/diy/ - Do It Yourself

should I simply bolt my straps on? drill trough plate and connect strap with bolt'n nuts

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Basic idea. about 20 layers of woven glass fabric laminated with epoxy. This already gives some level threeish ballistic protection. To further enhance it attach porcelain. Then some few more woven glass and epoxy ontop. This is the spalling protection catching fragments and containing the shattering ceramics. Also helps to keep the ceramics in place and should make them safe from damaging them by dropping the plate.

thick backer - porcelain mosaic - thin topper

My specific composition after doing some research and actually building it, having cost reduction as priority number 1. I calculated the cost for a 33cm x 33cm plate to be around 15€ if you get the porcelain wares for almost free, you can buy those cheap on fleamarkets. Uncoloured porcelain lets light shine trough, other earthenware not. 9 layers of light glass weaving + 9 layers of heavy weave. Placing one after another laminated with epoxy resin, so in total 18 layers for the backer. Then taped on broken household porcelain shards, atleast one mosaic layer, a second offset mosaic if weight allowes it (for my mask I only placed the second porcelain pieces on certain areas - mouth, forehead, cheeks - it weighs 1,5kg). Then 3 light + 3 heavy glass with epoxy ontop. Keeping in mind I can't shoot it for testing myself (am europoor noguns). I've asked the youtuber techthisoutmeow to make 2 testpanels, one only the backer and one the full build. He's the most prominent and active in this diy ballistic armor matter and my final inspiration to actually make body armor myself.

2 notable methods inc

It weighs 1577g, roughly 1cm thick for the most part. The straps came loose and I cut into one slightly, luckily I could remove it and pull in more.

I lack not only time but space. I realized I can't lay out all armor pieces at once. Maximum 3 at a time. This is going to take a while. Wait times again
>gypsum print, dry atleast 1 day
>coat print with epoxy, dry 2 days minimum
>first 18 layers in epoxy, again 2 days minimum
>second 6 layers, you guessed it 2 days
Then also dry time of E6000 for the straps is also 2 days? Not sure as I've to test it a second time. All in all without the time requirements I'm quite pleased.