I love this channel so much. I live in a bad neighborhood and was trying to figure out how to bulletproof the wall behind my newborn's crib. This is great

Its really crazy how much work and experimenting goes into these diy plates. While some people are going for full lv4 plates others are building flexible or light

By far this is the one of the best videos on this channel and that's saying a lot. You're really saving lives here

You know who would be a good tester for these? Matt! He loves the home made body armor! (Demolition Ranch)

Great to see a new video! Now more than ever does the public need to know about homemade body armor.

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Pretty cool stuff! What I would be interested in is comfortable to wear (meaning soft and flexible) IIIA or II armor that can be a jacket liner. Something that deals with the popular pistol rounds. Something that is stealth.

stopping the 7.62x54R FMJ (wich has simialar mass, diameter and velocity as .308) would make this plate comparable to NIJ III standard, so, that's very good

Looks like my Walmart will be experiencing a shortage of grocery bags soon... 😉

Good to see you back

Good shit man i wish i found your channel sooner.

That was awesome! Great stopping power!

Glad to see you’re still working at this bro, good job well done.

Something you may consider, move the ceramic a couple layers into the laminate. And possibly a thin layer of hardened steel sheet to the outside.

Thanks so much for doing this and sharing your methods/results with the world. This could really help a lot of people who can't afford even the cheaper body armor that's out there.

Very professional video. Well done on your production.

Oh oh i got a shout-out, that's exciting.

The Tommies and Poilu had bibles, we have walmart bags. Amazing video, though it seems more like a test of porcelain with a fiberglass backing than HDPE. I'd be interested to see how many layers of HDPE it takes to stop a bullet, no heating and just some duct tape keeping them together.

I love seeing the progression. I'm interested to hear/see from others what results they get from their own application and refinement. It was cool to hear about Scotty taking the base idea and running with it to win a competition. Maybe Tech this out Meow should host one. Oh, I love the ending with the look on your face when someone says you need to aim a little lower, lol!

Great work! Thanks for sharing

Going to try this out I made my first hdpe brick yesterday with a thrift store panini press.

Very great work there

We may need this knowledge in America in 2022 😳

absolutely spectacular

Another great video

INCREBILE skill and genius. God bless.

Definitely subbed and voted. I support and encourage your work. You are doing an outstanding job in your design processes.

Truly magnificent.

Soft steel plate in rear to catch rounds that penetrated and ceramic or tool steel plate in front with upturned edges to fragment projectiles and deflect spall fragments from injuring the wearer. I plan on making a bunch of plates to make full body armor and helmet with full head and body protection. Also large removable plates for vehicle and house use.

keep up the cool work

You HAVE to make a full size plate, you HAVE to

Awsome projects im curious if the first method would make a decent bump cap. As i looks to be more flexible. Im working on recycling some milk jugs to make some knee pad caps and shin guards. This channel has given me a lot of ideas. Keep up the good work.

Try to orient fiberglass layer not perpendicular, but 45 degree or similar of each other.

Love the video and I got a bunch of ideas for putting together plates. I thought it was funny to see you and I had the same mindset for this concept as I posted a comment on the previous video you did and you said I'd be surprised with seeing this video as it was already in the works. Great minds think alike as they say, lol. I just watched a video from Kentucky Ballistics where he was shooting Stretch Armstrong action figures and one figure was capable of stopping 9mm, 10mm and .44 magnum HP rounds. Was curious if you had looked into the material that makes up these stretch figures because I have a feeling it would make for a great trauma plate to help absorption of the impact as well as help catch fragments and further increase the ballistic resistance. Just an idea, but I love your videos.

Any ideas for a DIY helmet made in a similar fashion?

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Impressive.

What if use thicker plastic like milk jugs between fiberglass layers?

great stuff as always my man. are you still workin on up armoring that car?

How about melt plastic to liquid phase and melt this layers thought fiberglass for solidity?

I sure hope you own the adjacent lots!

Have you tried newspaper in portland cement? I've seen it mixed into a slurry, aerated, formed into blocks and used as lightweight building material able to stop bullets. I have to wonder if layers of cement-soaked newspaper sheets might work well for plates, too.

I have a swarm of cat litter containers I could cut up and melt into armor plates. 😂

I saw it mentioned in the comments, but a stiffer backing layer behind the ceramic could make a big difference. I read in a declassified military test that aluminum was preferred over steel for this from a weight efficiency perspective. I wonder if a relatively thick single piece of acrylic could work well if you want to completely avoid metal

This is amazing work. I wonder if substituting a stronger fiber for the fiberglass would make it stronger? Maybe ballistic nylon or carbonfiber?

Genius💪

What about using Kevlar instead of fiberglass?

You the man

Recycled milk jugs that's where it's at

I was just about to click away as I just saw another "home made" body armor video. But, once you said you stopped a 7.62X54 I decided to stay. Great video.

Your videos are very interesting. I'd like to see you try a composite ballistic helmet.

Need to make this for vehicle door panels.

All the hdpe together would be better cause that’s how hdpe works as the bullet hits it it starts to melt but cools fast grabbing onto the bullet stoping it.

Your tests interest me. Have you ever considered doing some anti-spall experiments? I was thinking that polycarbonate may be a good option. Maybe formed around the plate with thin, steel or aluminum flanges on the sides. Seems like the fabric sleeves only take one or two hits before spall gets bad. I feel like polycarbonate is lighter and can absorb the fragments better.

your fiberglass cloth layers, try every other layer turned 45 degrees. another maybe helpful, get some fiberglass window screen mesh in there, also layering at alternating 45 degree angles. instead of pulling/spreading 4 directions (+) it'll spread 8 (+X) that may go a long way for more strength from less thickness and weight. edit: may also be possible the window screen mesh laid at 45's is better, easier for the HDPE to fully saturate between all the cross stacked fibers?

Instead of using those Irwin clamps (they really are pretty weak) Get some Althread rod in a decent size and some thick Ply like you used in your early molds. Make yourself a very manly flower press.. the clamp force will be much higher and can then be consistently applied with a torque wrench if you so desire such consistency (for something you may be trusting your life to..) Should still be able to do all this on the cheap from your local big box hardware (Probably cheaper than 4 Irwin clamps, at least where I live)

What about some kind of perforation (holes) in fiberglass to melt hdpe together on both sides of fiberglass layer for avoiding delamination?

Have you thought about using an arbor press? Maybe pull it out while it's hot and throw it in arbor press until it cools.

How to avoid air gaps between layers of hdpe (iside fiberglass)? May be vaccuum?

Have you thought about trying those white hardwearing trash bags that hikers use in lightweight waterproof backpacks ? those are so tough ...

You should try the 77 gain 5.56. It is the best performing 5.56 round.

You make some pretty cool stuff. Try making a dragon's armor out of your new armor method....see how well that would work maybe?👍🇺🇸

One thing that would be great if you can make it adhesive marketable adaptive part to steel armor

Get an IBC tote and cut it up for the hdpe. They are 1/2 inch thick plastic!

try 3do in the mix we have it in motobike pretection cloose

When are you going to do another hdpe video looking forward to it

I bet a carbon fiber blanket would make this incredible

Just a thought but have you ever looked into shear thickening flexible armor?

What results do you think you would get from simply ironing layer on layer of plastic? Do you think it would act more like your milk jug blocks or would it maintain some laminate properties?

Once the plates are formed, can they be reheated to form them into a curved shape without delamination?

What about using t-shirt heat transfer laminating press. Have you tried it?

What about melt in fiberglass (or other wire net) into hdpe block?

Greetings sir. I'm really astonished by your evolution, since taofledermaus tests! I want to build a plate for my backpack, to avoid pistol shots in case of being shot by a mugger on the streets. What would be the ideal composition of Fiber Glass and hdpe bags?

3 layers of it and porcelain strikeface and aluminum pad and boom you got something that can stop rifle rounds...I think.

If use instead of hdpe layers of polycarbonate? As thin as possible?

I purchased small Aluminum Oxide plates (17mm x 22mm x 1mm) and coated them in flex seal to help shattering when dropped. I then wrapped them in duct tape and placed them onto my HDPE plate. The tiles are very small as you can see and I was wondering if having these tiles very small will help with big shattered areas when being shot. The problem with most ceramic plates is that the tiles are usually big and once shattered, that area is compramised and won't do as well if another round comes through that area. I haven't brough my plate out to the range yet to test my hypothesis but was wondering if you gave this any thought. Also, the cermaic is really only there to shatter the bullet, making it easier for the rest of the vest to absorb the shattered fragments that each carry less energy than the original whole round. Was wondering if you really needed a thick layer of ceramic like most commercial plates or if a thin 1-2 layes of ceramic would suffice to shattering the bullet while the rest of the plate past the ceramic will pick up the rest. Ideally I'd like to have 2 layers of these small ceramic tiles floating in a impact resistant rubbery compound as to help with tile shattering after impact, then place a thin layer of HDPE over the ceramic to help slow down the initial impact. Then after the ceramic tile layer, once the bullet is in fragments, you'll have HDPE layered with Kevlar, Fiberglass or some sort of bullet resistant fabric. You could also work in a thin layer of metal like aluminum since it is light to help stop that last 5-10% of energy. I find a combination of lightweight materials layered in the proper sequence will help stop bullets better than just a bunch of 1-2 items. The aluminum doesnt't have to be thicker than 1/16th of an inch or even a thin flexible sheet of steel could work as well, long as it is light and flexible. Hope maybe some of these ideas of mine will help you on your journey or maybe strike an idea of your own.

Could you use some kind of hydraulic compression to make it more dense, I wonder?

fukkin love it

I plan to build a press out of wood that can press lit 44x44x3/4 inch plates。

You have to hold the 9mm sideways in order to be effective with it.

How do the welding blanket and s glass compare?

I l. To make a front and back plates with this, similar to the chests plate of a knight. I plane to then put in front of it micarta plates toe reinforced the vital organs.

So why not a polycarbonate facer and then the buildup of PE and fiberglass. Or a sandwich of polycarbonate front and rear with a core of PE/fiber? The polycarbonate is a lot lighter than the tikes and much less prone to shattering so a second close hit still hits resistance vs the tile where a close hit hits nothing but dust.

In this combination hdpe better than epoxy (bulletprof/weight)?

two things , You can buy the plastic store bags from the grocery stores, in bulk , They have then hanging on racks that hold then for loading your food into at check out , they came stacked in thick stacks to hang on the racks !! AND !!! Did you do the video using the solid blocks of plastic ??

So which one would you recommend to stop m855 and 7.62x39 fmj

I love this bro you look like the boogaloo Tim Pool lmao

How could I utilize this technology to build my super hero suit?

You need to check out Jackal Mountain videos on spaced armor. Thin multi layers of hardened steel (saw blades) robbing 5.56/7.62x39 of their energy. Im betting a combination of what youre doing and the thin light hardened steel would solve a lot of your issues with proper layering.

Have you ever used half inch plastic cutting boards for body armor?

In another video they used landscape fabric to wrap the plate

What if we put a thin ar500 plate inside?

Can this be put into car door panel?

That video was amazing!!! It's really hard to wrap my mind around how the 38 special barely dented the first simple plate at just 1/4" thick. Quick question, how does a "40 Smith and Wesson" compare to a 9mm or 45 acp or 357 mag for penetration. The 40 Smith and Wesson is one I haven't seen on your channel. Just curious.

What does lighter equal better?

try the process of making waste plastic into paver blocks. i think its much better

What about offset strikeface so they act on the bullet longer the round smashes each separately a fraction of a second apart

17:00 Why would you be afraid of the fiberglass shifting? I would think a more randomized fibreglass stacking pattern would provide better impact resistance. Did you test a randomized pattern?

I wonder if you switched from 9mm fmj to 9mm hard cast +p, would it still stop it?

Have you seen the oil bath method of melting HDPE? You may find it useful, or maybe it just makes everything oily 😂