How To Make Plate Armor From Sheet Metal

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.

How to make plate armor from sheet metal. This is the build video of my diy ballistics plate body armor. You can frame the sheeting for an instant magnet message board or cut it into decorative tiles and coasters. For the 20 30 bucks i spent building this diy body armor it was money well spent. Metal sheeting has many uses in your home and crafting life.

Shooting the diy plate armor the second video is couch potato mike and i shooting the ballistic plate. See other video for tools. Ive been making knives decorative brackets tools etc on the forge and id really like to try making armour. The ceramic tile was demolished.

Now that you know how to build a diy ballistics plate body armor it s time to destroy it. 22g mild steel 18g mild steel. 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. I can get old drums for free so i have a virtual limitless sourc.

Take your sheet metal and bend it exactly half way going from top to bottom meaning that the creace created by the bend is from top to bottom about 15 25 degrees check the image out now take your newly formed sheet metal and slowly move it up and down the edge of the bench holding it in the same direction to slightly rounden out the left and right side of the bend as well as making the bend line less visible. The plate was built with a steel i beam a ceramic floor tile duck tape and plastidip. No bullets got through the plate. Secure the fiberglass strips and use the polyresin for coating.

An amateur overview of making plate armor. Cut the fiberglass into 8 by 96 inch wide strips on a board covered with saran wrap. You can also cut it into small pieces and roll it into beads or bend up and crimp the sides to create containers.