E28, making our own plastic tanks
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- In this episode watch as we make custom water and waste tanks from sheets of 1/4 inch HDPE plastic. Since we had over 3 hours of content, we’ve brought this down to a manageable size, and published 2 videos specifically for plastic welding. If you would like to see those here is the links.
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It’s really cool that you do your videos in both English and French. I only speak English but your videos benefit more people this way. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Fun Fact - I dont think I have ever seen one of your video's when you two do not look in love or happy, inspiring...
Thank you, and you are 100% correct, love is always in the air.
Very good video!
Thank you from Saskatchewan!
You're right, there aren't many tutorials available for welding plastics. This was very helpful and I will be sure to watch the other videos about it as well. Merci!
Thanks for watching!
Very Nice job! I learned a lot. I'm glad you welded the inside too just for the fact that you don't have corners for material to build up.
It is amazing what you can learn from university of Utube. Thank you for creating the other videos on how to do this. Maybe more people need do this also. God bless both of you .
Thank you. Unfortunately I’m not UA-cam certified though
Fun fact: It took a while before I realized that his wife is speaking France language ;-) Lucky for me I understand both. J'apprends beaucoup de toi, merci !
Merci!
It is great to see you guys again I hope you are having a great day.
Thank you, likewise!
Fantastic idea!! I need to replace the black water tank in my RV definitely willing to try this idea.
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Awesome once again. Thank you
Thanks
Great video! Very informative!
Thank you
Great job with important information thanks
Thanks for watching!
i been trying to do some DIY fire skids and I think I finally found what I am going to do make my own tank
Excellent
Nice job as always thanks stay safe
Thank you.
Toujours aussi intéressant merci
Merci de nous suivre .
How are these tanks holding up? Where did you get your ldpe fittings from?Wow! Thank you, so much! I'm in the same boat as you were where you couldn't find anything but people doing small projects with Jack leg solutions. This is exactly the information I was looking for to build a couple custom tanks to fit between the floor joists of my cargo trailer! Thank you, so much!
Holding up great, fittings from Amazon
Tanks alot lol , informative video, thank you
Glad you enjoyed!
What a cool video. I had no idea you could build your own tanks.
Thank you for watching
If a human made it, chances are good you can make it too.
You guys are so cute.
Thanks, many people fall in love, we are elevated in love.
Ah, I see here is the answer to my question on the plastic welding video 😂
Good, thanks for watching.
😂 funny I should find this I'm looking to make a custom water tank for my mobile detailing rig
Excellent, hope you are using DIY Detail
@@LacroixCruiser of course
Merci pour le vidéo :)
Merci de nous suivre.
Nice t9 see you im watching
God bless
Thanks for being such a faithful follower!
Très cool!
Merci
How thick was your plastic that you bought? I'm trying to find out if making my own tanks is cheaper or a better alternative... I just don't know how thick the plastic needs to be to be sturdy enough.
We got 1/4” but 5/16” would be better.
Southern french accent? I love it
Quebec
I like your tanks and the video. My local supplier only has the HDEP in textured surface, do you think it would still work for making tanks?
It might, not sure about welding it.
Any chance you know the weight limit on the mci bays ? Been looking at adding 200 gal of fresh water but do not want to over load the bays
I’ve never seen a weight published. In our rear bay we have 125 gallons of water, a 400lb generator, 500 lbs of tools, and 300lbs of detailing supplies.
Hey, I like the videos. How are those tanks holding up after after a year or so?
Perfectly
Where did you get that plastic gun extension to make your gun lighter ...if you don't mind me asking 😁😁😁
It came that way
Thanks a bunch for your thorough video. I´m about to get into constructing a custom tank for my RV. I need to know though, because the water tank in my vehicle is gonna be a supply for both shower and the regular tab, so is the materials and the methods you use food grade? I wont be using the water from the tank for ingestion, but for rinsing vegetables, doing dishes, for brushing my teeth and taking a shower.
I hope you´ll take the time to answer my question.
Cheers.
Yes, HDPE is food safe.
My biggest fear would be welding leaks. Even the professionals using professional tools have issues with imperfect plastic welds and have special tools to detect them. In Silvie's defense, I think pressurizing the tanks was a great idea, and your tanks are likely stronger now than they would have been had you not discovered the weak points. Filling a stationary tank with water is one thing, having several hundred pounds of water (or sewage) sloshing around in a bay going down the road is another. Best to find out now. How many PSI did you pressurize?
She pressurized to about 30 psi. You’ll see in the next episode, we are not relying on the welds to support anything.
@@LacroixCruiser 30 psi. Wow, that is a lot for something like this. 😃 But I think Dell is right. Those leaks would have developed down the road anyways.
Where did you find an HDPE fitting? I haven't found anything yet and I'm considering making my own.
From this company
www.icondirect.ca/spin-weld-fittings/
Good
Thank you
This is a great help!. So hdpe sheets? but what rods? pp?
HDPE or ldpe
Nice job. How many hours do you figure this took?
About 60
You 2 are great I would love to see more HDPE videos you got a sub from me!
Thank you, we might be making a few tanks for a friend.
@@LacroixCruiser excellent!
Thank you
@@LacroixCruiser I’m going to be building a plastic Jon boat out of HDPE rain barrels and I need the fuse at least three of them together so I need to get a good welder that will make it the three pieces one so I can make a good shallow water impact resistant boat that is flexible.
Cool project!
What gun are you using? I can’t find it anywhere
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Un énorme merci pour ce partage. pouvez-vous me dire quel est le modèle de pistolet que vous utilisez? Merci
Le lien est dans la description du vidéo.
What size of rod are you using?
3/16
Where do you buy this plastic?
We bought it from a local wholesaler.
If I may ask, how much did the materials cost to make 2 tanks that size?
I ask because I sourced two 165 gallon tanks and the total was just over 1600 USD. I know I can rent the heat gun a welding tips from my local home Depot for relatively cheap, so if the materials aren't too expensive I may do the same thing with my bus. Moreso for the reason of better accuracy for placement of the fittings like you did taking the base in and lining it up first.
Keep up the great work though!
3 sheets at $95 each
@@LacroixCruiser geez that's it? Cheapest I'm seeing in the States is $145 for a .375x48"x96"!
We are fortunate to live in what’s known as plastic valley. Lots of manufacturers and wholesalers of plastics here.
@@LacroixCruiser ahh that makes sense! There is only three big plastic wholesalers in the entire Central Florida area so that explains the pricing. It's still cheaper than buying pre-made tanks though and I think it will be easier to install my own fittings once I get all of my plumbing lined up. So I will be following your tag build with mine!
Great!
Just an idea: if you made 2 separate videos each in there own language would cut the video in half and the viewer could choose which language to listen to
Thanks for your comment !
I tried to make a tank using this process and failed. Couldn't get it not to leak because of poor welds. If I were to try again I'd use nitrogen instead of air for the welding.
That’s a good idea.
How did you pressurize the tanks?
With our compressor.
@@LacroixCruiser I meant what kind of fitting did you put on the tanks to hook to your air compressor? Also, I am assuming that the final side you welded was only welded on the outside and did not connect to the baffles?
Just a 1/2 npt fitting. The top was just welded on the outside of the tanks, and the baffles do no go to the top of the tanks to not create any air pockets.
What is the approximate price for one welding machine
Approximately $150
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Thank you for watching
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Excellent
So annoying to be forced to listen to two different languages repeating the exact same thing and spending twice the time on the video. Why not place English subtitles and speak French or French subtitles and speak English? Either way is an improvement.
We don’t do this to make a living, we do it to provide education for others to benefit. Time spent editing is time we are not spending working on the bus, or with our grandchildren, simply not time we want to invest.
Just enjoy the video. They put a ton of time into making these. You know you can fast forward the French parts or English parts. Takes very little time to fast forward.