Bazza's Iron-Man suit build

Trial fit some 5mm foam padding with a bit of hack and slash while in the helmet. It's a little snug, especially on the extremes of the zygomatic bones - so now I have it all worked out in shapes I can trace it onto 2mm foam and fit that in with nicer cut edges.

I hope your son grows into the same size as you, so that he can don the suit one day.

Nathan wrote in post #17923219
I hope your son grows into the same size as you, so that he can don the suit one day.

My 25 year old son is already taller than me.

A.S.I.G.N. Observatory wrote in post #17924095
My 25 year old son is already taller than me.

He'll shrink eventually . . .

dodgyexposure wrote in post #17924192
He'll shrink eventually . . .

LOL! True enough. :P

Brainstorming in the shed tonight but my brain wasn't cooperating much. Still, after a sit down and a few uppercuts, I managed to get the grey matter to work for a living.

1. Experimenting and making a DIY linear actuator for the helmet face plate.

Prototyping some under-armour tech.

Epic project.
Heard of Ironfest? Lithgow in 5 weeks, annual event. You would fit in real well there (maybe next year)

I have been following this, and know that this is the Mk 3 or 4 (at least). So when do we have a family shot with current and all previous versions?

wyattp wrote in post #17927504
I have been following this, and know that this is the Mk 3 or 4 (at least). So when do we have a family shot with current and all previous versions?

This is my third. I sold the fibreglass one and gave the cardboard one to a mate.

For the under armour tech around the arm and shoulder - a few bits and bobs from around the shed plus a small internal compression spring from Bunnings and a shocky magically appears.

Now to make fifteen more.

Worked out a rough linear actuator for the faceplate hinges with more junk laying around in the workshop. It works good enough for the bush as they say.

Now to make a prettier, more slim-line one. I can find threads three times as aggressive and thus move the hinge a lot faster but you get the idea.

I've measured the pull on the hinges now and it's around 2.1kg. All I have to do is find a motor small enough, strong enough and fast enough to turn the chosen thread. There's a bit of physics involved trying to work out torque required and the speed needed to pull and push the nut the required travel, but I'm sure a boffin will step forward and assist where my brain chooses to exit the aircraft.

G'day gang.

I'm sorry I haven't been able to do much on the suit the last few days. I'm just bloody exhausted.

My work shifts and baby duties at home are not very Iron man friendly most of the time. I'll try to get some more done during my break at the end of next week. (If you could call it a break...)

I threw it back together today with all the work so far and took a few motivational shots for your entertainment and my focus.

Nice to see it together.

I get to tinker a little bit now and then. It's getting really fiddly now. Now I know everything works and fits, it is time to make it all pretty.