Tested - ANOVOS interview, Building forum.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

[Quadan[501st]]

he talked about the helmets being 3d printed but then said they were made from fiberglass not "that 3d printed material, Resin".. I am a bit confussed on that.. Were those helmets 3d printed or no?

[deadvision]

he talked about the helmets being 3d printed but then said they were made from fiberglass not "that 3d printed material, Resin".. I am a bit confussed on that.. Were those helmets 3d printed or no?

I think he meant the helmets they made their molds from were 3d printed.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

it works like this:

 

• Scan original helmet.
• print plastic replica out of cheap material.
• make molds from scan parts.
• fibreglass the mold.
• finish and assemble lenses and interior.

[Quadan[501st]]

gotcha.. Thanks.

[TK-4510[501st]]

Ha Ha! tons of you tube videos of 501st members putting together their armor

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

yeah! dave's garage is my go to vid!  LOL... mike did pretty good!

[netslave[501st]]

I was glad to see the video just to get an idea of what the kits will be like. It's nice to know what to expect.

[Kredal[TK]]

On 7/13/2015 at 10:57 AM, TK Bondservnt 2392 said:

 

it works like this:

 

• Scan original helmet.
• print plastic replica out of cheap material.
• make molds from scan parts.
• fibreglass the mold.
• finish and assemble lenses and interior.

 

 

When they mentioned 3d printing out of resin, I think they're using SLA, which is a light-activated resin, which is more expensive, but capable of much higher-resolution prints than a normal 3d ABS or PLA printer...

 

Here's the leading personal printer... not big enough for helmets, but you get the idea: ------------------

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[aliens8us]

What an informative video! Thanks for sharing this