Home made sapies

In my efforts to repopulate this forum, I am going to try this project out and let you know how it goes.

Hey gents, So I have heard a lot about how sapi plates can make your plate carrier "less droopy" and more rigid and have a better feel to it. Buying real plates is just rediculous IMO when you don't have that kind of money to spend on something like that. So I am going to try to make replica sapi plates. The reason I am doing these sapies is to increase the comfort in my Weesatch (Pictures in the picture thread) and not increase the weight significantly (I know the weight adds realism, but I have had my share of wearing them in real life, so no thanks...).

To make these sapi plates, I am going to take 2 pieces of cardboard (for one sapi). In between I am going to find something that is somewhat flexible that is a foam material. The foam and the cardboard will be cut to regulation size for a (as of right now) medium sized sapi. I will take the foam and sandwich it between the cardboard. From there I will put a few layers of ductape all around the sapi. This should cause it to be lightweight, yet sturdy at the same time. I am thinking about posting a video of how it turns out. All together this project shouldn't cost more than I would say $15.

Let me know your thoughts, questions and ideas about this.

Stand by for updates,

Contra

very interested in how it will turn out with the foam I may have to rethink mine....Standing by awaiting awaiting results

He could be like superchrisguy. he cut sheets of metal and put them together, Im pretty sure they weighed more than the real SAPI plates in all honesty....

This seems like a solid idea. A lot better than most of the home project sapis I have seen.

One of our guys has used a High School Spanish Book as a "plate". I wont name names....

I will name organizations he belongs to though cough *USMC* cough cough...hrmm....

i have a sneaking suspicion that the person in question happens to be the founder of an airsoft forum.

HOORAY!!! for the Utah State Medical College!!!

Reading along posts got funnier until this

Andy wrote:HOORAY!!! for the Utah State Medical College!!!

Now that's funny

IT took me awhile to get that. Cant we all just be friends?

Said no Airbonre trooper ever. We are better than you and we know it!

I thought it was a Guinness Book of World Records.

Here's my solution. I took 2 foam poster boards for school projects, cut them to shape, and duct tape all sides. Bent it to form and it easily forms a rigid body and holds its shape.



I'm using this setup right now while im waiting for my ar500 armor to be shipped, which does offer a good amount of ballistic protection at a fraction of the cost for ceramic plates if you dont mind the extra weight.
http://www.ar500armor.com/

Sorry for the delay guys....I have been out of town for a wedding and then went to the field. I have been working on them this past week and will upload pictures shortly. My wife got a package in the mail so I decided to use it for the plates... One plate is going to be about 4 layers of cardboard thick + a bit of ducttape (Once I get some). I think it should work out pretty well.

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Here is all of the pieces to the first Plate. 1F is going to be the front and 1B is going to be the back of the first sapi. The other 2 will be sandwiched inbetween the front and back piece of the plate. The reason why I cut the middle pieces opposite is to give it more support. I was thinking if 2 laters had a crease in the same spot, it could make it easy to bend or break at that point. Before these are put together I am going to put 1 layer of duct tape over each piece (increasing the width of the plate as a whole). Finally, I will tape them all together and put a few layers of duct tape.... I'll let you guys know how it goes! later.

Contra