Plate carrier filled w 1/4" hardox 500

 

So,, you know hardox???????

 

Why not use pieces of bed liner? I see that stuff can stop a bomb. You do understand that the Do It Yourself is for instruction on doing it yourself, and not ponderings of future projects?

 

You should start with a tinfoil hat with duct tape chin straps.

 

What about a duct tape assault wheelbarrow?

 

You could

But my father always told me "save money on what ever you can except for, things for the miss, things that'll save your life and condoms.... cause I love you but your annoying"

So id spend a little money and get a decent tactical vest.
But if you had to improvise than deck yourself out in duct tape.

 

Teeshirt material impregnated with shear-thickening fluid...

Research article on the subject: http://science.howstuffworks.com/liquid-body-armor1.htm
cheap, increases resistive performance in existing fibers and futuristic at the same time

 

That is an... interesting idea.

 

If you can get ballistic aramid, like body armor or an old LEO bomb blanket you can treat the cloth and make the armor twice as powerful, or remove half the sheets to make two armor inserts at the same rating as the original at half the bulk. According to another text I read on the subject but can't locate at the moment, the Shear effect fully doubles ballistic and penetrative impact resistance, even in simple tee shirt material (though obviously you're not going to have bulletproof or impact proof teeshirts.

 

Ma B couldnt figure out where to put this thread. Other than the paintballing this is hypothetically a SHTF scenario where resources like BP vests are similar to gold an holy Grails in a world where militias and gangs are the new civil orders. Scrounged materials few resources. Duct tape from a stockpile.

 

i have seen telephone books used to up armor vehicles and such but duct tape i dont think i would trust tape to save my ass. i have been shot while wearing my dcu vest strike 3 plates in it and all and damn if i still didnt get a few broken ribs and it hurt like all hell! so duct tape? you might want to try making some strike plates out of layerd fiberglass and hardener just a thought.

 

Not sure I want to be the test dummy on that idea proofing test!

 

Their is a document "Uncle festers homemade body armor" floating around the web , Gives lots of tested ideas

1 of them is cotten fine woven cloth about 1" thick compresed then treated with a resin
since body armor is illegal in NY I plan on trying this one day

 

I made duct tape armor for paintballing back when I was in middle school and it worked like a champ...for paintballing

 

YOUR A GENIUS ! Lol i just got a shirt and made a ghetto plate carrier using stuff around the house!

I used
-3 ceramic tiles
-ALOT of tin foil
- 2 rolls of duct tape
-a small amount of tarp
-a little bit of leather

I made a video of me shooting it with my 150lbs horton summit 150. Any of you interested in seeing the video? I shot it and it destoyed the arrow and cracked 1 tile! (3/4 in ceramic plate by putting 3 1/4 in tiles together)

 

Safe-Sane-Consensul.......oops wrong forum same rules apply

 

Could I use old toilet lids for the ceramic plates?


Seriously, This is an interesting topic. I'm reading it with interest.

 

I used some regular tiles, 3 duct taped together in my duct tape plate carrier and my crossbow only broke one(kind of i wouldn't say it broke it but it did some damage its a 150 lbs) Now i also added an extra plate of sheet metal. A toilet lid seems like it would be to weak, set the lid up and shoot it with something to test its resistance.

 

That's the proof of the pudding in this kind of research. Try it, tell it, and that will prove or disprove it....

 

That video cracked me up at the end where he jabs that shirt and is like, "what sweetie?" Dern broke that knife at the end.

 

damn 250$! however thats not to bad a price when i think about it

 

So interesting idea my friend

 

Posts some pictures, I have a hard time believing Duct Tape would be very effective armor...

 

Very interesting...

 

Planned to play more with alternating layers of cutting board and thin steel plate as vehicle armor, but havent gone that far yet. Bonding agent is Super sticky and somewhat flexible. In a small test, it stopped 22 by combining stretching, internal spalling and jacket separation. I suspect a good steel layer bonded properly will decap or deform a rifle round, and rely on internal layers to slow spin and force the jacket to separate. Cutting board material is amazing stuff.

Just haven't had time or place to work it further...

 

I'm posting the video, but it need to upload ill have it up by 730
The vest weighs around 10 lbs absolute max.The crossbow was a Horton summit 150.I shot it using a Horton arrow with
a broad head without the blade in just the tip. I was around 10 ft away from the vest.

 

http://www.keepshooting.com/level-ii-police-body-armor.html i might just pick one of these up

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e7...gle_home_office&creative=14436218925&adpos=1t1&gclid=CMye8c3PuLECFWkCQAodpUcAog

two of these can be put in front and back for level 2 armor.