Digging a Secret Massive Underground Room!!! (down in the spider hole)
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Kevin of Modern Self Reliance digs deep, using the EcoFlow Delta Pro to power his jackhammer, blasting through clay and rock to clear out thousands of pounds of dirt and build a 10 x 10' hidden room underground!
Using the EcoFllow Delta Pro to power his drill and tools, Kevin is able to secure his underground bunker safely, building a wooden frame to add stability and style: his underground bunker feels like home thanks to EcoFlow!
Underground lighting to work safely is no problem, with EcoFlow portable power.
I build an authentic Japanese military spider fox hole with just a few basic tools including a small army shovel, some metal buckets, and some rough saw timbers to help create a safe place to sleep overnight in case of impending war.
A spider hole is mirrors the hole created by a trapdoor spider who will tunnel and then cover the top of the door to conceal itself.
A spider hole is usually shoulder-deep, and round, protective enough to camouflaged lid a solder from attack. A soldier will be able to stand upright and then fire a weapon without being overly exposed. A spider hole is different than a foxhole in that a foxhole is usually deeper and designed to hide or conceal a fighter.
A spider hole is usually hastily dug, whereas a foxhole is done with more care.
Spider holes were used during World War II by Japanese. Saddam Hussein during the Iraq war was captured hiding in a spider hole.
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. This channel will approach self reliance from a modern perspective. and will focus on various build projects using modern amenities, and tools to build a completely self reliant lifestyle.
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check colin furze out hes built a bunker in his backyard with a walk way extending to his house hes still doing .....might give you some tips and ideas :) love the videos man
Did your voice change or is that just me?
The most labor intensive wine cellar I have ever seen.
Your dirt is nothing like the dirt the guys dig out with a stick. As well, there's a big difference physically between you and them. Js.
Make a secret exit tunnel and if you want to keep going make a Laval below like the Vietnam tunnels
Between this and colin furze, I've spent a lot of time watching people dig a underground base
Yeah same!
Minecraft but real.
Solar micronova burst preppers.
@@HavNCDy They will run into those ones under Greenland first.
Furze wishes his dirt was this easy to dig. Comparatively speaking.
It’s great! My shed has been completed and it turned out nice looking and sturdy and it is way better than the sheds that many of my neighbors had put up. Of course, I'm pleased with the outcome and this Ryan’s kzhead.infoUgkxGZedDTcDfgD7fG_uU4esfx_EgxzlY2_1 Plans was extremely useful to me as a guide.
German WW2 bunkers would feature an emergency exit that was basically another entrance hole that was filled with fine, easily trickling sand. There would be a few horizontal boards at the bottom, that could easily be taken out by hand. When taken out, the sand would fall down by gravity to free up the emergency exit. Practically invisible and indestructible from up top.
Similar systems are used in modern day shelters too.
I’ve looked at prefabricated fallout shelters with 2 different entrances but have always felt that I would need a section that I could open up so I could potentially dig out or have a third secret option in case the other entrances became compromised for various reasons (heavy reenforced handed steel doors for some reason or another can’t be opened and would be almost impossible to get through, other people found both entrances and are attempting to wait for us to open the entrances (blocked new air circulation although I’ve looked at oxygen systems- messed with our electrical system-making small headway breaking through everyday and just a matter of time until they get in - wanting our food, setup for themselves,cannibalism is rampant, just want to watch the world burn, or anything else)) . That way I’d know I and anyone else with me would have another way out (with a little work) just in case. Along with probably a room for an aquaponics system for oxygen and food creation (would still want an artificial oxygen generating/NBC system) and electrical power systems would still need access to the surface from exhaust ports for generators to solar, wind, hydraulic generators (which are more noticeable other than most fuel generator smells that can carry on the wind). If I needed that third emergency exit I’d also want something I could destroy the shelter as I was leaving so no one else could have it if I needed to.
For good ventilation, I recommend that you install two ventilation pipes. One near the floor and the other diagonally on the other side halfway up the wall. This allows the air to circulate almost perfectly, there is no mold and there is almost no moisture.
Ya you really need those
be carefull !!! , petrol generator, will kill you, will take the air from the tunnel, have the engine away from , tunnel/ hole. kind regards
Sorry guys, the original video wasn't rendered out in good quality, so here it is again!
I'll just watch it again, then.
Glad you reposted. I watched the first and wanted to share it with my dad. I think your man cave needs a pinball machine. Good luck getting it down the hole 😁
How many levels can you go 3 story hideout🤔 awesome video
That should b call ant villa
I was going to say I was eating breakfast watching the video and it just died on me I was so confused thank you for re uploading
My first thought was - I would never go into the entry slot - as someone who is clausterphobic that is definitely a no. Secondly - I started wondering if you could drill up through the bottom of a tree to make a hidden chimney.
I thought almost the same thing, only because of the theme of the tunnel I was wondering if he could DIY some kind of submarine view scope thingy. It would be a bit obvious just sticking out of the ground, but if you planned it right I wondered if you couldn't dig near a hollow tree with an opening higher up for it to poke out of so nobody would see it lol You see them, but they don't see you!
@@IronDruids I was thinking about a hollow tree too - but I'd read that the core of the tree is mostly for strength so started wondering if you could replace it with a metal pipe. I guess you don't really need a periscope though in the age of wireless cameras.
Make a hole with a post hole digger and plop a pre hollowed stump over it
@@andrewvigil3313 Not as fascinating as trying to figure out how to drilll up a tree - but it certainly way more feasable!
They did that in Vietnam. Some old papers documented the practice
I'm so glad you mentioned those other channels that claim to dig a hole by hand. Their end result is pretty, but they aren't being truthful about how they do it for sure. You put the time in and actually have a cooler result! Keep diggin those tunnels!
Those asian primitive technology clone channels are the worst. Massive mansions, just don't notice the heavy machinery tracks lol
As I said before in another thread. Some of them are real. Their Clay is a lot different than the clay he's trying to dig through. That red clay doesn't retain the moisture like this heavy wet gray clay does. So when they hit it with a stick it basically crumbles. Look up some farming videos in Texas with their heavy red clay.
look up Cooper Pedy underground environment you will be surprised///This Is the Town Where People Live Underground - Coober Pedy kzhead.info/sun/rNt7p7yxfWOLqIE/bejne.html
There are a few KZhead channels showing how those are faked including excavator tracks, cement bag and more and also what the abandoned works look like now.
Wow! Mike knows the Diggy Diggy Hole Man. I never expected a Yogscast reference on this channel.😁
Always great to see another yognaut
I am Dave, exclamation point, yognaut.
Get yourself a mattock for digging mate it will save you hours of hassle in the future! They are amazing! ⚒
31:00 fun fact: I occasionally see trees in the woods that fell over and ripped a section of their roots out of the ground. Eventually it gets clear that there's too much dirt, but if you put some in the hole, and pile a lot around the unearthed roots you can make a solid bit of dirt seem natural there.
Love how the tiny spider hole turned into an 8x8 underground shelter. Can't wait to see what it fully becomes. With proper ventilation, you could bring in your EcoFlow system and set up nice bed / couch, TV, game console, kitchen area with Air Fryer, induction plate, etc..
Stay tuned, next he teams up with Hoovie’s Garage and adds on a 25 car underground garage complete with lifts and a bathroom!
Tunnels connecting all your structures to the main area. Drop down in one area and pop out another area. Maybe leave a couple tools inside just in case it collapses while you are in it. Little ladder going out just in case a child gets curious. Paint the walls white with a fake window looking out. When I was a teen I painted one of my walls so it looked like a hallway that you could walk down with doors going off to the sides. Not sure why I mentioned that. It would make it feel like a larger space.
I'd always be paranoid about digging up too far, digging out a wall support, or otherwise accidentally causing a collapse on myself. I'm glad you guys are being careful about the safety stuff :)
I know you probably already know this, but in case a viewer doesn't: CO2 is heavier than air. You really ought to be careful in confined spaces like this because without adequate ventilation, you could potentially die from build up of your own exhaled CO2. I'm sure your hole is fine, but just saying.
I'm sure your hole is fine too pal
CO2 meter would be good to have down there. Even better to use a combo meter that measures O2 as well.
this is an important topic though. I wonder how he plans to ventilate it though.
none of you watched the video all the way? he is putting a duct in. he specifically addresses what your talking about
@@BlackJester57 ofc not this has to be the most boring video ever put on youtube
I love that this is just some guys digging a hole because why not. How everything should be.
Bahaha!!! Seriously with the dirt in his mouth?!?! I love this guy.
Maybe you should put plastic caps on the tops of your metal restraining rods in order to prevent injury to legs as you move thru the tunnel
We really need a sit down video now of you and Don talking about now verses then, how Both of you feel about the transition from hired construction jobs to crazy and off the wall fun jobs for KZhead. With Don telling how much he thought you were losing your mind doing this stuff at first, and wether or not he enjoys the adventures as much as you do.
this man's humor is funny like his great attitude and this project it a pearler
Doing things simply because it's cool is always and will always be the best reason to do something.
A wonderful tool for projects like this is a hand mattock. Same kind of theory you were using your framing hammer for but with abit more weight and several configuration styles to suit your needs.
That 's turning out interesting. I think I'd want a second way out. I though to it might be neat to add another corridor and room coming off the entry hole and going the other direction.
Thousands of dollars of lumber... Straight into the ground. Sick build. It's been tons of fun to watch.
As a plumber the SDS max with a spade shovel bit is a game changer digging clay or hard compact dirt. It also would make a nice smooth finish on your side walls.
I got the shovel... Haven't tried it yet. "Clay spade"
@@ModernSelfReliance save your body. Use it! 🤣
My first video on this channel was Pt.1 of the Spider hole. Now im thrilled to be back for part 2. I could just watch this guy dig holes as an entire channel.
Your dog looking at the hole must have been thinking "man, i've been thinkin about this whole diggin thing on way too little a scale^^" Very Cool, would like to see a couple beach chairs and a flat screen tv down there.
OMG, the "What's up Doc" at the end!
Watching these videos at night hit different
My opinion is that secret exit would be an ideal spot for your ventilation. This whole build has been something I have always wanted to do since I was a youngster. Nice work
I have no idea where you get all your energy from and how you can stay so jovial but I’ll give you all the credit in the world and I absolutely love love love all your videos !!! I have a virtual beer with you 🍺🍺🍺✌🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
about the guys that dig houses with sticks in a short video, only some are actually legit, most other have more people with actual tools in the back, or in one instance, used an excavator and forgot to get rid of its tracks. Makes what you're doing here that much more amazing!
Anyone else get a "Silence of the Lambs" vibe at 26:01? LOL Great video, fascinating the watch.
I think some sort of well protected projector, almost hidden near the roof would be cool instead of having a tv or something, like the room seems less modern but then you can whip out a movie or tv show, also maybe having some sort of hidden food storage pantry, so when you are feeling snackish you can grab something, and because of the year round low temperatures you can store more things.
I absolutely love your channel I look forward to seeing the progress every week. Your work ethic and willingness to just take educated guesses and do your best at whatever project at hand is inspiring. Cant wait to see how this turns out and what other projects are around the corner
Love the diggy diggy hole reference
Awesome!! Love that Martin helped out a bit, and Don, as always his jovial self. The "spider hole" has developed into a massive undertaking I'm sure, but your shoring job and calculations have made it really nice down there!! Love what you're doing ❤️
For your gantry: build a taller base, then adjust so that the lifting end is longer than the leverage end. Then utilize a couple of buckets of rocks or small boulder for a counter weight on the leverage end. Then he can easily manipulate the beam/load with extremely minimized effort. And he can stand next to the hole and the bucket without having to walk back and forth every load.
I lived in Japan for a long time…….there are holes like this everywhere. On Okinawa,they have a park/museum, called “Prayer Peace Park” that shows how the Japanese lived in these.
I loved the Yogscast reference 9:20 in 😂😂 I am a dwarf and I’m digging hole DIGGY DIGGY HOLE
Haha only the few know 😜
Hello Kevin, I have discovered your channel recently with the Part 1 of this video. I really like your content. I myself am not very skilled at building but I can make, let's say, furniture and chicken coops. It is really fascinating for me to see how simple it seems for you to make things like a full on cabin. I'd really love to get tools like yours but I think I'd still lack the skills hehe. Anyways, cheers from Europe!
That’s exactly how I found this channel too, the first spider hole vid.
I found the channel like this aswell!
Kev, you need to create a window frame with a TV behind it. Then you can "look out" on any panoramic view you choose...and it won't seem like you're underground with no light.
2 men digging a hole is just couple buddies, but THREE, that’s a hole diggin operation
9:10 Wow that’s a blast from the past. I haven’t heard the Diggy Hole song since middle school.
Absolutely love your channel. Joined you from the beginning with your awkward camera looking and watch you become a master of story telling. Great job and keep up the great work. All the best from sunny Portugal.😎👍🏼
I need to see this get bigger and bigger. This is the ultimate man cave
Nice that there was some diggy diggy hole from the Yogscast in there!
This guy is like gopher, a true expert at digging!!😂
Keep expanding. Build additional rooms, that would be super cool! 😁
The in laws come over and ask where the guest house he built is… he just points to a handle sticking out of the ground
I know the idea is secret fox hole but I think a random staircase hidden in an outhouse looking setup would be hilarious in the middle of that wood 😜
Problem is, it would get used.
Love the Yogscast minecraft reference 😂
No one gets in your HOLE especially when it’s dirty 😆 just two mates chilling in the woods
where there is dirt pile, there is a hole, where there is a tree clearing, there's activity, a metal detector to catch pings on all your screws, gigs up. Common sense.
I got myself a battery powered SDS drill that I use at work. A drill like this with a wide chisel bit would do a good job here. Ok just got to the part of the video where you used one. Nice!
Don has very few words but confident. 💪👋
Modern Self Reliance... A couple times of Bugg's Bunny great but it's getting annoying... After a couple times. But you may want a skylight in center of that room. With mirrors shinning light down. But maybe figure out a way to camouflage it. Could even build a cabin over top of the hole. But I would maybe suggest a wood floating floor. So you have spacing under the flooring for water drainage maybe. Or purposefully dig out a water drain canal with maybe a small well under and near one corner of your bigger hole - a couple feet deep. Maybe add some concrete as siding in lower well, so you always have plenty of water so you don't have to go looking for water all the time. To keep yourself hydrated even while spending time down there. I'd dig out a trench through the flooring of your tunnel..then put in maybe PVC or flex pipe for water to drain into concreted well/cistern. And maybe put a screen over the entrance opening of pipe. Maybe build a Bowl shape on entrance floor, then concrete that also so dirt doesn't mix with water then put in some boards to cover top of bowled floor into vertical hole. Maybe add a inch or two deep channel then add 4 or 5 vertical slots at entry to add smaller diameter pipes so water can run down into bowled pit under wood flooring so you don't dirty up water coming in and flowing into your pipe to well into bigger room. Then I'd add wood flooring to cover up pipe that's going down into your well. Would be a great way to always have some drinking water. Just some thoughts... But that's a great idea I think. Maybe add some soft rubber/foam matting so your knees don't wear out while crawling through your tunnel and just staple mats into wood floor so they aren't slipping. What would you think of this idea?
I’m gonna start digging my hole right here in the comments. Currently watching ya popped up under my finger as I changed apps and so I’m here anew. Not unhappy about it.
I appreciate you adding structure, there are old gold mines around here you can find good seams in, folks keep dying from using sledge hammers in le shafts having seen their supporting timbers rotten out, Also you’re an honorary Moleman now.
Did I sense a hobbit hole reference. I am beers deep m8 there are going to be full commentations on this ha
Holy moly.
This is like Sunday comics on Saturday
Possibly check local like geologic tremor read outs, too
it would be really cool if you ran wire through the ground and up a tree and then put solar panels at the top of the tree. everything would still be hidden potentially and you would have some self-sustaining power in the hole during the day. i also think it would be awesome to put a tv or a computer and a desk down there, maybe a futon. you probably couldnt run all of that off of some small solar panels but that would make it feel home-like in my opinion and if you put a futon in there it would obviously serve the dual purpose of being a couch or a bed whenever you want. actually you most likely could not fit a couch or a matress down there anyway so that would probably be the best bet
Absolutely love this series please keep making great content like this
Just Friggin Awesome love the references... Buggs Bunnny, Movie Lines etc..
Hi Kevin and Don, This project is so cool. I appreciate how you explain everything in a easy to follow manner. I’d imagine with all your hard work that you guys have greatly improved your arm strength. That said, I think it would be hard to stop digging once you start to see all your progress. I can’t wait to see what you guys do next! Thanks for sharing all these cool projects!
For your information , there is a old book , called " The Tunnels of Ciu Chi". This was a history of the battle of Cu Chi, in Vietnam, and a entire battle N.V. A. against American forces fought from a tunnel system. The earlier versions of this book has good blueprints on how to build entrances, bunkers, tunnels , placement, ventilation, all planned out by the communists . The later versions of this true novel do not have the blueprints , so check before buying . I have read the book in great detail.. War is a terrible thing .
War is the widowed Mother of Invention
Wowww im loving this series! Thanks for a good night!
speaking as someone who renovated his cellar to act as their office... ventilation is key! whilst it starts out as cool; long duration hot periods heats up the ground (especially when you are in it it generating heat with your body and computers etc) this is also a bad thing. even heavily insulated the winters are cold and the summers are hot hot! make sure you have a flow of air.
When tunnelling for work we have to ensure that the cribbing is secured with more cribbing wedged in. So the bottom of the walls are wedged agains each other rather than just pinned in. Also when digging for high rise foundations when we use the cross Timbers on the walls we backfill behind them as high as possible so that is there ever was a wall cave it won’t accelerate into the Timbers and blow the wall out.
that is tremendously informative.
Honestly you should get a PC fan and some drain pipe. I don't know why, I just think it'd be really weird but cool and also kind of useful for ventilation. Oh and most of all cheap! Knowing you, you probably have it laying around in some corner or another. It's good and all having a passive intake for air, but with no circulation it's kind of useless... Also I am really interested in seeing how good the oxygen really is in there, don't suppose you know any Canadians near you that happen to have an oxygen meter they'd let you borrow for a few hours?
23:20...Sparks a-flyin'! 😂
Insane behaviour. Love it! Thanks for sharing!
In the winter, are you going to have to worry about permafrost? Or soil expansion / contraction due to frozen ground moisture?
I’m sure you’ve been told about this now but I’ve seen people welding a shovel/spade head to the impacts chisel head and it gives out much quicker results
That is so cool, Ive been wanting to start digging one. Yours is awesome,good job.
Wow, what a hole!!! That bunker looks great.
Kevin, if you haven't already ...go check out Colin Furze channel. Fits in with what you are doing :) Perhaps you ca get millions of views like his videos
Totally awesome dude!
This is really cool. Thanks for sharing!
Love to see more digging maybe a hidden room. Thanks for the entertainment.
Lol!! +100 for the Wind Rose "Diggy, Diggy Hole" reference! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 🤘😎🤘
Looks like a good fall out shelter to me
My claustrophobia would never allow me to do something like that. Respect.
Great video glad you posted keep them coming thanks
This project is awesome. I absolutely love stuff like this and would love you to extend it!!
I wanna come check these places all out. So freaking cool Kevin! Will be interesting to see what it’s like in the winter down there.
Needs to be made an Air BnB I’d pay
God bless u, may the hole serve yall well!!!
34:22 😂😂 LETS GO BRANDLE! 😂😂
Yup used the extension cord trick several times in the past. As you said it will save you hours of frustration. That is a good tip.
Looks like thin air and a lot of Molson win the day!
That's turning into quite the project...pretty cool Kevin 😎
You should mark a date on the inside wood so that people in the future will know when it was built!
Putting plastic sheeting between the wood and dirt would have been a good idea.
very cool! I think we need to continue the network of tunnels!
Incredible dedication
Loving this series!
People have no idea how much a cubic yard is until there's been a shovel in their hands. Oh, and on the "Progress" front, keep in mind most of these were made by a Squad or better.
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Congratulations for reaching the 300K+ subscribers Kevin 👋👋👋
Tying the cable like that is something you learn as a craftsman
The bloopers 🤣
When I worked for a surveyor, we'd use spudbars to dig through the frozen hardpack and gravel layers. Worked pretty well, for what we wanted to do.
I would consider moving your spill in a sort of sled or baking rray. That way you can slide it much more easily and save your self lifting buckets in tight quarters. Then when it comes time to moving it topside you dump it into a sort of hammock style sling. It has two bars on either side of a fabric and when it comes down onto the soil you can dump things on top of them without having to lift. Once full you lift up the two bars, enclosing the fill and pulling it up out of the hole like the worlds fullest diaper :D
You should put in a small rail system to move dirt and other materials if you plan any other rooms or escape passages