So I install tile for a living…porcelain tile is super strong, but I can smack a porcelain tile 4-5 times and it will crack. Travertine shower walls however when I’m doing rip out are Much more difficult to break! I’d like to see you do the same test with travertine tiles!

Best video about home made body armour I've seen so far. And i have watched a lot. Thankyou for being so thorough.

I'd like to see you step that up to 40 layers and test level IV, rifle rated.

im doing it for rifle calibers so i put ceramic tiles between some layers and it works realy fine, final plate is better to cover with some duct tape or any izo tape that holds it together after its being shot, so you make it multi shot plate and its better - but this works just fine, i have those plates too

Try a 2:1 epoxy and see if there is a difference. 2:1 is more flexible than 5:1 You can put the mixed epoxy in a paint pan and use a foam roller. It will extend the working time of the epoxy a little bit. The roller will help getting the air out better than a chip brush.

If you layer the glass at right angles to each other, would be stronger. Also you might try a layer of another weight glass and stager them. Make a vacuuming system to draw all air bubbles out.

Congratulations from Brazil... great video..

Ive wondered about doing something like this, I always figured a good press would be a crucial tool to ensure consistency and strength. It's important to get this information out there as society descends. Thank you for sharing! Do you see a rifle rated plate in your future?

have you tried this with a soft back of any sort? this is beyond impressive

a sheet of 14ga steel in front of the fiberglass layers rotated 45 degrees as you stack them with maybe a few extra layers of kevlar on the front and back and maybe some 1/4 inch rubber flooring at the rear to help dissipate the bulge force could possibly get you close to small rifle rounds and wouldn't be terribly heavy either, but I'm sure there are factors that could influence its ability. I think it being able to float rather than being held rigid would diffuse a ton of the force. I wish i had this setup to test it all out.

Btw, if folks don't have a press like in the above video, getting some of those cheap, vacuum clothes/pillows etc bags that lock after you use a household vacuum to pull the air out of it, will help in getting out more of the air and getting the layers closer together with less epoxy. It is not nearly as good as a true epoxy/composites vacuum bagging system (pulls A LOT more air out), but it is better than nothing.

Thank you! Really appreciate you showing your build process.

Great information you offer here sir. Thank you.

I would add carbon fiber and rhino lining to the exterior for flack protection

Dude that's awesome you should sell them I've got a bunch of plates but I would buy one just because it's homemade it's awesome

Looks like good armor 💯%

Do this exact setup with thin porcelain tiles embedded 5 or 6 layers in.

You should test Civil Defense 50 grain 9mm that travels at 2040 fps. If it can stop that, it's better than 3A as I've never seen a 3A vest stop those rounds. Also another round that 3A doesn't usually stop is Underwood 68 grain XTREME DEFENDERs.

Great video man really impressive, I started doing the welding blanket I'm going with 30 sheets with two 1/2 inch pieces of pexi glass, I might even go with porcelain tiles and then a deflection plate I'm going to try it with and without the porcelain. I'm also going to try your method in fiberglass which was really impressive the only reason why I'm not doing that just yet is because I've already cut my pieces of the welding blanket. I'm going to run c-clamps all the way around about 3 to 4 in apart to compress it, couple of weeks ago I had some old composite decking which is really heavy stuff. I want to see how bulletproof it was, I shot it with a 22 long the bullet didn't pass through but there was definitely back deformatin, but that is definitely the limit, I'd use it as a deflection plate but it's to heavy. Anyway I appreciate all your hard work and thank you sir. 🙏🤙

truly appreciate your work and luv the information..

I used the same materials as you but I was able to compress it to 1.5 cm thickness but weighing at 2 lbs. I haven''t tested it yet but I might add some porcelain tile in front.

Cross hatch the fiberglass, so that you don’t have straight horizontal and vertical all matching. I wonder how that will better the effectiveness of the plate?

How many layers would it take to block a rifle round? I think it would be better than ceramic with more layers.

Pretty awesome stuff dude !

Add ash (carbon) to your resin and youll have level 4.

Very good job !

Thanks!

I know it would be heavier, but now I wonder what that plate would do with maybe a 14 gauge steel plate adhered on the end then the whole thing covered in a couple layers of duct tape.

Thank you for this awesome video! How many inches thick is this plate? Thank you

Do you sell those? Good stuff👍

If you make this in NY State you will have call it a "target back stop"

Have you tried offseting the layers by 45 degrees? Supposedly it helps the strength of the overall plate.

You need to test your plates with the 5.56

i like to see panels made 16in by 4 ft . would be nice to insert into walls

I wonder how it would work if you took the same plate and sprayed it with box liner,

Please do a level 4.5 plate by putting two quarter inch layers of ceramic as the outer layer, followed by a half inch of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene followed by the fiberglass system here. Such a beast could squeeze into the carriers if done well, and would stop a 308 AP Ball ... but not a tungsten core M993. Still, the beast would be sellable "for target practice purposes only" :)

Plenty of room for ceramic tile and horse mat to make it rifle resistant and fight spalling

Thanks

Nice!

I wonder what would happen if you placed thin gauge mild plate steel in the middle of that fiberglass plate.

Costs a little more, but S2 grade fiberglass and basalt fiber work better than E grade fiberglass (the most common and least expensive). Also making some homemade, sort of pseudo graphene (i.e. not the very high quality, very pure stuff), which is pretty easy to make * and adding some in with the epoxy can help. To cut down on the weight and how many layers, putting woven UHMWPE cloth in front of it helps. You can also do things like add a layer of silicon carbide infused epoxy to the top layer of the glass. Perhaps even a better material to add to the epoxy (besides the pseudo graphene), is carbonized cellulose nanocrystals. It is not hard to make at home with some research. Basically you take a cellulose source with a high amount of crystalline cellulose in it, and either use enzymes or 50% by weight sulfuric acid (not as dangerous or toxic as some people make it out to be) to 50% water, at around 130 degrees F for a half hour to burn out the amorphous cellulose material from the crystalline (then rinse it really good with clean water). Then put that in a container with a lid, put some paper or stainless steel foil over it and then some activated charcoal on top of that (these are to create a low oxygen environment when it heats, so that it doesn't burn up and convert to carbon dioxide and monoxide, water vapor, etc). Put a small vent hole in the lid. Heat up the container to 800 to 1000 degrees F or so for a while, and it will carbonize. * * The two easiest ways to do the above, is to either use a microwave kiln, or to take a soup can that has its plastic liner either burned or dissolved off, wrap it with nichrome wire and use one of those large car battery chargers and connect the leads to two different ends of the wire. Wrap it up in ceramic fiber blanket material to insulate it first though. If you're using a microwave kiln, you have to be careful using the sacrificial activated carbon and/or stainless steel foil--both absorb and get super heated by microwaves.

good show.

Since the weight is so light, ever thought about 40-50 layers to see if it will take a rifle round or two?

How can I order from you?

would it be possible to create a knight armour with it? it would be cut and bulletproof... is it stab resistant?

Can i just buy some from you?

What happens if you double the number of layers??

Thanks for another very educative video. You seem to have thought out which fibreglass type to use: 600g/m2 in this case. What are your thought or findings on 800g/m2 woven roving fibreglass?

What about bullet splash and spall debris?

Have you tried doubling up the thickness to see if a rifle round could be stopped?

How many layers did you put in plate?

Anything to keep the strong smell from bothering others? Seems the epoxy (Bond) stinks.

Hey - what about that iron silhuets rickock 45 shots - even 45/70 any thing and leave just a mark - you knwon that things dont lok thick ? I are beginer about thes /that is a mistery - help

I want to know where to get the fiberglass

Would be a n amazing product. Do you sell them?

What about biaxial fiberglass would that be better?

With full respect, but the Distance in so long. For NIJ IIIA (pistol bullets) it must be 5 meters, and for NIJ III 15...

could you tell me how big this is? im assumming half an inch but could u give me specific measurement?

was the sub 3LB weight before cutting the corners or after?

The fiberglass alone from composite envisions costs me $50 usd alone. Is there any other place to buy fiberglass that you recommend?

Need to sell them

stopping the 44 but ur sternum complex is a crude paste

Is anyone actually using these homemades in their carriers? If so, why only IIIA. In these times, wouldn't an individual want to stop 7.62s or 5.56s?

needs to be a whole suit, its kind of light, right? iron man

How much the weight of the plate?

Nice... Whats is the thickness of the plate?

What oz is the fabric? You get it from Amazon?

U need an electric bike to go to and fro, bro 😊

So are you marketing these sweet baby’s?

👍🏻

destination is very far for shooting ... it must be 10 metters ... this will be more realistic ... good luck ...

All your small arms should been tested from 10 yards.

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No ..robber... shoots from that farrrrrrrrr

If you layer the glass at right angles to each other, would be stronger. Also you might try a layer of another weight glass and stager them. Make a vacuuming system to draw all air bubbles out.