Visor installation?

oh wow he cut his out of sheet metal I like that, gives it a really authentic Mando look. I dont know where he got the templates from though. The only thing i can find for Wizard of Flight was some HALO blue prints
 
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Since were talking about the visor, What do you guys do about the visor fogging up. Am I just a heavy breather or what. It doesn't effect my vision unliss I have to look down. There was this spray I used when I would scuba dive but I never knew the name and it was something that was around and never looked at the name. Most guys just spit on there lense. Not for me. I saw a fan in the pix and thought that was a good idea. What do the veterans have to say on this? Thank you.
 
I have the Novus Plastic polish for my TK costume. Bottle #1 is a cleaner and works well as a defogger in my TK helmet and my snowmobile helmet.

FANS!!! You want to keep the air temp on the inside as close to the air temp on the outside, and the moisture out. I haven't installed fans in my Boba bucket yet, but I may go with two squirrel cage fans for circulation. One to blow air down and out, the other to bring it in. Plus the fresh air blowing in keeps you from feeling enclosed.

On my TK I noticed that the lenses don't touch the helmet 100%, there are a few little gaps, allowing air to move. I may do the same with my Boba, leave a little gap, as long as it goes unseen.

Good luck !
 
Thanks Timmer. Squirrel cage fans are what, The computer fans? How about a power supply. I'm getting a hollow stalk and RF and if I put two fans in along with the LEDs, what is going to power all that up. As I mentioned before, The helmet in past threads has a cool set up. I will PM him to find out. Thanks for the help.
 
Squirrel cage fans look like a hair dryer without the handle. The computer fans are generally flat, but I guess both are found inside various computers.

20 dBA is a not too loud, but a friend recommended keep below 45 dBA, it might be pretty loud in your helmet.
 
How exactly do the fans work ? do they extract to somewhere or pick up and pull fresh air through a vent ?
Cheers.

Halo_1;297451]Quick question, which helmet do you own, and did you get the correct 'sized' visor? I know 'R' offers 3 versions so as to NOT have this problem.

My set up...
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Stay safe,

Tim.[/QUOTE]
 
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I believe that the squirrel cage fans pick up air at the center of the circular part, then obviously blow it out the straight part. The computer fans as shown above look like they circulate whatever air is in the helmet, unless they are vented from behind somehow. Any air circulation is a plus. My local Vader has zero fans, I can't figure out how he survives ! That's a really nice, cleanly designed bucket interior you have Slinger !!

Another option, which I haven't really seen anyone do, is to mount a fan over the keyslots in the back of the helmet. On one hand, you give up accuracy by losing the calculator piece normally placed there, on the other, it's a sweet spot to ventilate ( provided your hair doesn't get caught ! ).

I also thought about getting speaker grill cloth or some other thin material to cover the keyslots. You could paint it or silkscreen it to look like the calc. part, but have a fan there to blow air out, or draw it in.
 
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can anyone give me tips on getting the right sizes and dimmensions of the helmet? im goin to make my very own helmet out of sheet metal, and i will need a 1 2 3 guide from the beggining to end, im kinda new here and i cant really get around here well,so if anyone could please be of assistance to a Boba bro i would greatly appreciate it.
 
What's the best way to line up the holes when doing the bolt method.

I was thinking of first drilling the holes in the visor, placing it in the right spot then just marking through the hole with a marking pen of some kind. I'm just concerned about the angle of the nut, if I glue it in at the wrong angle, it won't line up with the bolt coming through the visor.

Any thoughts ?
 
Are there any drawbacks to only cutting out the eye slot part of the helmet before installing a visor? I'm thinking mostly about structural integrity and longevity.
 
The helmet will probably be stronger with it still left in but the overall look of the helmet, IMHO, will be horrible. The visor will be skewed and stick out more than it should and not uniform across the face. And you will be cutting down on your field of vision by more than 50%...(probably more) You will have about the same line of sight as a stormtropper ie. not being able to se where or into what you are walking. small kids, stairs, shrubberies.
 
With my first helmet (a shameless recast of ebay) the mandibles warped inwards but this was reprimanded when i installed the visor. with my BobaMaker helmet i had no such troubles.
 
What's the best way to line up the holes when doing the bolt method.

I was thinking of first drilling the holes in the visor, placing it in the right spot then just marking through the hole with a marking pen of some kind. I'm just concerned about the angle of the nut, if I glue it in at the wrong angle, it won't line up with the bolt coming through the visor.

Any thoughts ?


The best way to ensure that your bolts will line up with the holes in the visor is to first make a thin cardboard mack-up of your T-Visor. You can make as many as you need, punch as many holes as needed and they can also be used as a filler for when you paint up the base colors.

All you need to do is to trace your T-visor onto some cereal box cardboard, then cut it out. Test fit the new template to ensur eit will fit good ( and that you didn't accidentally cut off the wrong part... don't ask ) then you can arrange where you'd like for the mounting bolts to be situated. Once you've punched the holes in your template, you can now use it as a tracing quide to align the holes both on the visor and inside the helmet.
 
Thanks Ian, a nice simple solution, I'm all for that.

Maybe I'll run into you in the future, I'm with Garrison Excelsior, but I'm In the Albany, NY area. I know that my comrades in the Rochester and Buffalo region meet up with our brothers and sisters from The Great White North from time to time.

I appreciate the tips,
Tim
 
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