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howdy faggots,
I'm hoping to replicate this helmet, and I figure'd I'll just make a resin cast of a sphere about the right size for the opaque parts of the helmet, but I wasn't sure how to go about making the clear visor. I was gonna use a plastic dome of the same diameter and cut it in half but those turned out to be really expensive. Any of y'all got ideas?
I probably did this wrong I am new to /diy/

>> No.1481227

Adam Savage just did the same thing. These dudes vacuum formed their visor using a negative buck but you can do the same with a positive one. http://youtu.be/RNAc0C8nApc

There are more videos out there to get you started with vacuum forming if you're interested.

>> No.1481231

>>1481227
this looks like it will work well. Do you think heating it in my oven and then forming it over a positive buck by hand will work? I greatly appreciate the response

>> No.1481240

>>1481231
Should work if you use your oven but there might be some off-gassing from the plastic. Don't think hand forming will work though, it'll leave imprints on the piece. If you have a shop vac, you can make a small table to use for forming. Hell a normal vacuum would work too. Not like it's a complicated shape.

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>> No.1481588

>>1481224
Youtube polycarbonate dome.

Diy blow mold machine.

Make your own expensive ass domes

>> No.1481703

Why the homophobia?

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>>1481703