Diy Roof Top Tent Hinges

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Diy roof top tent hinges. Hinge plan i laid out one afternoon. The squared off area on the hinge should be bent at 90. The original challenge was to see if the tent could be built using widely available materials and for under 100. University of colorado at boulder student andriy wybaczynsky decided on a whim to design and build his own diy version of a vehicle rooftop tent.

Built one just as proof of concept and it worked. Some of my best laid plans have been drawn on a shop table. You will feel crazy about this creative diy build of the diy roof top tent. Wound up with a smoking deal on my current tent so i never followed through.

410 expeditions started by contracting a local fabricator to pre cut and bend aluminum for both the top and bottom of the tent then he got a friend to weld the hinges and gas springs onto the tent. It was during finals week and he set aside just 8 days for the initial design and build. A diy rooftop tent. Then he sealed all the seams of the diy vehicle rooftop camper with first a thickened marine epoxy and then a uv resistant silicone sealant.

Then and this part he mentioned was kind of difficult he fastened the piano hinges and draw latches so the case could open and close and finally two gas springs so the case. The pytheas project is a diy hard shell roof top tent that turns into a gear box in th. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Fortunately he would have the help of a.

In this video 410 expeditions shows us project pytheas a homemade hard shell rooftop tent.