3D Printed Camera Pods and Dash Pods - How to Build an Overlander

This Episode we dig into Custom 3D Printing Pods to house our Android Auto Display, All the cameras and motion sensors as well as finally getting the camper box mounted back on the chassis.
Congratulations to Levi at Leftcoast for hitting 50K subscribers, Check out his Reaction and Unboxing of the Subsci-bear I sent him in this video (Link Coming Soon).
Many thanks to the CrankyCoder for pushing me to keep on Keepin' on (printing)
3D Files for the Dash Pod are located here:
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[@wheelieking71]

LOVE! Your expression of opinion about the "super janky" enclosures! Classic! EDIT: So, I paused right after said expression to make that comment. Made my comment. And, resumed play. Only to roll in to your plea to Kara for the printer. The Peanuts voice almost made me spit my shandy all over my monitor! Love it!

[@Everlanders]

I'm so glad to hear this, and glad you kept the shandy in...

[@FigNewton915]

All around, smartest person on KZbin. I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@FLyyyT_]

I came because of the Android auto series. I'm glad I subscribed. :)

[@Everlanders]

We are glad you subscribed too! 😁

[@UhYeahWhateverDude]

Between you and AvE, I learn more than anywhere else.

[@oQsR]

Your channel is so underrated. Keep up the interesting and in-depth videos. Just ran across you, but every video I have watched has been quality intriguing content and great production.

[@gerardfenn3988]

3 year old video and it seems like it should have arrived 5 years in the future. I want to buy stock in your Brain. You remind me of Thomas Edison. Have any plans to tinker with a Time Machine or a Transporter? I just shake my head in amazement. BRAVO Once Again my Canadian Friend.

[@BITONYBLUE1]

why you underrated , you must have millions views

[@cam_DA_Hawkdriver]

Being a techie, I really like what you've done with the Raspberry Pis and all the 3d printed stuff. That's what originally got me interested in the videos. However, so much more has kept me watching. It seems you have an engineer background or have a great mind for this type of stuff. I know you're someone thirsty for knowledge, if nothing else. Excellent work. I hate you had so many issues with the 3d printer, but try, try, try again. Thanks for showing the not-so-pretty side as well. It would be easy to just show us all the successes.

[@timstretton3174]

Why don't you have 100k followers?! Channel has it all. The question should be what do you not do? List is probably shorter. Great content. Keep it up!!

[@Everlanders]

Thanks Tim! I'm working on it... 👍

[@cam_DA_Hawkdriver]

That's what I'm thinking! I'll spread the word with my friends!

[@furgulley8077]

The more of your videos i watch, the more I'm convinced your a genius. This is better content than i see on the million plus subscriber youtube channels i follow (and you're way more of a humble personality) I'm sharing your channel with my friends. Hopefully you get the subscriber count you truly deserve.

[@Everlanders]

Thank you for the kind words, I'm doing it for her, anything more is gravy on top.

[@caribouprecision8213]

Id love to learn more about your camera system, also the details on the mounts for the camper box.

[@Everlanders]

The cameras system is a mashup of MotionEye and OpenCV. A pretty steep learning curve...

[@vincentdejong1818]

Really enjoy the way you edit and direct. Keep it up :D

[@racer3822]

Another great video. The pods look neat.

[@Mig2133]

Damn man... I found you because of the raspberry pi and found out you already experienced some of my frustrations with a Pop up trailer...lol (yes I have one). Loved your channel the details and good points you offering I'm spreading the word you guys are the real deal.

[@Vyker]

now I have to subscribe to see the next part where it all comes together!

[@JeremyWatsonOrion]

Great work! I've been inspired by a friend's EarthRoamer and looking at options for a full external camera system for my rig and this is it! Love your ingenuity and perseverance. Am in Phoenix, AZ if you ever make it out this way. We have some fun toys and a maker space for empowering underserved kids in the community.

[@Everlanders]

We were just in Phoenix a month ago... heading south through Baja now!

[@elevatedvibes8003]

@@Everlanders Safe and fun travels and hopefully our paths will align one day soon. Thank you for sharing all of your creative and engineering genius. It is inspiring and empowering!

[@mistercohaagen]

@0:40 Was made of titanium... Big Jay Strong!

[@Everlanders]

Lol, made my day!

[@itsmiz6737]

Ahem, ladies appreciate the info too.

[@motonation441]

You are one cool dude.

[@rjinnh3933]

You two are TOO MUCH! I just love your humor. Your technical expertise and fabrication skills are top notch, very inspiring and you are both quite entertaining. I used to make a living in the Aerospace Industry designing embedded systems using Z80s/8251s/8X300/68Ks and their derivatives. Also some 4 Bit Slice work. But now, as a long time retiree and just for the fun of it, I play with Arduinos/STM32s/ESP32s/etc. Lately I've been focusing on the ARM 'M4' series of hardware/software and SBCs in general. Check out the UDOO Bolt V8. Its a real doozie! I've been a 4Wheeler for 50+ years and because of my tech background and interests, your project and all its component parts have been more than very interesting to me. While watching the first of your vids that I stumbled on I thought, "Wow, look what this guy's doing. This is great stuff". Much of what you've done in design/build/travel parallels with what I'm trying to do with a 2000 Ford Expy/4X4/5.4, but without the custom box. My project only needs to accomidate myself and an 80Lbs GSD. It's a work in progress that's turned into a long drawn-out project which now has me in contention for the title of The World's Greatest Procrastinator! HaHa I've saved your playlist and watched several of its vids, some twice, and will watch the entire sequence probably more than once for more insperation. Lots of realy great info and your explanations are text book quality. Love your work and accomplishments and love Kara. When she gets in front of the camera, she's 'On-Stage'. What a HAM. HaHa...She's great! Speaking of HAMs, have you considered Amateur Radio to go along on your travels? You can talk next door or talk across the world for little money. $50 for a 2/440 Hand Held = local and satellite comms. $100 for a 2Mtr mobile rig for local work. $50 kit for CW (Morse), $130 or $180 kits for SSB (Phone). CW and SSB gives you world wide comms. If you get hooked, plan on buying a $500 to $1000 or $2000 toy from time to time. Of course, some spend many thousands to do the same things but there's no real need for that kind of money to be able to play radio. It's great fun and u meet wonderful people, plus a few Jerks too. Its a great World Wide Fraternity. Come see the North East in spring/summer. Very refreshing. Especially NH in mid/late spring and the ME coast in early summer. Plus you can ferry between Portland ME and Halifax NS. 73 Russ in NH KA1RUW PS: Your inspiration now has me thinking of using your construction technique to build a raised roof with a forward overhang for my SUV. Just what I needed, another project. DARN YOU...... PPS: Hope to meet up someday.....

[@Everlanders]

What a doozy of a comment, thank you very much for the kind words, I would love to get into radio a little bit more, just to a small handheld VHF for logging roads and such...

[@FLyyyT_]

7:32 caught the truck tire with toilet paper walking out of it's toilet room.

[@williamoverton7265]

Genius for sure

[@timothylerma8365]

In Tucson check out the Desert Museum .

[@CrankyCoder]

love it!!!!!

[@Everlanders]

I couldn't have done it without you.

[@CrankyCoder]

my pleasure! glad to see the parts coming off the assembly line :)

[@gerardfenn3988]

I'm Binging Again, Ha Ha!!!

[@myozone]

How did you connect all the cameras together ? - I guess a multiplexer Do you have a link for the thermal camera ?

[@warrenscorner]

Enjoying the older videos. What cameras did you use for your security system? Is there a video about it? I’ve been playing around with ESP32-Cam. I’ve been able to view them using Node-RED on a Raspberry Pi but I’m not sure how I’m gonna make them waterproof.

[@Everlanders]

No, didn't make any video about the cameras, sorry.

[@Colorado4x4Van]

Nice! I haven't 3d printed, but a friend of mine does and has experienced some of the same frustrations with over-night printing as you have...is that an A/C unit on the back of your truck? if so...what model and how do you like it?

[@Everlanders]

Yes, it's a Gree mini split AC, it's nice because the compressor is completely outside, connected with an ambilical, so it's fairly quiet and efficient. I could almost run it exclusively on solar using the 4 panels I had last year, but with the upgrade to 8 panels @ 1.4kw, we'll be made in the shade!

[@comndo95231]

hmmmm glad to know I am not the only one with selective hearing when it came to buying a 3d printer

[@noirbo]

A few things for you sir: great videos love all the little details, came for the Pi builds stayed for the laughs. Sorry I missed you in Flagstaff we were staying further north and as you know it was a chilly Arizona weekend. Started my Pi build and ran into some snags with the free Open Auto version and as much as I can tell it seems to be related to the Google Play Services version I am running on my Pixel 2 XL, 17.4.55. I resolved it by trying the paid version of the app, worked without issue. Did you run into any similar issue? Using your scripts for button monitor also work great. I have been tinkering with methods to incorporate other cameras and speculating on how you have. Looking for any updates on your camera project to help streamline mine. Thanks for all the input and videos.

[@Everlanders]

No, I've not touched it since the video was put out... Still working fine with Pixel 3 XL

[@noirbo]

@@Everlanders Well I was afraid it had something to do more with me. Did you run all your cameras with a HDMI to ribbon adapter? I had considered making a small LAN network for 3 cameras or so and attempting a WLAN run with a Pi Zero W for a once in a while on the rear of the trailer. With the individual boards being located at static IPs I thought that might be the best way to toggle through them or select something specifically. I would also feel more comfortable routing a Cat5 cable as opposed to ribbon or HDMI

[@Everlanders]

I have 4 of the cameras on the LAN but for low latency I have the rear facing one on the Ribbon cable.

[@SnackMasterX]

Can you post an update video on how the camera pods turned out? Any chance we could get a copy of the 3D cad files?

[@Everlanders]

Good idea, I should do that soon!

[@lukasz_kostka]

What cameras did you use ?

[@juliansiegmund2369]

Another awesome video! Can I ask why you didn't use PETG filament? I've used it a lot and it's quite temperature resistant and pretty easy to print with

[@Everlanders]

For a camera pod carrying electronic components in a hash outdoor environment it is easy to get ABS to be fully waterproof with a quick vapor smoothing and/or painting a thick layer of ABS juice on the inside surfaces. If a PETG print has slight layer adhesion issues there is not much that can be done post print - ABS can easily be strengthened with a trip down vapor lane... I print primarily PETG now, but this video is quite old and ABS and ASA was still my go-to filament back then.

[@juliansiegmund2369]

@@Everlanders ahh makes sense 👍

[@capnjackcanon]

Love the vid and your whole series! You wouldn't be willing to print additional housings for the rpi and touchscreen monitor would you?

[@Everlanders]

I could be convinced... Are you putting it in a SuperDuty too?

[@capnjackcanon]

I'm in a 2016 Tundra, I know the angles would be a bit different, but I wouldn't mind making it work.

[@Everlanders]

If you can cut a cardboard profile of the roof with some ruler scale I can overlay it and see how far it's out... These printed parts don't like being hand worked afterwards, they sorta peel at the seams.

[@capnjackcanon]

Understood, thanks so much for your willingness to help! I can definitely do that and get back to you!

[@joelwilkins8695]

Nice video! whats the box on the upper left of the rear of the camper box? did you install AC?

[@Everlanders]

Yes indeed! It's a Gree mini split AC, we could do a video about it this Summer!

[@joelwilkins8695]

please do! love your vidoes...all meat, no fluff!

[@Everlanders]

AC was included in the tour especially for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6CVfZynmsyFgLM

[@lookabout]

Think your video are great ,I hope you make more on Arduino and coding it has made me get into coding and the Arduino !!!!

[@Everlanders]

Thanks for the support Richard! I've got one more Arduino project up my sleeve, but I'm running thin on ideas after that...

[@TazioBaker]

Can we see all you cameras output in day light, in day light in motion, Night time, night time in motion and night time in motion with oncoming headlight? for each camera: thermal, infra red, and fisheye. are they clear enough to also read licence plate in all light condition?

[@Everlanders]

No, you don't pay me enough for that...

[@TazioBaker]

@@Everlanders Come on... where do I send the payment?

[@davidclarkson8202]

Very cool project! I can imagine the learning curve(s) involved. Would you be willing to share your source for the ceramic heater and thermostat?

[@Everlanders]

www.ebay.com/itm/20-X-20cm-400W-12V-Silicone-Heater-Pad-3D-Printer-HeatBed-3M-PSA-NTC-Thermistor-/281471547073?_ul=CA

[@Everlanders]

www.ebay.com/itm/DC-12V-20A-LCD-Digital-Thermostat-Temperature-Controller-Meter-Regulator-W3230-/401392962897?_ul=CA

[@Everlanders]

Sorry, the above links we're for the heater in my battery bank... I see now you were commenting on the 3D printer and its heater... www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.amaze--heater-400-watt-ceramic-electric-wall-mounted-room-heater.1001036744.html The controller was kicking arround, but I've used these too with good results: www.ebay.com/itm/110V-220V-STC-1000-All-Purpose-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat-Aquarium-Sensor-/192338564198?_ul=CA

[@davidclarkson8202]

Everlanders Thanks! I found the Home Depot (and Lowe's) Amaze products shortly after commenting. The thermostat link is very helpful. I'm monkeying at under with a few, similar, projects. Thanks again. Also... Nasty winter this year; how did the overlander perform?

[@Everlanders]

We have been trying to avoid going out too much and focus on getting stuff done.

[@williamoverton7265]

You have to have so much patience to sort the 3D printer headaches.

[@larryspahr3210]

Have you been able to charge the Li Batteries from the truck?..and of so how.

[@Everlanders]

I have no interest in doing so, thus haven't tried.

[@LandsharkTank]

Looks like a unimog at 7:43? New build in the works?

[@Everlanders]

No, My neighbour got it along with a FM2 box to join the overland team... But the chassis had 55k on the dial, but now it's thought that it's actually 155k or 255k. Lots of leaks and repairs needed and that is slowing his progress and motivation.

[@yougear100]

Can we see more of that great sit com?

[@Everlanders]

Sounds good, I'll see what we can do...

[@yougear100]

@@Everlanders Whaaa waaa waaa waaa whaaa.

[@JoshuaJoshua0]

I would love to learn more about the camera and IR setup you have. Are you using AI object detection at all? If you have any resources where I can learn more about using them for a camper build, I love to learn more. I saw they have BLE proximity sensors now. Thanks and great vid/build :)

[@Everlanders]

Yes,, Look up OpenCV and pyimagesearch

[@JoshuaJoshua0]

@@Everlanders Sweet... It's easy to get lost in the rabbit hole of ML and AI. Thanks for the pointer. I understand if you don't want to, but a deep dive into your AI tech would be brilliant! I'm not sure if Home Assistant's TensorFlow integration is worth it, but I'll check out your suggestions. Are you using a Jetson Nano or Intel Movidius?

[@Everlanders]

We did a video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4SWc5yPlqqZn9k

[@JoshuaJoshua0]

@@Everlanders Perfect. I just started digging into it. Dreams of having an AI paintball gun turret that shoots at bears and mountain lions... but not my dog.

[@matt_kay]

Are you planning to do a video on your camera system?

[@Everlanders]

Sorry, no.

[@sethsamson666]

Can I like this video twice?

[@Everlanders]

Sadly, no...

[@davidpatrick1813]

How many dimensions are there ... ... lets make some new units for all dimensions ... I think I saw 10 or 11 ... Walmart might have a 9D machine. 🙂.

[@tienouttatien8942]

What 3 cameras is he using? I see NoIR, maybe a regular visual and a thermal camera?

[@Everlanders]

Correct!

[@Subgunman]

Where did you find the thermal camera module?

[@Everlanders]

www.digikey.com/products/en/sensors-transducers/image-sensors-camera/532

[@stevep6108]

if ya do anymore printing at that high on that machine - u need to remove the ptfe tube that comes stock with the machine and replace it with capricorn ptfe , the stock tube goes down the throat of the hotend and at temps of 240 and higher it will deform, melt , get miss shaped , turn brown and black and shrink and even offgas (not good to breath) - the capricorn is rated for higher temps and u wont have these issues,, those layer line shifts u see is the stock white ptfe tube shrinking or melting maken the prints screw up .. and could be one issue...but im sure you figured this out already

[@Everlanders]

That machine is in a shipping container in a field in Canada... We're taking this rig through Mexico and into Guatemala and beyond...!

[@stevep6108]

@@Everlanders safe home , have fun !!!

[@t3yf5g]

Are each of your camera pods running their own raspi?

[@Everlanders]

Yes

[@t3yf5g]

Everlanders interested in a video when you have them operational. Specially if you get feeds routed to the overhead display.

[@FLyyyT_]

8:56 my guess was 80085

[@infinion3]

omg thanks for making me laugh

[@Everlanders]

Ya'welcome! 🤗

[@Moist_yet_Crispy]

XD

[@jjt1093]

Damn 3d printer would be awesome and dangerous to the wallet

[@Everlanders]

In hindsight, I'd have gotten a smaller one, I haven't found the need for anything bigger than a 6" cube.

[@xyborg_]

Would you be willing to upload your Android auto enclosure design to thingiverse? I have an F-350 that it would work perfect for! This would be a big help because I have wanted to do something like that since your uploaded the first video about it. I bought all the components just haven't built the housing.

[@Everlanders]

Ask and you shall receive: www.thingiverse.com/thing:2881843

[@xyborg_]

Everlanders I cannot thank you enough!

[@Everlanders]

Did you get it printed?

[@xyborg_]

Not quite yet, I'm trying to get the pi to work first. Instead of just running android auto on it I wanna run full android. I'm a car audio installer and I had already changed my head unit to one that supports android auto. I'm hoping that once I install android the radio will see the pi as a phone and boot up android auto. That way I will have sort of a dual screen setup up top. I could do maps on the top and music on the bottom screen or vice versa. I'm also contemplating on installing a third battery to keep the pi on all the time as use it as a remote security system with some cheap usb web cams and an android app. I should also be able to interface with a dash cam through their android app. My main reason though is to run the Torque Pro app for custom gauges and the ability to read check engine codes with a bluetooth obd2 adapter.

[@largemarge1603]

Good grief. I'm an aircraft mechanic. Fabricating parts is in the job description. We mount a chunk of aluminum in a lathe or drill press. We remove material to specification. Parts of the size you describe are out the door and installed in an hour. Might you be over-thinking?

[@Everlanders]

Yes

[@shovelrickshovelhead8713]

Do you really need another camera,...

[@Everlanders]

We have enough now...

[@shovelrickshovelhead8713]

Everlanders your panel,is it 12 volt or house size 30 to 40 v , I have 6 , 265 watt , open circuit 38.6 , can you assist me , ie is the controller you use useful to me , if not can you recommend, installation in a coaster MH bus of grid, 54 year old Aussie that needs to retire in the mountains on a parcel of land I have ,