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So I ended up going with the dremel. I tried it on a low speed first and it was extremely difficult to get it to cut through the face shield, especially in a straight line. I ended up going with a medium-high speed and it worked perfectly. I've read on other forums that high speeds will melt the plastic. I didn't really experience too much of that. Perhaps it was the dremel attachment that I used. I did get some of the web-like strings that Jigglenomicon was referring to, however, it wasn't bad and I was able to cut them off of the edges with an exacto knife without damaging the face of the shield. One thing I think really helped the process was putting masking tape on the front and back, within the etched shape I had made from my cereal box template. This kept it from cracking and from being damaged. All in all I'd say this was pretty successful. It fits perfectly. Now I just have to bore some recesses on the inside of the helmet and get to installing the binding posts. More updates to come!

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<blockquote data-quote="mattman1138" data-source="post: 410063" data-attributes="member: 7909">So I ended up going with the dremel. I tried it on a low speed first and it was extremely difficult to get it to cut through the face shield, especially in a straight line. I ended up going with a medium-high speed and it worked perfectly. I&#039;ve read on other forums that high speeds will melt the plastic. I didn&#039;t really experience too much of that. Perhaps it was the dremel attachment that I used. I did get some of the web-like strings that Jigglenomicon was referring to, however, it wasn&#039;t bad and I was able to cut them off of the edges with an exacto knife without damaging the face of the shield. One thing I think really helped the process was putting masking tape on the front and back, within the etched shape I had made from my cereal box template. This kept it from cracking and from being damaged. All in all I&#039;d say this was pretty successful. It fits perfectly. Now I just have to bore some recesses on the inside of the helmet and get to installing the binding posts. More updates to come![ATTACH]53509[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mattman1138, post: 410063, member: 7909"] So I ended up going with the dremel. I tried it on a low speed first and it was extremely difficult to get it to cut through the face shield, especially in a straight line. I ended up going with a medium-high speed and it worked perfectly. I've read on other forums that high speeds will melt the plastic. I didn't really experience too much of that. Perhaps it was the dremel attachment that I used. I did get some of the web-like strings that Jigglenomicon was referring to, however, it wasn't bad and I was able to cut them off of the edges with an exacto knife without damaging the face of the shield. One thing I think really helped the process was putting masking tape on the front and back, within the etched shape I had made from my cereal box template. This kept it from cracking and from being damaged. All in all I'd say this was pretty successful. It fits perfectly. Now I just have to bore some recesses on the inside of the helmet and get to installing the binding posts. More updates to come! [ATTACH]53509.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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