I built a roof rack for my old Gen 1 Pajero and had copied a system that my Sprite swift had. Unfortunately I had sold the caravan a few years before I got the Pajero. Long story short, those air struts and I had a long fight and I shelved the idea. The struts worked well on a home built trailer I acquired that has a lid that I can barely lift. Seeing your video has given me renewed energy to build that pop up roof rack. My pajero has a sliding roof so that's why I want a pop up roof rack.
@@MariusBotha oh absolutely. Can't say enough about your build. Seems well thought out. Best home built camper/trailer I've seen on RUclips or in person. I've been wanting to do one for a couple years. Yours has really inspired me to start mine.
@@gregnorvell9730 That's the best I can hope for.. Thank you. The feeling of building something for yourself and being able to do things exactly the way it would best suit u is awesome.. The saving money and so on is just a nice bonus.. The true Win comes from having it your way. I hope to see your build in the future !!
That first part was such humor! Gas strut calcs is a head spinner. But here is my method- weigh in kg the roof at the point you are going to lift it at. Add25% . Divide by 2 cos you have two stuts and then multiply by 10 to get the answer. so 40 kg at the mount point, plus 25% is 50kg. divide by 2 and multiply by 10 gives you 250Nm struts x2.
I watched you build the top for a pop up camper. would it be posible to to do the same thing to the top of an SUV. The consept is to stand up inside my SUV. ?
Absolute genius I’ve only watched this one but I liked and subbed big thumbs up from the UK 🇬🇧 my friend keep up the amazing job you & your wife are doing perfect team 👌🏼
Obrigado amigo estou montando um camper pop up na duster oroch estou quebrando a cabeça no teto pop up mais vendo seus videos me ajudou vou tentat fazer como o seu obrigado. Thanks friend I'm setting up a pop up camper on duster oroch I'm breaking my head on the pop up roof but watching your videos helped me I'm going to try to do it like yours thanks.
Hi mate am from UK 🇬🇧 just watching your videos on the camper roof OMG 😮 you didn't half make it hard for yourself well over thought all you Needed to do was borrow a gas strut a one of your cars use 3×2 and some bathroom scales to see what the pressure was and on the back end of roof 😊😊use bed mattress spring pistons they are the same as what camper van retailers use but quarter of price 2 for £30 ebay but if you didn't want a slope you could use the wood and scales trick😂
Coming to this video late. Newton-Meter makes sense in terms of the force required to open and close the roof as its a rotational measurement of force. Looking to do something similar but simpler and on a smaller scale. I think it will make my life a lot easier if I place each gas strut vertically in the corner lifting straight up.
Sorry. somehow missed this comment. The hinge is what keeps the roof goin up and down in a straight line. If u have gas struts and chains only, That would only happen when all of them are extended fully and locked. On the way down and up it would be all over the show increasing the risk of pinching the canvas. Thank you
@@memyselfandi6410 Hi. Thx. Currently I only have the sketchup files that I use to export dxf files for the laser shop. They are a total mess. I have sent them to a few people that have asked but mainly I think it's best to use them for scale and measurements and re draw them. It also makes building alot easier if u drew it knowing the order that sections need to go up. Mariusbothachannel@gmail.com Thx
Hi Marius. Long time listener first time caller. Really enjoy this series of vidoes. Was just wondering where you got the fibreglass sheet? Ive been looking for it but it doesn't seem to be a standard stock item at any hardware's? Thanks Andrew
Hi there. So sorry for only replying now. for some reason ure comment didn't show up as un replied Really sorry. I didn't go with the fiberglass as I'm scared when shit goes wrong like closing the roof onto something that u didn't see while out on a trip it would be really bad. a 1mm sheet would get a hole punched in it very easily. I finally got some 3mm alu board that's got 2 this sheets of thin alu on the outsides and a 3mm plastic insulation between them. Very sturdy and nicely insulated. If the top gets cooked the inside will still be ok to touch. Thank you so much!!
Hi there. Those H brackets I build whilst in the garage without drawings. It worked out easier as I could measure directly from the trailer and roof sections to get the exact measurements. I did not draw them up in SketchUp. :-) Thank you
@@rbdworks4342 I can weld alu but the big trick is to destress all joints with proper heat techniques.. else they just crack where u weld them. Would be a lot lighter if one has a oven big enough to do the proper heating cycles. Thx
@@rbdworks4342 Somehow missed this comment. sorry. I only have some messed up SketchUp files that I will share if u willing to dig through them. Send me a mail. mariusbothachannel@gmail.com
Its difficult to say how long it took as i only worked a little bit at a time as i had some free time to spend. an hour here and an hour there as i went along. As far as costs, I've always had welding gear and fabricating stuff so i didn't really buy anything to start this project in particular. Was just a normal CO2 mig welder and some hand grinders with clamps. Really basic stuff. All the works was laser cut as i dont have any bending machines or fancy machines. Thank you
I dig this build! Going to be great fun. In between parts of this project, maybe you could do a little video on what it took to design in SketchUp? Did you have any background in using 3d modeling software beforehand? Thanks in advance!
Hi. Thank you so much. I will be making some sketchup vids as some people have been asking. I not good with the program that's why I was hesitant to post something... Almost like the blind leading the blind.. Lol. And No.... I do not have any 3d modeling background. I am in the alcohol industry by trade. Just downloaded the program and watched some RUclips on how to get going. Thanks for watching!!
Hi daar. Yip. Tente is klaar en werk awesome. Ek sal een van die Dae die trailer se final assembly maak en post. Nou besig met die laaste paar deure om te spray dan is ek klaar. Werk maar net met free time... Lol
@@MariusBotha dankie sien uit daarna! Ek ook besig met n wa maar hak nog vas met pop top! Waar hy gaan seel Sy hoogte En hoe ek die seil gaan heg rondom onder en bo Gaan ek dit in ryg soos n karavaan tent of permanent vas sit met n strip? Volg jou graag ! Jy het goeie idees
Ek het myne bo en onder met n alu strip was gemaak. Ek sit nylon webbing aan my canvas vas dan "clamp" ek die canvas/webbing tussen die raam en alu strip vas. Canvas by hom self is te dun om Te clamp en sal ook lek. my dak het n overhang en onder loop Die water natuurlik weg van die seel af.. Dis moelik om te verduidelik maar my main goal was nie 1 druppel water in my trailer Nie en dit het ek reg gekry. Ek moet nog net al die seam sealing doen waar ek stuk werk Gedoen het
The n•M rating is quantified in an SAE spec, like water column, it’s how many inches that amount of vaccum can lift water in a pipe with a 1 inch ID, at a certain elevation….. all of these numbers are examples. But I believe that’s how it’s done.
Sensational job so far and thanks for taking the extra time to video and explain what you are up to. I am contemplating attempting a similar project. How did you go with the plans and what thickness steel are you using. Cheers Luke. 🍻🍻
Thank you for the kind words. I just started measuring existing trailers up to get an idea of size.. Went to shops and jumped in various ones to see what bugs us and what works space wise.. Then jumped on sketch up and started drawing up the camper. The whole exterior shell is made of 2mm steel. Thank you
Hi daar. Hy is basically klaar. Het baie mooi uitgekom. Ek gaan n video maak van die final product. Ek moet net by dit uitkom. Die besigheid het ontplof en ek werk 7 Dae n week... Lol. Sodra ek weer grond vat gaan ek die goed edit en post. Baie dankie
Gas struts - here is a possible way to adjust the struts, be warned, it’s trial and error, and will need a device to hold the shock and a lever long enough to collapse the strut 1. Mount the body end of the strut in the jig, 2. Attach the shaft end to the lever 3. Using a grinder/Dremel/saw, make a very small notch in the shaft very near the mounting end - this notch MUST be made so the finished mounted strut rod WILL NOT collapse so the notch enters the body 4. With strut in the jig, collapse the strut so the notch enters the strut body passing the seal. This must be done quickly so very little nitrogen escapes. Repeat until you have released enough nitrogen so the strut has the pressure you need. This can not be reversed if too much nitrogen is released. This is trial and error, the size, depth, location of the notch must be outside of the useable stroke of the strut. The jig can be as simple as mounting the body end of the strut to a work bench, drill and bolt one end of a 2x4 to the bench so it pivots, bolt the shaft end to the 2x4 to create a lever. The mounting point and dimensions all depend on the strut length and pressure. If the strut is weak enough you can actually use your body weight and collapse it using the floor.
think of it like this. 100n is 100kg of pushing power. Pressure wise, mentally imagine the inside of the tube, the piston will have a base that has the pressure behind it, The piston base is a little less than 1 square inch but for simplicity lets call it 1 square inch.. To push 100kg you need to put in about 1422 PSI of gas. Think about how much air rushes out of a regular compressor at 140psi... Its more complex than this but to work out the gas strut you need basically take the weight of your roof and divide by the number of struts then add on a little as wiggle room Angle of strut matters and is roughly a percentage loss based on the angle within 90 degrees. If the strut was 90 degrees its not pushing at all. if its 45 degrees its about 50% pushing pressure. This is all super simple maths and assumptions, its more complex but this will get you by in most situations. It would have been funny to see you blasted, its good you can have a laugh, ive seen people have their skin torn off from pressure and oil.. Thx for the vid
your lucky its only nitrogen gas , i had an empty LPG tank in my car as dual fuel, it hant been used in years, i took an angle grinder to the straps, with my dad and a weed sprayer full of water, got the straps cut successfully, then as i was turning the grinder off with a cut off wheel, my middle finger grazed the wheel thankfully only skin deep behind the nail bed, trip to the doctor and tetanus vaccine and bandage i go back home to finish the job, taking the bolts out of the tank, unknowingly opening the valve assembly, thankfully it was only compressed air and Ethyl Mercaptan witch is the additive for the odorant added to make LPG (propane) and natural gas smell to detect for leaks, so the rest of the day all i could smell and taste was the Ethyl Mercaptan witch was like eating a whole bulb of raw garlic, in my nasal passage and back of my mouth, lots of mouth was and a couple of nasal flushes,,, if it was full of gas i could have been overcome by the gas and could have not been around from asphyxiation i have watched this whole series on the build, i must say a well planed build and from designed in CAD to the full build is what makes me want to keep watching intrigued to see how the final idea has come to life
Brother im a retired Welder and Brake Operator!!!! Mad Respect For Your Skills!!!!
Love your dry sense of humour, mad me belly laugh !
Glad you enjoyed. Had some shitty moments with this build so far..lol
Cheers
Mooi gedink en welgedaan.
Baie Dankie!
Awesome buddy ....you are so smart and talented....nice job👏👏👏
good workmanship & idea with innovation
Thank you sir!!
Appreciate it
Cheers
I built a roof rack for my old Gen 1 Pajero and had copied a system that my Sprite swift had. Unfortunately I had sold the caravan a few years before I got the Pajero. Long story short, those air struts and I had a long fight and I shelved the idea. The struts worked well on a home built trailer I acquired that has a lid that I can barely lift.
Seeing your video has given me renewed energy to build that pop up roof rack. My pajero has a sliding roof so that's why I want a pop up roof rack.
Thanks for sharing ure story and watching!! Those struts showed me whos boss... but now i have the pressure sorted and they work great!! Thank you
Exactly what i was looking for, thanks for sharing man
Hello, great work!
Thank you so much!!
The roof itself is not applicable for my use - but your humor. love it 👌
lol. It wasn't funny at the time .. Thanks for watching!!
nice project!
Thanks! Cheers
Absolutely love your work. Thanks for sharing. Keep going
Another absolute gem of an episode!
That roof system is excellent, and like the rest of the construction, bulletproof!
Thank you sir!!
Congratulations for solving that lifting roof. I know it takes hours planning something like that from scratch.
Thank You very much!
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I like your hinge design. I'll need to borrow that for my project...
Glad u found it useful. They really are solid. Thx
Great build Marius! I think I might give it a crack.
Thank You. You should for sure!
Great video! Wow that is going to be amazing when it's done.
Thank you for the support. Hopefully I'll be building those hinges soon so u can do your own if u wish someday. Thx
@@MariusBotha oh absolutely. Can't say enough about your build. Seems well thought out. Best home built camper/trailer I've seen on RUclips or in person. I've been wanting to do one for a couple years. Yours has really inspired me to start mine.
@@gregnorvell9730 That's the best I can hope for.. Thank you. The feeling of building something for yourself and being able to do things exactly the way it would best suit u is awesome.. The saving money and so on is just a nice bonus.. The true Win comes from having it your way. I hope to see your build in the future !!
That design is genius. Thanks for explaining in detail. Keep the videos coming.
Thank you sir!! Will do my best. Thx for watching!
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un verdadero genio...
gracias por su video¡¡¡
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Got my thumbs 👍 up. Thanks for the video
Thank you for watching!!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching!!
That first part was such humor! Gas strut calcs is a head spinner. But here is my method- weigh in kg the roof at the point you are going to lift it at. Add25% . Divide by 2 cos you have two stuts and then multiply by 10 to get the answer. so 40 kg at the mount point, plus 25% is 50kg. divide by 2 and multiply by 10 gives you 250Nm struts x2.
Wow.. Thank you so much.. Def will do that next time. Great tip. Thx for watching!!
Excellent piece of engineering!
Thank you so much!!!
Lovely work
Thanks a lot 😊
hello , great job, congrats from chile, and take care
very good your videos. I'm building a camper and the information is very important.
Wow. Impressive
Clever man! Great job.
Thank you! Cheers!
I watched you build the top for a pop up camper. would it be posible to to do the same thing to the top of an SUV. The consept is to stand up inside my SUV. ?
Amazing Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Absolute genius I’ve only watched this one but I liked and subbed big thumbs up from the UK 🇬🇧 my friend keep up the amazing job you & your wife are doing perfect team 👌🏼
Thank you for the compliment and thanks for watching!!!
Keep up the good work! That is a huge project for sure 👍
I'll do my best!! Thank you so much!!
Obrigado amigo estou montando um camper pop up na duster oroch estou quebrando a cabeça no teto pop up mais vendo seus videos me ajudou vou tentat fazer como o seu obrigado. Thanks friend I'm setting up a pop up camper on duster oroch I'm breaking my head on the pop up roof but watching your videos helped me I'm going to try to do it like yours thanks.
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Thank you
Great job sir!
Thank you kindly!
Subscribed!
Thank you so much!!!
Volg jou videos. Lyk baie goed!!
Baie baie dankie. Appreciate it!!!
Top man 🤝
Thank you Sir!
Hi mate am from UK 🇬🇧 just watching your videos on the camper roof OMG 😮 you didn't half make it hard for yourself well over thought all you Needed to do was borrow a gas strut a one of your cars use 3×2 and some bathroom scales to see what the pressure was and on the back end of roof 😊😊use bed mattress spring pistons they are the same as what camper van retailers use but quarter of price 2 for £30 ebay but if you didn't want a slope you could use the wood and scales trick😂
Coming to this video late. Newton-Meter makes sense in terms of the force required to open and close the roof as its a rotational measurement of force. Looking to do something similar but simpler and on a smaller scale. I think it will make my life a lot easier if I place each gas strut vertically in the corner lifting straight up.
curious why you need the hinge? could you have done it with 4 struts and chains on each corner to limit how high it would go? thank you for sharing...
Sorry. somehow missed this comment. The hinge is what keeps the roof goin up and down in a straight line. If u have gas struts and chains only, That would only happen when all of them are extended fully and locked. On the way down and up it would be all over the show increasing the risk of pinching the canvas.
Thank you
Thank you to all the subscribers!!! Thank you to everyone that supported the channel so far. Really appreciate it!!
Well done! I'm not surprised, this is build of note. For me, It's curiosity on how everything finishes off.
@@andrewdenobrega6476 Thank you sir!
Great design. I just subscribed. Are you offering your design CAD drawings/ cut files for download or purchase?
@@memyselfandi6410 Hi. Thx. Currently I only have the sketchup files that I use to export dxf files for the laser shop. They are a total mess. I have sent them to a few people that have asked but mainly I think it's best to use them for scale and measurements and re draw them. It also makes building alot easier if u drew it knowing the order that sections need to go up.
Mariusbothachannel@gmail.com
Thx
Awesome
Thank you!!
Baie nice👍🏻
Hi Marius. Long time listener first time caller. Really enjoy this series of vidoes.
Was just wondering where you got the fibreglass sheet? Ive been looking for it but it doesn't seem to be a standard stock item at any hardware's?
Thanks
Andrew
Hi there. So sorry for only replying now. for some reason ure comment didn't show up as un replied Really sorry. I didn't go with the fiberglass as I'm scared when shit goes wrong like closing the roof onto something that u didn't see while out on a trip it would be really bad. a 1mm sheet would get a hole punched in it very easily. I finally got some 3mm alu board that's got 2 this sheets of thin alu on the outsides and a 3mm plastic insulation between them. Very sturdy and nicely insulated. If the top gets cooked the inside will still be ok to touch.
Thank you so much!!
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Thank You sir!!!
Hey, awesome video. Was wondering if you'd mind sharing the sketchup for those H hinges, or the dimensions, they'd work well for what I'm building.
Hi there. Those H brackets I build whilst in the garage without drawings. It worked out easier as I could measure directly from the trailer and roof sections to get the exact measurements. I did not draw them up in SketchUp. :-)
Thank you
Hi Maruis
Dankie ..ons kyk lekker saam in Brisbane
Awesome, Baie dankie!!
Well done on a stunning project.
can you please share the scetsh-up file with me?
i like to build a similar camper for us...
Great build. Why didn’t you use aluminum for all the skins? Just wondering. I’ve been thinking of doing something like this.
I'm a shitty alu welder lol...chose steel as I can manipulate it much easier. Thanks for watching!! The weight came out more than ok for me tho :-)
@@MariusBotha yeah I just watched that one as well. A lot less then I imagined. I haven't even tried aluminum so steel might be my choice as well
@@rbdworks4342 I can weld alu but the big trick is to destress all joints with proper heat techniques.. else they just crack where u weld them. Would be a lot lighter if one has a oven big enough to do the proper heating cycles. Thx
@@MariusBotha thank you. That's good to know. Are your plan available?
@@rbdworks4342 Somehow missed this comment. sorry. I only have some messed up SketchUp files that I will share if u willing to dig through them. Send me a mail. mariusbothachannel@gmail.com
Can I ask how long it took to weld and how much it cost to have your own welding setup?
Its difficult to say how long it took as i only worked a little bit at a time as i had some free time to spend. an hour here and an hour there as i went along. As far as costs, I've always had welding gear and fabricating stuff so i didn't really buy anything to start this project in particular. Was just a normal CO2 mig welder and some hand grinders with clamps. Really basic stuff. All the works was laser cut as i dont have any bending machines or fancy machines.
Thank you
I dig this build! Going to be great fun.
In between parts of this project, maybe you could do a little video on what it took to design in SketchUp? Did you have any background in using 3d modeling software beforehand?
Thanks in advance!
Hi. Thank you so much. I will be making some sketchup vids as some people have been asking. I not good with the program that's why I was hesitant to post something... Almost like the blind leading the blind.. Lol. And No.... I do not have any 3d modeling background. I am in the alcohol industry by trade. Just downloaded the program and watched some RUclips on how to get going.
Thanks for watching!!
@@MariusBotha well that give me a lot of hope 😅 Least I'll be in good company. I look forward to seeing it completed. Well done! 🔥
I'll do my best. Was sick so work fell behind but I'll be working on it real soon and post an update. Thank you for watching!!
Midag Maeius
Hoe gaan jy jou tent inryg?
Het jy dalk al so ver gekom
Hi daar. Yip. Tente is klaar en werk awesome. Ek sal een van die Dae die trailer se final assembly maak en post. Nou besig met die laaste paar deure om te spray dan is ek klaar. Werk maar net met free time... Lol
@@MariusBotha dankie sien uit daarna! Ek ook besig met n wa maar hak nog vas met pop top! Waar hy gaan seel
Sy hoogte
En hoe ek die seil gaan heg rondom onder en bo
Gaan ek dit in ryg soos n karavaan tent of permanent vas sit met n strip?
Volg jou graag ! Jy het goeie idees
Ek het myne bo en onder met n alu strip was gemaak. Ek sit nylon webbing aan my canvas vas dan "clamp" ek die canvas/webbing tussen die raam en alu strip vas. Canvas by hom self is te dun om Te clamp en sal ook lek. my dak het n overhang en onder loop Die water natuurlik weg van die seel af.. Dis moelik om te verduidelik maar my main goal was nie 1 druppel water in my trailer Nie en dit het ek reg gekry. Ek moet nog net al die seam sealing doen waar ek stuk werk Gedoen het
굿잡입니다 ㅎㅎㅎ
Thank you
The n•M rating is quantified in an SAE spec, like water column, it’s how many inches that amount of vaccum can lift water in a pipe with a 1 inch ID, at a certain elevation….. all of these numbers are examples. But I believe that’s how it’s done.
Ahh. Thank you. Now I've learned something. Thanx a lot!!
Cheers!!
Sensational job so far and thanks for taking the extra time to video and explain what you are up to. I am contemplating attempting a similar project. How did you go with the plans and what thickness steel are you using. Cheers Luke. 🍻🍻
Thank you for the kind words. I just started measuring existing trailers up to get an idea of size.. Went to shops and jumped in various ones to see what bugs us and what works space wise.. Then jumped on sketch up and started drawing up the camper. The whole exterior shell is made of 2mm steel. Thank you
👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you sir!!!!
More Marius
Hoe ver is jou wa?
Gaan jy dalk nou n video opsit van finale produk
Veral die poptop!
Mooi dag!!
Hi daar. Hy is basically klaar. Het baie mooi uitgekom. Ek gaan n video maak van die final product. Ek moet net by dit uitkom. Die besigheid het ontplof en ek werk 7 Dae n week... Lol. Sodra ek weer grond vat gaan ek die goed edit en post.
Baie dankie
Hi, Do you have drawings for the roof build. if so what is the price.
Hi. no. the roof was measured on the trailer and build. u can see me building it in my first video. Thank you
Gas struts - here is a possible way to adjust the struts, be warned, it’s trial and error, and will need a device to hold the shock and a lever long enough to collapse the strut
1. Mount the body end of the strut in the jig,
2. Attach the shaft end to the lever
3. Using a grinder/Dremel/saw, make a very small notch in the shaft very near the mounting end - this notch MUST be made so the finished mounted strut rod WILL NOT collapse so the notch enters the body
4. With strut in the jig, collapse the strut so the notch enters the strut body passing the seal. This must be done quickly so very little nitrogen escapes. Repeat until you have released enough nitrogen so the strut has the pressure you need. This can not be reversed if too much nitrogen is released.
This is trial and error, the size, depth, location of the notch must be outside of the useable stroke of the strut.
The jig can be as simple as mounting the body end of the strut to a work bench, drill and bolt one end of a 2x4 to the bench so it pivots, bolt the shaft end to the 2x4 to create a lever. The mounting point and dimensions all depend on the strut length and pressure. If the strut is weak enough you can actually use your body weight and collapse it using the floor.
can you sent the drawing for pop up roof of camper tuck to me ?
think of it like this. 100n is 100kg of pushing power. Pressure wise, mentally imagine the inside of the tube, the piston will have a base that has the pressure behind it, The piston base is a little less than 1 square inch but for simplicity lets call it 1 square inch.. To push 100kg you need to put in about 1422 PSI of gas. Think about how much air rushes out of a regular compressor at 140psi...
Its more complex than this but to work out the gas strut you need basically take the weight of your roof and divide by the number of struts then add on a little as wiggle room
Angle of strut matters and is roughly a percentage loss based on the angle within 90 degrees. If the strut was 90 degrees its not pushing at all. if its 45 degrees its about 50% pushing pressure.
This is all super simple maths and assumptions, its more complex but this will get you by in most situations.
It would have been funny to see you blasted, its good you can have a laugh, ive seen people have their skin torn off from pressure and oil..
Thx for the vid
wait no my maths is way wrong.
Thanks for Posting. Even if the math is wrong its still makes a lot of sense.
Thanks
Hi Marius
Waar in SA is jy, as dit moontlik is kan jy my asb laat weet ek wil jou kontak ivm die bou van die roof system.
Hi. Eks in joburg north
Marius hoe maak ek kontak met jou?
Hi. J'y kan my email op mariusbothachannel@gmail.com.
Thx
100Nm is 10 Kilo push. If you have 4 then you have 40 kilos of pushable force.
4:32 That's what she said
lol.. hahaha
Haha you lost me at the Nm part 🤯🤯🤯
your lucky its only nitrogen gas , i had an empty LPG tank in my car as dual fuel, it hant been used in years, i took an angle grinder to the straps, with my dad and a weed sprayer full of water, got the straps cut successfully, then as i was turning the grinder off with a cut off wheel, my middle finger grazed the wheel thankfully only skin deep behind the nail bed, trip to the doctor and tetanus vaccine and bandage i go back home to finish the job, taking the bolts out of the tank, unknowingly opening the valve assembly, thankfully it was only compressed air and Ethyl Mercaptan witch is the additive for the odorant added to make LPG (propane) and natural gas smell to detect for leaks, so the rest of the day all i could smell and taste was the Ethyl Mercaptan witch was like eating a whole bulb of raw garlic, in my nasal passage and back of my mouth, lots of mouth was and a couple of nasal flushes,,, if it was full of gas i could have been overcome by the gas and could have not been around from asphyxiation
i have watched this whole series on the build, i must say a well planed build and from designed in CAD to the full build is what makes me want to keep watching intrigued to see how the final idea has come to life
Geez.. What a crazy story... One can never be too careful with gas I suppose. Thx for sharing the story and watching!! Cheers
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i like your shit
Thank you!
Too complicated