Got a cutting board? You've got an AR!!

[VUPDblue]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chSzLxPuzU]YouTube - AR-15 from a Cutting Board (brighter)[/ame]

This is a very cool thing.

 

[Mgderf]

"Necessity is the mother of invention".

Maybe he necessarily couldn't find a lower!

 

[shooter521]

I saw a website where somebody made a lower out of wood, too.

Stay tuned for the new hit series "Can you AR this?"

 

[MontereyC6]

Since the lower is the part of the AR that the ATF wants to keep track of, isn't making a lower such as that illegal? Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[lovemywoods]

That's too weird .

 

[techres]

Since the lower is the part of the AR that the ATF wants to keep track of, isn't making a lower such as that illegal? Inquiring minds want to know...

If it for your own personal use, there is no problem.

 

[shooter521]

isn't making a lower such as that illegal?

From the ATF website:
per provisions of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, an unlicensed individual may make a “firearm” as defined in the GCA for his own personal use, but not for sale or distribution.

Individuals manufacturing sporting-type firearms for their own use need not hold Federal Firearms Licenses (FFLs). However, we suggest that the manufacturer at least identify the firearm with a serial number as a safeguard in the event that the firearm is lost or stolen. Also, the firearm should be identified as required in 27 CFR 478.92 if it is sold or otherwise lawfully
transferred in the future.

 

[MontereyC6]

Thanks guys, this could mean a WHOLE LOT OF FUN!!!

 

[NateIU10]

How about his rubber-band blowback pistol?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iukCrZLUK78]YouTube - BlowbAK Pistol[/ame]

 

[IndyGunworks]

only thing i would be concerned about would be heat melting the plastic... that said, i very may well try this... might be my new "project" after the 1911

 

[JByer323]

I'm glad that we all worry so much about everything being mil-spec...

 

[techres]

Here is the building blog:

Homebuilt: HPDE AR15 Lower - 230-Grain Forums

 

[IndyGunworks]

i dont think thats enough information to build one off a blue print... i think i might just take a stripped lower i have sitting around and use it for measuremants... maybe carve it all by hand except for the pin holes? would that be cool to say i hand carved my lower? and for what maybe 40 bucks in plastic and if i mess it up then oh well... beats watching TV... thanks for posting this!!!

and then i can make my own stock out of wood, and for ends too... the only thing i couldnt make would be the guts, barrel, mags, and upper reciever.

 

[243rem700]

I wonder how well this would work on a CNC? I've done some CNC programming and this looks like a fun project.

 

[6birds]

A block of high temp HDPE is $36 from Grainger, and if purchased in larger block form, you can get the cost of it down to about $26 per lower. The White is much less money than the Black.

... and they shoot fine.

 

[LEaSH]

call me when they make one outta cheese...

 

[shooter521]

call me when they make one outta cheese...

What type of cheese does the mil-spec call for, anyway?

 

[Cwood]

What type of cheese does the mil-spec call for, anyway?

government cheese

 

[shooter521]

government cheese

I love it when someone one-ups my jokes. +rep

 

[mettle]

How about his rubber-band blowback pistol?

YouTube - BlowbAK Pistol

NOTE TO SELF: If ever stuck in a Warsaw Ghetto situation....



pretty neat.