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Super_Swanky

RedneckInsurgency Public Domain 11.3MiB Updated October 11, 2025, 3:49 PM Released May 23, 2025, 6:26 AM 0.100LBC 2 Reposts
Learn how to cast a super safety out of a durable metal using minimal casting equipment. We’re using nickel aluminum bronze for this technique. The second version of this project uses a new alloy recipe as well as a much better investment material. It should be much easier to successfully complete this project now, and the quality of the final product is improved.

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https://odysee.com/@RedneckInsurgency:c/SS_video:c

2025-10-11: Updated to v2

2025-7-12: Updated the documentation with a safer method of creating droplets. The old method could have produced droplets of metal that had some water trapped in them. The new method of sliding the molten metal down a wood ramp into the water fixes that issue.

LBRY Tags: fosscad; guns; casting; super safety; ar15