Diy Roof Top Tent Hinges

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.

Diy roof top tent hinges.

Fortunately he would have the help of a. 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. The pytheas project is a diy hard shell roof top tent that turns into a gear box in th. The original challenge was to see if the tent could be built using widely available materials and for under 100.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Diy roof top tent a frame. Built one just as proof of concept and it worked. In this video 410 expeditions shows us project pytheas a homemade hard shell rooftop tent.

Hinge plan i laid out one afternoon. A diy rooftop tent. The diy roof top tent will pop up to provide a camp on the top of your vehicle roof so no pain to install a separate tent and it really budget friendly to leave home depot canopy tent. Wound up with a smoking deal on my current tent so i never followed through.

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. I ve been working on my next big diy project. Some of my best laid plans have been drawn on a shop table. It was during finals week and he set aside just 8 days for the initial design and build.

The squared off area on the hinge should be bent at 90.