Daft PUnk helmet
Guy Manuel
Helmet Guy Manuel
This helmet took me about 4 months to complete. After watching an inspiration video online, I decided I wanted to try to make one. This was the first time I had to learn how to prepare a resin cast for chroming as well as how to get the electronic LEDs and chasers to work for the sequencing.
Surprisingly, this helmet has good visibility in normal conditions; however, it can get foggy as there is very little room for ventilation.
The process
Resin Cast
Resin cast with gold chrome and tinted PETG visor. Separate ear domes.
- I bought the resin cast with tinted PETG visor and two separate ear domes. This was a huge starting point for me as I did not have to develop a mold or do the helmet casting.
- Most of the work done was learning how to prepare the cast for chroming. Filling in imperfections.
- The tinted visor had to be polished a bit with PlastX to provide a little more clarity without losing the tint.
Electronics
Home made electronics with pre-programmed LED chaser.
- For the sequencing of the LEDs, I used a tiny LED chaser that can run on low voltage. This LED chaser had enough outputs that I could leverage for the remaining of the boards.
- The rest of the electronics had to be handmade using breadboard and a lot of soldering.
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