BuildsByBaz
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Also, as I only have the free version of designer, I can only increase or decrease the scale factor in 10% increments.
Sandbagger's Iron Man builds - Now in STEEL.
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Got it now. The helmet was 297 wide. I added 15mm to make it fit. 15 divided by 297 = 0.05 which is a 5% increase.
All I have to do now is add 5% to all the files.
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Yep, that be the math
I am sure someone with the full on program would be happy to resize the necessary files by 5% for you
Calculator by my side, just hitting XYZ + 5% and hit print. Easy peasy. Thanks for your help.
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Finally got around to getting scaling sorted out for the aluminium build. Thanks EVAkura! Started printing and cutting templates to go onto the aluminium tomorrow. Learning from the last two suits, I'm doing the waist and spine first. Everything else fits over that.
Very excited.
Very excited.
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Abs, ribs, lumbar and spine templates ready to trace onto aluminium tomorrow.
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Templates traced out onto 3mm aluminium.
Spine done in aluminium and pre-polished.
Spine done in aluminium and pre-polished.
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1. Abs sections cut from 3mm aluminium.
2. Shaping one of the overlapping aluminium plates at the back of the helmet around to the ears.
3. Earpiece showing folded tabs to be ground and sanded smooth. I found that if I tried to simply bend the tabs to 90 degrees, they would invariably fatigue and crack or even snap off. Fix? Clamp it between two pieces of thick steel and beat it over with a hammer and flat punch.
4. Got a bit of work done today.
2. Shaping one of the overlapping aluminium plates at the back of the helmet around to the ears.
3. Earpiece showing folded tabs to be ground and sanded smooth. I found that if I tried to simply bend the tabs to 90 degrees, they would invariably fatigue and crack or even snap off. Fix? Clamp it between two pieces of thick steel and beat it over with a hammer and flat punch.
4. Got a bit of work done today.
NoMaybeYes
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This helmet is coming along nicely and looks really good. For being one of the first metal suits i think ive ever see i have to ask, are you going to have moving parts such as the face plate and back flaps?
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That's the plan.
MoHawkMarine
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I can't wait to see this suit with color. This is an amazing build. Major props dude.
EVAkura
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He is anodizing it.
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Up until a few weeks ago I knew absolutely NOTHING about working aluminium apart from cutting, drilling and shaping with a few basic tools. Since then, I have been watching many YouTube tutorials, checking with manufacturers and suppliers and talking to qualified welders. There's a lot to it.
We have a good quality large MIG welder at work which I have been using a lot lately building steel gates and the like. I've been talking with a welding guy today which was interesting. He said our MIG with aluminium wire (0.8mm) will weld my job just fine but warned me to practice on some scrap first. My aluminium is 1.6 and 3mm so I will follow his advice as I don't want to blow holes in it or warp it too much.
I'm also going to try annealing this week as we have an oxy-acetylene set there to play with. (Apparently you can even do it with a standard butane torch.) Annealing uses heat to change the properties of the aluminium. Once heated, you can bend, fold and twist it into shape almost like putty, even when it's cooled down. Working the metal hardens it over time, so to continue it looks like you have to re-anneal it. Should be interesting to see what I can do with the 3mm stuff.
Most of the suit is being built in 3mm, but the delicate stuff like the hands and helmet are in 1.6mm.
To be sure I'll post up the results, good or bad.
We have a good quality large MIG welder at work which I have been using a lot lately building steel gates and the like. I've been talking with a welding guy today which was interesting. He said our MIG with aluminium wire (0.8mm) will weld my job just fine but warned me to practice on some scrap first. My aluminium is 1.6 and 3mm so I will follow his advice as I don't want to blow holes in it or warp it too much.
I'm also going to try annealing this week as we have an oxy-acetylene set there to play with. (Apparently you can even do it with a standard butane torch.) Annealing uses heat to change the properties of the aluminium. Once heated, you can bend, fold and twist it into shape almost like putty, even when it's cooled down. Working the metal hardens it over time, so to continue it looks like you have to re-anneal it. Should be interesting to see what I can do with the 3mm stuff.
Most of the suit is being built in 3mm, but the delicate stuff like the hands and helmet are in 1.6mm.
To be sure I'll post up the results, good or bad.
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