i give you a cut of the money from only the finest lowest bidder projects
@@AkiUwUx3 His design is quite literally not that good, lmao. Army already has public stuff that handles stuff significantly more dangerous.
the NSA already knows, lockheed WILL be hiring you
@@fen3311 Get out of here kid, it's not just taking one shot of 300 like you're comparing. Just taking a couple slugs is a ton after taking 4 or 5 other shots it took wayyy more than a typical IV plate would
Ive been following along for a while and its amazing to see how far you've come with this project
funny thing is that me and my friend are also trayng to make body armor . we are attempting to create a armor that dosetn have only front protection , but back and side protection as well . the armor should be 2 times as protective as a level IV plate , weigh less than 10 kilos ( all the 4 plates combined ) and cost less than 2500 euros . ( also its supposed to stop 3 regular 338 lapua magnum rounds and 1 armor piercing 338 lapua magnum round )
The weight to protection ratio is impressive, but the cost is significant, compared to commercially available LV 4 plates available in the US.
Demo Ranch is going to be doing a homemade armor test preety soon. Send him one
Also, composite shaters on impact, so that might have been your problem, whereas steel just disforms some
Hands down best plate performance I have seen, its a chunky boi. The fact you have so little back deformation with the 300 winmag was impressive. The ceramic did what ceramic does great initial protection. Layer of ball bearings? Your science survived testing.
Totally! The first hit of 300 was very little deformation, the 2nd .300 not so much haha but the plate still technically caught it
Havent even watched the video just the insta reel. I have been waiting for this. Imma put it in the big screen and get a snack. This is cinema
Patent this! Immediatly! You are gonna have one of the armor companies steal this if you don't! You will be a multi millionaire if you play your cards right. You need to get it to market. Find a manufacturer to mass produce it. It will sell like crazy.
Stumbled upon your channel on my shorts and I was glad I did. You are incredibly impressive man. Congratulations on a job well done. 👌🏽
4th (: Sick progress dude. You can really tell that you enjoy what you do too which just makes this all the more enjoyable. Keep up the good work.
I woefully admit that my attention span has been eroded over the years, but your video has kept me hooked for its entire length. Keep not listening to the people who tell you to try to play the algorithm, you are doing a great job in every way.
Your channel deserves to be blown up this is great content and awesome progress!
Thank you for not using clickbait and waiting till the and. These kind of videos, in reality, keep me watching till the and. It shows at the biginning what we are getting, and than you can listen to how you got there. If I were you, I would frame that plate, just so I can have it as a memory 🤭
Wellll I cut the plate open and dissected it to learn more of how it took impacts 😂 But! The face is still in tact so that could work as a framing
I'm not gonna lie, i don't really understand everything that was said here. Not a gunhead nor an armor plating guy (I have a degree in English 😅).
But, it's been phenomenal following this entire build. Fiest discovered the channel when you made the battery pack and have stuck with you ever since. Keep going my man 🔥🔥
love when that happens honestly, like it's like being given eldritch knowledge
genuinely amazing! this could be the first actual future body armor tech
Thank you sir please know your endeavors are well appreciated, I will be a long time follower of whatever projects you will have 👏
Looking forward to having you around the channel!
Dude your stuff is brilliant. The usage of complex structures like that is so fascinating; I'm actually wanting to go into research on this (more specifically the usage of biology in the synthesis and manufacturing of complex organic compounds and composites, as well as carbon materials such as graphine), but I'm realizing I can probably start researching some stuff now!
Thanks man, and yea, just dive on in with the research!
You sir are a legend. Thank you for the no clickbait approach, and more importantly thank you for showing us all how this is done. Every detail of the process is fascinating to me. :)
Atta boy... That is how shit is done - enthusiasm, dedication, preparation and research beforehand... Well, that plus all the high grade work that goes into proper stuff, but shiet, if i knew i would get a kid like you - i might consider having one...
Best regards!
- Austrian-German machinist
What an OG - creates innovative armor that yields better results than traditional armor, and proceeds to share his build process to the internet. Legend. Look forward to seeing future breakthroughs with this project!
Dude.... This is legit amazing. Subscribed to your last video and well worth it. So please keep these vids coming. Even if you just go through more of the science for it, that would be great👍👍
Great to hear! Good having you around bro
I assumed the title was clickbait at first, glad I was wrong!
I would be interested to see this agasint AP rounds.
@@sionsoschwalts2762 yessir! I don’t subscribe to click bait garbage haha, .300WM doesn’t come in AP but it’s about 500ft*lbs more than a 30-06 black tip so I’d estimate that penetration is similar while surrounding fracturing is more severe with the 300. However, I would like to someday get a hold of some spicy rounds just to verify 💯
@@CrashMakerspace Just need to reload the 300WM with 30-06 M2 projectiles. Buffoon range doe sit all the time. Bonus if you send him a couple plates for testing!
You should file for a provisional patent, and then get the formal patent done. So many applications for this, body armor, armored vehicles, walls, backpacks, etc… well done
Its honestly crazy seeing what could be the future of modern ballistic armor being made by one dude in a garage. Crazy work can't wait to see a full suit
Incredibly impressive, I hope you're able to refine the process and improve the design even more!
your channel was recommended to me by youtube, and I watched your most recent spinal battery video, clicked on your channel and watched this one.
I subbed at immediately after 1:53
you have good values, definitely deserve to reach a ton of people to educate and share with them all of your projects. Keep up the hard work, and thanks for showing us your creations.
very wholesome ending as well.
-Garou
Big respect man
This is exciting man. I was waiting for this update and the results are impressive. Keep up the work
How this only has 76k views (at the time of this comment) is crazy. We are looking at a potentially radical change in the design of modern combat body armor. Give it a few weeks for this to go viral, and I guarantee you some young cat at RMA or Point Blank is gonna see this and bring it up to his superiors and crank out some even crazier prototypes. You need to get a patent (or even a few patents) on this IMMEDIATELY. I know for some people money isn't everything, but this could literally be a world changing multi-billion dollar idea with a solid proof of concept already behind it.
cant wait for all of these videos to come together it will be amazing
this is straight-up magic. I've never commented before but I just had to support this masterpiece👍
Welcome to the comments dude
Great stuff! Super cool to see how effective the plates were
Massive respect for making a point to show "the goods" as it were up front. happy to sub just for that
Welcome along!
Yeahhhh i just was looking at the other video with the 3d prints. Loving this channel.
a plate that can take multiple hits and continue to do its job while not weighing a ton is amazing man, TAKE MY MONEY!
Please keep this going, man. This is cutting edge stuff.
Love this type of ingenuity !!!
This is what makes most of TH-cam great!
Couldn't wait for the full video, loved this!
Hey this is honestly awesome dude, the one thing I would change is add a layer of material on the front with small triangular shapes facing towards the front across the plates surface which should help to dissipate the energy of the shot more evenly and could help stop even larger caliber with little added weight
really curious how this design would fare with higher end 3d printed (FDM) prints if its even possible (It look so? from what you have shown anyways). I thought your tests with the resin were extremely interesting. I thought of this after seeing tullomer from zpolymer, a MUCH cheaper engineering filament (still 250$/ 500g) but it can allegedly print on any machine that can do 300c nozzle. It was on par with STEEL in some of the tests, like better than stuff triple its price. I think the idea of custom fitted FUNCTIONAL 3d printed armor at home is insanely cool. keep it up man!
Incredible work man! I was waiting for that video.
Glad I could this vid over to ya
This has very quickly become one of my favourite channels alongside Alexlab, Hacksmith and the OG Jetman, all trying to make the dream of superhero’s a reality
@@itsjsqrd I’m glad you found me then!
Instantly subscribed from watching the short version of this video! Amazing work man! Your channel will be huge soon!
Keep up the good work brother... hopefully the fed bois don't try to shut you down... as far as I'm concerned your doing the entire country a great service in showing how possible it is to really protect yourself from a modern battle field. Thanks a ton and I'll defiantly keep my eyes open for more content like this! Thanks for the awesome video
Of course dude! Yea haha TikTok tends to be the most aggressive at removing content that refers to "guns" so TH-cam so far has been good
Amazing work ! so cool to see this progress into metal from the last video.
@15:30 is a nice point about how his channel helped fund one of the plates.
Nice to see all of your 3D printing experiments coming to fruition.
Would love to see a comparison to something similar to a layered version of a 3D printed "dragon scale" armor
This video blew my mind. Your design is brilliant! as someone who enjoys learning and protecting themselves, I am soooo intrigued by the possibilities.
Fascinating video and an absolutely phenomenal personal code of conduct! Mad respect to you for being a paragon of what youtubers/content creators should be like! Definitely worth a subscription.
Standing ovation my man, we'll done! Be awesome to see you succeed and it's great entertainment with great ideas. Keep going and all the best.