Bazza's Iron-Man suit build

Ricardo222 wrote in post #17239177
^^I wouldn't count on that nuclear power source for too long, mate. I've heard that it's liable to fail in a billion years or so!

BTW...terrific work!

I'm not ambitious at all. A few hundred would do me.

Here's all the bending and folding I got done tonight with a couple of pairs of pliers, gloved hands and the occasional tap with a mallet. So hard to do this quietly at night!

Finally the young bloke is old enough to start learning a trade. Helping dad flatten out some temporary joining plates for the iron man suit and then loading the rivet gun with, "very special green rivets".

loving it. and your son hehe. maybe he can work on Chet's suit.

DTBaan wrote in post #17246913
loving it. and your son hehe. maybe he can work on Chet's suit.

LOL! I'd love to see how THAT turns out... :P

Chest brace welded up for the most part. I won't be cleaning it up until I get the back done and fitted.

A couple of productive hours after work today. I tack-welded the cod-piece and neck seal together. I have a lot of beating and shaping on some home made dollys to get it all fitting together perfectly, then I'll weld it all up and grind it back neat.

I pre-assembled the main torso parts together to have a look at it all for fit. The old attempt at the abdominal armour in aluminium is going to be scrapped in favour of a more workable and bendable steel one. I'll get on to that this week hopefully.

Coming along wonderfully, Baz!

Your untiring efforts are quite remarkable.

Ta folks!

Here's today's work. One shoulder bell with the cardboard trial beside it for comparison.

GAHHH!! I must be exhausted. I spent most of the day in the hot sun on a cabless tractor.

I think it effected my concentration....

This afternoon I got all the way through the second shoulder bell only to realise at the end that I have made half of it the same as the opposite shoulder bell.... got to cut, bend, fold and weld another one all over again! What a waste..

There's the bit at the back that should have been made the other way around.....

A.S.I.G.N. Observatory wrote in post #17259031
GAHHH!! I must be exhausted. I spent most of the day in the hot sun on a cabless tractor.

I think it effected my concentration....

This afternoon I got all the way through the second shoulder bell only to realise at the end that I have made half of it the same as the opposite shoulder bell.... got to cut, bend, fold and weld another one all over again! What a waste....

I did that building a tool shed. I built the wall in the garage and assembled onsite. Only when onsite did I realize i built 2 left shed walls.

^ LOL

^^^ LOL!

Re-cut and re-made the second shoulder bell today.

This is looking SOOOO freakin' awesome, Baz!!!!!!

Woow, you almost there

Cheers gang!

I thought I'd pull a bit of a marathon tonight so I stayed in the workshop until 11pm, welding.

Back armour all assembled and welded up.