Bazza's Iron-Man suit build

A.S.I.G.N. Observatory wrote in post #18040102

Just curious as how you are able to smoke in the helmet.

smythie wrote in post #18040457
Amazing attention to detail. Are you going to be connecting the microphone in the chest area to the helmet wirelessly?

No. There will be a single multi-core wire coming up out of the torso to the neck with a jack on the end for the helmet to plug into. This will supply power to the helmet. The speakers will have no electronics in the helmet, basically like headphones. All that stuff will be in the chest, with a single feed up into the helmet, so there's no unnecessary tech in the helmet adding weight and taking up room.

Chet wrote in post #18040463
Just curious as how you are able to smoke in the helmet.

Just reverse the fan in the chin...easy peasy.... :P

Cool. I'd forgotten about getting power to the helmet for everything

In yet another attempt to solve the inflexible gauntlets problem, I am revisiting the EVA foam option, this time using contact adhesive to wrap it in metallic stretch fabric.

I'm employing a few techniques from the steel trial I did a while back which makes the fingers much more form-fitting and even, plus leaving a little bit of foam to connect each piece at the side of each join.

I'm thinking of making the top knuckle joints out of ice-cream container plastic. It's rigid, it will fold with a sharp line and it is still flexible.

Looks pretty promising so far, comfy as heck and offers me FULL range of motion.

You are definitely one, clever cat there Baz! This has been fantastic project to watch over the years; it's wonderful to see it coming together so well.

Thanks mate.

Micro switch for the lights wired up and working. Just got to fix it into the helmet slot now. Switch activates when the faceplate closes all the way.

Placing a microswitch in the power line for the eye lights, the faceplate presses down on it when it closes. All that's left on the lights is to hook up the dimmer switch that is already installed under the chin and put in a resistor for indoor/outdoor brightness settings.

EVA foam gloves wrapped in metallic lycra. Seems to be working well. Thumb has full movement and the soft option will be a lot safer for the hospital kids.

The trick to this is to make sure that both surfaces are painted evenly with contact adhesive and that it is almost dry before bringing the surfaces together. Detail is surprisingly good.

Four fingers to make and wrap to get this hand done, then install lighting in the central PVC ring.

Excellent hands, Baz !

The hands look good. I must have missed something, though - I swear that you were building steel gauntlets about 20 pages ago - did that not work out?

dodgyexposure wrote in post #18047313
The hands look good. I must have missed something, though - I swear that you were building steel gauntlets about 20 pages ago - did that not work out?

Couldn't hold/grip anything with 'em, IIRC

dodgyexposure wrote in post #18047313
The hands look good. I must have missed something, though - I swear that you were building steel gauntlets about 20 pages ago - did that not work out?

Snydremark wrote in post #18047345
Couldn't hold/grip anything with 'em, IIRC

Exactly. Looked good, but in the real world I need to be able to pick things up, open doors etc. Couldn't get finger to touch thumb or anything. These gloves give me back my dexterity and are a bit safer for the kids anyway.

Adding technical details after seeing a few other design ideas around the net.

1 mm aluminium sheet, cut and shaped, then I used the end of a bolt to bash the details into the surface, followed by a nail punch in the centre. Buffed to a high-polish and contact adhesive to fix in the grooves.

Both palms done. Onto fingers next.

When this is all done, what is it that you will be most proud of on this build? It's kinda funny, but I know that when I complete a project I'm usually proud of something very, very minor. For example, the fireplace that I'm building... I got really excited about one particular miter cut I made on the ledgestone... it was the best cut out of all. What's your proudest feature on this Ironman build so far?