Good to see you back

@Techthisoutmeow

Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

@stuffbywoody5497

Жыл бұрын

@@Techthisoutmeow , I had a look through your videos but couldn't find it. Just wondering if you've done a video making a plate using kevlar blankets instead of fibre glass and polyester? Would alternating the ceramic and other materials make any difference?

@mikeemmons1079

Жыл бұрын

@@Techthisoutmeow Dude I know this is late in the game, but I need to ask; have you looked into the NIJ testing standard? Cuz you have been asking more from your product than the NIJ expects. I JUST found this out. For starters, I think you are gonna need a Ransom rest of some sort.

@LupusMechanicus

Жыл бұрын

wooden doors?

glad that my idea of using polyester curtains for backers turned out to work :DDD

Now make an explosive reactive armor body shield

@Techthisoutmeow

Жыл бұрын

Haha, now I gotta do it for the meme

Do you ever just walk though the dollarstore and go "I wonder if I can stop bullets with that? Also I think I perfected my helmet build.

@magicianman1345

Жыл бұрын

What's the helmet like?

Really impressed by your application of body armor/ballistic protection, as a means of helping people facing oppressive governments and hostile forces and finding solutions for people with lack of access to high quality materials. Your step by step instruction of the manufacturing process of armor with such sub-optimal materials and no tools is amazing. Your demonstration of their effectiveness gives me faith that you will save lives with what you're doing. And who knows, if enough people fighting authoritarians adopt your ideas, it's easy even possible your work could contribute to the downfall of an evil authoritarian. Doing your part for the expansion of the free world, and downfall of the oppressors.

Thanks for pointing to eye protection, very useful for French yellow vests.

@Techthisoutmeow

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I want to do full video on this soon, the importance of eye protection.

Good on Larry, it is a good thing to be on safety.

great video. very applicable. something i dont think many people know is that paper does usually have a grain direction to it. I know toilet paper and news paper is oriented a specific way because of the strength needed to pull it out from a roller.... you can determine the grain direction of paper by ripping it and just feeling which direction it is stronger in. i would imagine both toilet paper and maybe even printer paper would approach the theoretical upper limit of its strength if cross woven. that should be equal to 1+(sqrt(2)) or about 141% improvement in strength. this would depend highly on the average fiber length. so with alternating fiber direction you could probably expect simmilar performance if the amount of material was recuded by 1/3rd but alternated in fiber direction. the same is true for ur earlier HMWPE bag experiments. also, it has been well demonstrated in the litterature that wrapping thin plastic sheets around something instead of cutting them to size achieves another ~40% in tensile strength. this is more to do with heat bonded uhmwpe sheets wrapped around aluminium. for some reason the plates are actually penitrated from the back side to the front side upon impact and the timing of a compression wave tends to instantly line up with the peak of max pressure causing easier pentation. this is demonstrated in figure 8 of the publication that pops up if you put "S026382232032612X" into ur least favorite search engine and click on the first publication link. really good stuff from that group. btw did you know you can get pure single sapphire crystals meant for scratch resistant watch faces from china for around 2-3$ each now days? kind of crazy. its basically as hard as diamond and would make one of the best possible ceramic strike faces for a given weight and thickness. i picked a bunch up on aliexprez recently. also, you can find some really cheap ceramic ball bearings on there or even steel ball bearings. just some ideas. thanks again for all your work in this area. most u2bers are not putting in the time and effort you have and i like how receptive to feedback you are.

i only started watching your vids last week, i saw you hadnt uploaded in a while, and damn i couldnt wait for more, keep up the amazing work man, glad youre back

Something I would like to see with your tests, tape some chopsticks on the top of the box overhanging the top of the plate with a piece of paper on it just to see if any spalling ends up going upwards towards the jaw neck face area. Know what I mean? Just an extension of the top of the box, towards the camera, to see how much debris escapes capture and goes in a dangerous direction.

Thank you for this. You are helping more than you know

@concernedaussie1330

Жыл бұрын

100% especially in countries outside of the USA .

good to see you again sir. still waiting on the car to get done. thanks again my man.

Bless you for sharing this with people in need.

Last time I saw you I thought of porcelain plates as they’re light and tough !

Have you tested glass? I would be interested to see glass as a strike face covered with safety foil plus a welding mat as a backer, or acrylic sheets but thin ones half a mm or less. Something like 4 or 5 mm glass both sides covered with safety foil(0.5 mm something like that) 3 layers of them and the mat. Something that would fit into a plate carrier. I believe glass has a higher compressive strength than ceramic tiles and the density is the same. Plus much more homogeneous without any hidden cavities or manufacturing faults.

Great video. Thanks for the shoutout

Thank you very much, Zan Zendegi Azadi.

I would dip the finished product in epoxy resin. Poke holes through the duct tape so the resin gets through. Those plate companies probably melt everything together. The porcelain sand tile fabric etc. Resin

Awesome to see you back, it's such a neat idea using these easy to acquire materials found around the house, are you doing anymore videos on the original milk jug body armor? I've been collecting and cutting up milk jugs and bleach bottles and other hdpe bottles for the last 3 years, I mentioned to you in the past that I'm eventually planning on a full batman suit armor made of the milk jug plates and yoga mat for backing and nylon webbing to hold the plates together, I started a KZread channel called "TECHIE UNUSUAL" I have 6 videos but they aren't content for milk jug body armor yet, my channel niche will be random life hacks and gadgets and armor from milk jugs, grocery bags and household materials and will be a similar niche to your channel and (hacksmith industries) channel and (TKOR), ( nighthawkinlight), (colinfurze) but honestly you inspired me the most with the milk jug body armor.

Those protesting the tyrannical government of Iran… keep strong! Good always overcomes EVIL! But it’s not easy and takes standing together in unity! Praying for you!

Thanks for your job

Love seeing a new upload, glad your still at it. I've been checking your channel periodically in case I've been missing notifications lol Keep up the good work brother

Doing the lord’s work 🙏🏻

Consider working brass/steel mesh in to the the matrix? May help break up jacketed rounds.

I'll put this information on my back up drive aka long term memory

Finally! Great to see you again! Be inspired!))

Great work man!! You should send these to Demolition Ranch and have him shoot it!

Always good to see new content from you my dude! Hope you're doing well.

Bulk is overstated. I'd carry a door sized sheildbeven if it's only single use.

Honestly surprised at the results of the dinner plates.

Good stuff.

Those dinner plates are a great idea!

Good ideas!

Fantastic!

Have you ever tried any of the HDPE cutting boards on the market? Sheets of HDPE can also be found. I believe some of these cutting boards might be effective against non magnum hollow point pistol rounds. No modifications just buy one or two and use as is. I believe the addition of a couple of large ceramic tiles, duct taped and glued together with silicone caulking or epoxy and also taped and glued to the cutting board just might stop most all pistol rounds, including magnums. It should be easy enough for most people to assemble fairly quickly as well.

Epoxy resin will probably keep the plate sand together when it gets shot

remember to place layers of curtain between plates.

Hey bud! I have an idea that might increase the amount of energy dispersion. If you sew the polyester in strips or squares, while not overlapping the stitched layers, it could increase the repeat impact durability and the energy dispersion. Considering a sewing machine can be picked up quite cheap, this might work with the budget build in mind.

New subscriber here. Very good effort for helping those protesters in Iran. I thought this was for the war in Ukraine at first until I watched the video. I have a suggestion or request for your next HDPE armor video if you're interested in trying it or somehow have room to include it into the schedule of that video if you can. The request is basically doing what you did for your last video on using HDPE as a laminate or resin for bonding multiple layers of fiberglass together but instead using PET (Polyethylene Terepthalate) plastic as the laminate or resin for fiberglass. I have a very good solution to exactly how you could go about doing this without it being very difficult because most of us know already that PET is hard to melt due to it's greater temperature resistance over HDPE but it's also 3 times stronger than HDPE so I wanted to know what would happen if you used it as a laminate or adhesive for a fiberglass backer. Could it possibly yield a much stronger composite backing to a porcelain strike face so much so that it might stop that 7.62x54R LPS round you've been trying so hard to stop with homemade armor or maybe even more powerful rifle rounds that are even harder to stop than that one. Do I have your undivided attention yet Tech? Anyway if you can please attempt this on your next polyethylene video. And if works amazing wonders maybe you can mention me in the video as the one who suggested it. Here's the best way I found to melt PET without much difficulty: stack up layers of pet plastic with fiberglass between 2 sheets of ceramic kiln paper and 2 deep dish nonstick cake pans for baking with C clamps 🗜️ and then blast the pans with a heat gun on the low temperature setting. I should mention that a heat gun is the only thing that I know of that will get hot enough to melt PET plastic since conventional ovens will not work for this task. Again if you can please test this method on your next HDPE video. I would test it myself but I don't own a heat gun yet and I don't have any firearms that's why I'm asking you to test it. Thanks for the new content and please respond when you see this asap.

Have you looked into layers of dog food bags? I wonder if it’s rips stop weave would work with the fiberglass layers instead of plastic bags.

Thx

Nice work. Have you considered trying thick plywood to stop rubber rounds and birdshot? Ricochet would be am issue, but maybe you could coat it?

This is prolly dumb question but wouldn't glueing the plate to the fabric help with it withstanding multiple shots?

@yorkleroy5605

Жыл бұрын

I think so, just like duct tape helps by holding the pieces of ceramic in place even once it's been broken.

The 7.62x39 used over there is probably a 57-N-231 derivative, so would have a steel core.

@ReinhardSchuster

Жыл бұрын

Mild Steel core

It would have been fun to see how well new plate 3 & 4 would handle black tip .30-06; just saying

Wonder how much a slight peak down the center and adding thin metals would effect penetration.

thought you left us

@Techthisoutmeow

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've been super busy, but I'm trying to get some things finished now that it's getting warmer.

Has anyone used case hardened mild steel / sheet metal ? Baking tray’s ect ? Or any other cheap commonly available hardened sheet metal? Shovel’s , paint scrapers , concrete trowel ect. Seen some videos using crushed bbq charcoal & propane torches to surface harden ( case harden ) mild steel . Hard surface .0015” ish deep .

What about tile with fleece backer (fleece blankets)? Or even fleece with epoxy resin. It would end up very thick, but I think it would work well.

Might want to add a sheet of plywood in there too

If you try enough materials will you eventually figure out its the resin and not the stuff you put in it? The layering material is probably most effective as a tight weave and not other properties. Maybe?

Just wondering if you've done a video making a plate using kevlar blankets instead of fibre glass and polyester? Would alternating the ceramic and other materials make any difference?

Should have did a thick rubber coating.

Can you try to make a face shield out of multi layers of plexiglass using heat to form it

FWIW, whether on purpose or not, this video did *not* feel like 23 minutes, felt more like 15; your pacing and editing was absolutely excellent. When you got to the end and said you were saving the glasses for later, I was surprised to see the video was in fact almost over! And of course, you're doing awesome work for a great reason. Thanks a bunch for both the info and your respect and consideration for the Iranians and Myanmarans.

Couldn't the the previous rounds from the shotgun compromised the integrity of the dinnerware causing the 7.62 to pass through?

Have you tested a 👉Lexan® polycarbonate ? with many plate 0.03937008 in stick together ? 1plate 0.7874016 in 🤔 you can put a U-profile to stiffen it all around

Really appreciate these. I was wonder a lot about using just layers of fiberglass cloth and resin to reinforce a car. The floor tiles are pretty heavy, do you think just those lightweight materials could ever provide adequate protection?

@amorton94

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

@William-the-Guy

Жыл бұрын

@@amorton94 This same guy made bullet proof vests that stopped rifle rounds with just fiberglass blankets and resin, I see no reason why I could not apply that concept to my car doors. What if I took an old car door from the junkyard and ripped off the steel cover, and put it on top of the steel from my car door, then I could just fill those 2 layers of steel with fiberglass blankets and resin? I feel like that could do pretty well for someone on a budget.

@amorton94

Жыл бұрын

@@William-the-Guy The last videos I watched of his is when he was melting down milk jugs for the HDPE to form a plate and wrap in fiberglass. I'm almost positive JUST fiberglass isn't going to stop anything, but I'll go back and look through his videos to make sure. IIRC there's also a mythbuster's episode on the same topic you're asking about. But really, why TF you need a bullet resistant vehicle? 😂

@nemesisobsidian

Жыл бұрын

@@William-the-Guy He did but he put PEI 5 porcelain floor tiles in front of the fiberglass that's why the fiberglass was stopping rifle rounds albeit the fiberglass was just stopping the fragments at that point because the tiles did most of the damage to the rifle bullets that's the reason why you would use them. For straight fiberglass to stop rifles by itself it would have to be about 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick and if you're going to that much trouble you might as well go for the extra expense and invest in a high quality epoxy resin instead of the cheap polyester resin Tech used.

@William-the-Guy

Жыл бұрын

@@nemesisobsidian that is a helpful answer. Thank you.

Have you tried making a bulletproof helmet yet?

you guys own a 357 sig? i'd like to see the difference between 9mm vs 357sig vs 357 magnum on these homemade sets of armor.

Try using sawdust with the fiber glass and the strangest Glu . try using Glu with the tile and cardboard.

just an idea, if you use polyester fabric with fiberglass resin, wouldn't it be better?

marg bar kolle nezam is my jam power to the people

The time, material, and tools needed will make this would make this so much more expensive than just buying armor outright for most people.

QUESTION: I'm 6'6" and my purchased bullet proof vest leaves most of my abdomen exposed. Would it be possible to craft plates/vest that work for big/tall? Love your content, thanks!

@cl4998

Жыл бұрын

Its normal for plates to stop above your belly button. If you know for a fact your vitals aren't covered based off of reading fitting guides, I would look into plate manufacturers that offer legnthed/wide plates, I believe stealth armor offers this, but unaware of others.

@weriesblack1375

Ай бұрын

For a plate to be sized to fit you it should be from the bottom of the collar bone down to the belly button thats to cover all the vital organs. In the case of armor you can make your own to the size that fits you using ceramic tiles and paper as shown in the video both 2 and 3 ceramic tiles did great but the paper is the stopper going for 150 to 200 copier paper should help and bump it up from there. Also as heavy as steel is it gives extreme protection but does have spalling so need to be wrapped. Hope this helps.

have you evenr thought to use a metal mesh in between layers, the ones that are used for chicken farms(gaurd rail)

Nice work ive seen from you using inexpensive materials however i'm curious, why do you always start with small rounds you know will not penetrate,...but.. it makes it just a little weaker. Why not start close to what you think will be close and work up or down from there? Seems you may stop bigger rounds by starting with them. Ill finish tbe vid and maybe you do but in videos past i always see starting with even a 22 😂. At least start at 45 acp lol. Or try 223 on a fresh one and 7.62x39 on a fresh one if tge 556 is stopped. Anyways just an armchair quarterbacks humble opinion

more armored car plz

@Techthisoutmeow

Жыл бұрын

Videos on the jeep progression are being made, I made a short as well as a live stream on the topic. New full video soon!

try kevlar sand layer armor pouches/plate

@Jkauppa

Жыл бұрын

some glue to make the sand more sticky, maybe construction jelly

@Jkauppa

Жыл бұрын

try steel pipes stacked layered hexagonally (laterally) then possibly welded, like makeshift ring mail

@Jkauppa

Жыл бұрын

how about thin metal sheet as layers, like kevlar but metal sheets stack on top of each other, and it will not burn like plastic

@Jkauppa

Жыл бұрын

you can electroform thin metal layers on carbon fiber or graphite/conductive paint

@Jkauppa

Жыл бұрын

try stock metal sheet layers (0.5mm x 1000x600mm sheets), maybe with some binder/epoxy/linen/plastic layers between, multiple layers

I think that the magnium might just kill you even when it got stoped

Dip that book in epoxy resin

joe

@Techthisoutmeow

Жыл бұрын

Good to see you too rodee

This should go without saying but if you really need body armor like actually need it please just buy it don’t cheap out and make your own body armor. Obviously if you need it immediately and can’t afford it that may be a different story but don’t gamble your safety on affordability

@atpsynthase7990

Жыл бұрын

In a lot of places, especially the places where you need it, it is illegal to possess and so unavailable to buy.

@nemesisobsidian

Жыл бұрын

@@atpsynthase7990 Especially in places like Iran 🇮🇷, for example. Pretty sure it's forbidden and highly illegal to possess such things as weapons or body armor in countries ruled by fascist dictator regimes, as it could be seen as an attempt to make a coup against said regime. But if you can make your own body armor, could they really stop you from doing so? That's the question I think is being asked in this video.

@weriesblack1375

Ай бұрын

You can buy off ebay and stuff but usualy it gets confiscated also in certain countries body armor isnt alowed to be sold to the public and or owned why i dont know its dumb but cheap effective and stealthy items could make armor and not get you in trouble also its cheap so anyone who takes it go for it my 50pc tiles pack i would just make more i get free books and 1 carton tiles last forever. Works out to $5 lets say $10 to be modist per plate made now that vs a $600 plate that gets taken away i know what im going for. But yes if possible rather buy the right stuff if its lawful.

I hope your Iranian protesters do better with this information

So your videos are meant to help people who riot for a living to combat law enforcement?

@Techthisoutmeow

Жыл бұрын

Do you even know what's going on in iran? Have you watched any of my other videos? Because it's pretty clear you're not following along, brother. Plenty of places are on fire, all around the world, and for plenty of reasons.

@nemesisobsidian

10 ай бұрын

Pretty sure 308dad8 is trolling.

Good work and you should use chat gpt to help you make self defense armor