To give us opportunity to everyone else that we are admired for such a beautiful job. !!!

What i would love to know is why they are so expensive in the first place

Darren Walton thanks!!

Thank you for the kind words!

Alonzo Mayers 🙌🙌🙌 yes! A fellow Mississippian!

@@PatrickRemington subbed! Look forward to seeing more of your progress!

Iorry man just seen the next ones. I see the fiberglass option.

The next video explains everything ;) We fill all the gaps!

Yeah, I want to do another build for those that need something wider than 48" even tho I don't really have the need for it. Anything wider would look funny on my Gen 3 4runner haha. I figured I would need to do some type of complex joinery in conjunction with fiberglass.

@@PatrickRemington no fiberglass but you do use epoxy and a ratio of usually 8:1 or 12:1for how you bevel the edges to overlap so for example half inch plywood at a 12:1 gets a 6inch bevel on the two sides you want to join together.

I'll let the main man answer you question but here are my 2 cents. The 45s are joint gussett, they add strength to the butt joint. As far as your joinery, hardware (hinges), locks and mounts to the car, you should keep in mind that this box will have a lot of forces acting on it. Driving 70 mph, hard stops. Keep the liabilities of this thing flying off your car in mind.

Haha! Thank you!! Yeah, I figured that if I was going to tackle a project like this I would really need to step up my game to be able to really do it justice! That's part of the reason it took me a while to get the project going. It's one thing to be able to build something its a totally different ball game trying to video and explain every step clearly while your building. It also takes 10x longer than it normally should but it's getting easier! Thanks for sticking with me! The 3/8 overhang on the outside isn't as important as just having room on the other side for the fabric to be able to attach to. Refer to 1:07 in the video. The 45s are just there for strengthening that joint as Rishi said. You could do without them in hindsight but they can't hurt! You could use 3 or 4 strong hinges across the front. That would be fine. Like I said it the video that's just not the look I'm going for. I'll probably space them out about a week or so apart until I catch up to where I am in the build. It's not quite done so but if I space them out I'll hopefully I'll finish it so that yall are waiting around on me. Hope this helps!

You're not wrong! I took all three pieces and measured about 4 or 5 inches from the top corner (the part that I cut off). Then cut from the bottom corner to that mark. So the 6in bulkhead will have less of an angle than the 4in. Once the plywood skin is put on (next video) you'll see how it looks. It actually gives it a cool sleek look. Good eye!

@@PatrickRemington Thanks for the update. I'm looking forward to the next video. At the moment my garage is occupied by a boat (pain in the ass) and living in a town house, there's nowhere to store it. As soon as I can, i'll be commencing my build to your specs. Cheers.

Like this?? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9SXls-V2LjVqI0.html This is actually not a bad idea but I'm way beyond this point in my build to turn back! I'm not sure if it would be more cost effective or not. That would think it would take a lot of epoxy and fiberglass to cover it. I'm not sure tho! Really like the idea! It might make it a little lighter.

Patrick Remington thanks for the idea! I am gonna cover the roof of my van with vynil or release agent and make a mold of it. Then i am gonna make a fiberglass or maybe a fleece clone of it and start building the sides in to make a slim pop top thats custom fitted and doesn't look like an eyesore!

Nah, In the next video, we'll be adding a plywood skin to this frame and then doing a bunch of epoxy work. Once all that's done it's not moving. Or at least not very much

I just want to try to build something I hadn't already built. I also thought it would be easier to build without the 4 complex lifting arms. This one just uses two gas struts. I am getting towards the end of this build and I can honestly say I like this design WAAAAAYYYY more. Soo much more room!

@@PatrickRemington very cool! You definitely have me thinking! Thanks man!

Patrick Remington I like this hinge as it will be easy to climb up to on my trailer. But, how is there more room? You surely lose room with this design

Harley Cross you don't actually have more room but it feels way more spacious without the top of the tent right there at your head. My next video coming out will show this.

Patrick Remington awesome. I plan on starting the build tomorrow :)

Yeah, a little bit... I'm really just trying to make it look as sleek as possible and reduce as much weight as I can. I could go even more "low profile" but I wouldn't be able to store anything inside of it when closed. I really like that I can to keep my ladder and a few other things up there at all times.

its easier than it looks!

Bryan Mills I know what you mean. It's kind of hard to explain but for this build I'll have a weather seal between the top and bottom and then on the outside of the top I'll have an aluminum strip that over laps the weather seal and base so you don't see that seam. You can see that aluminum strip on my other white tent in the finished product video. I'm also doing it this was for simplicity. Some might not have to know how or the tools to do all that even though it might seem simple

Harley Cross 🤷🏻‍♂️ probably.. I've never done it that way tho.. The epoxy fillets are really what gives it its strength.

Patrick Remington thanks. Would be a lot quicker

Andre Yevt well it's not done yet my first tent was about 130lbs. I'm expecting this one to be less. I'm shooting for 115-120lbs. Very comparable to tents on the market made from fiberglass.

All depends on the dimensions and amount of wood. I plan to use 1/8" panel with fiberglass on my build.

@@shanethomas7511 great, waiting your next post video...👍

Medium density fiberboard

nope! look again! I show 3/8 overhang not 3/4

Wow- Guess I should been wearing my wisdom glasses when watching. Thanks for the reply. My Bad.

@@Jags4don Totally fine! I definitely have to double check myself.

Gracious- I am loving your videos and drawing up my plans now

You don't remove the screws.

Yep! I'm in Jackson. My wife is from Laurel actually.

@@PatrickRemington awesome

I also like to build things

Maybe we could do a build one day. I could help you and in return maybe you could show me how you make your videos so awesome 😉

What school did your wife go to? I went to NEJ