mrjbarl1
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hello everyone,
my name is james and after making an ironman suit for halloween this year out of foam,flu pipe, and duct tape; i began looking into actual ironman suits that fans have made from pepakura paper templates, fiberglass, 3d printing, etc; but i have yet to have seen or find anyone who has attemped to build one out of steel (and i dont mean light sheet metal). after watching the movies over the years and seen the suits come along through the sequals, i have decided that i am going to build a real ironman suit out of 14,16,and 18 gauge sheet metal using the exsisting pepakura ironman mark 7 templates. i am a 25 year old business owner that is a jack of all trades and an expert in some. i am a machinist/welder/fabricator/blacksmith by trade, and have my own fab/machine shop that is equipped with all the neccessary machines and welders to take on this project. im very knowledgable in alot of various fields, and even dabble in electronics but i am by no means good at it. i have aquired the nickname tony stark from friends and family over the past few years due to my knowladge and abilities to build/do the things i have done; as well as my "tony stark goatee" that ive had since before the first ironman came out. i enjoy a good challenge and love it especially when people doubt me or my abilities. now with that being said, i plan on having all of the many pieces and parts of the pepakura templates for the mark 7 suit laser cut from 14,16,and 18 guage sheetmetal, which i will then heat,beat,bend,crease, and tig weld together to form the various parts required to build this suit. i will be using a tig welder to give the welds optimum strength; as well as using 308 stainless steel filler rod for the welds for added strength. all welds will be sanded smooth and gone over with body filler as needed to keep a very smooth finish for painting. once my fab work is done i will make all the armor pieces open/close as needed for wearing the suit; and putting foam padding in all needed places. this suit will be completely funcional (other than flying and repulsers that actually shoot) and will be complete with motorized flight stabilizers,arc reactor that when attatched to the suit will turn the on-board lithium ion power source on for the suit to function. the face plate for the helmet will have no eye holes below the eyes that light up. instead, i will be using a nightvision capable camera with an LCD screen mounted on the inside of the faceplate, which will take place of my sight while wearing the suit. as for the hand and chest repulsers, i will be using high powered LED lights for the constant glow, which will power up to full brightness; which at that point i will equip the palms and chest repulsers with high powered camera flashes to immitate the unique "repulser charging" sound; followed by the sudden flash to simulate the blast. i have other little tricks and ideas that i will be keeping to myself until it comes time to equip my suit with them. now with all this being said, im sure some of you are rolling your eyes at me and others are all for my idea. its time someone built a real ironman suit out of real steel, and not paper or tin. i will honestly need help with this build as far as replicating the motorized face plate and other various electronic parts. im also looking for the pepakura mark 7 files that i can print out/ have downloaded into a cnc laser cutting machine for the parts to be made. i would also not mind having/using/borrowing a good exsisting replica of the mark 7 suit to keep my parts identical to. i am open too all opinions and ideas that anyone has for my suit, and also wouldnt mind hearing any pointers i may need for certain parts of the suit like the mechanisms that people have designed or used to lift the face plate. yes this is going to be an expensive and time consuming build with alot of labor, but i think its time for someone to take on this build and i think that im the guy to do it. so please, give me your input and support to help make this happen in plenty of time before avengers 2 hits the screen! those of you that doubt me, stay out of my way and please do not comment with negative or disrespectful remarks. i make a good living building cool stuff and i know what im capable of. these hands push steel, not pencils. im not this Le guy i see so much about, or a self proclaimed "real life tony stark" that makes suits out of legos and eco friendly plastic. im not Tony Stark OR Ironman and i will never claim to be. but i just might be the closest thing to it. (minus the billionaire part). time to make some sparks fly!
my name is james and after making an ironman suit for halloween this year out of foam,flu pipe, and duct tape; i began looking into actual ironman suits that fans have made from pepakura paper templates, fiberglass, 3d printing, etc; but i have yet to have seen or find anyone who has attemped to build one out of steel (and i dont mean light sheet metal). after watching the movies over the years and seen the suits come along through the sequals, i have decided that i am going to build a real ironman suit out of 14,16,and 18 gauge sheet metal using the exsisting pepakura ironman mark 7 templates. i am a 25 year old business owner that is a jack of all trades and an expert in some. i am a machinist/welder/fabricator/blacksmith by trade, and have my own fab/machine shop that is equipped with all the neccessary machines and welders to take on this project. im very knowledgable in alot of various fields, and even dabble in electronics but i am by no means good at it. i have aquired the nickname tony stark from friends and family over the past few years due to my knowladge and abilities to build/do the things i have done; as well as my "tony stark goatee" that ive had since before the first ironman came out. i enjoy a good challenge and love it especially when people doubt me or my abilities. now with that being said, i plan on having all of the many pieces and parts of the pepakura templates for the mark 7 suit laser cut from 14,16,and 18 guage sheetmetal, which i will then heat,beat,bend,crease, and tig weld together to form the various parts required to build this suit. i will be using a tig welder to give the welds optimum strength; as well as using 308 stainless steel filler rod for the welds for added strength. all welds will be sanded smooth and gone over with body filler as needed to keep a very smooth finish for painting. once my fab work is done i will make all the armor pieces open/close as needed for wearing the suit; and putting foam padding in all needed places. this suit will be completely funcional (other than flying and repulsers that actually shoot) and will be complete with motorized flight stabilizers,arc reactor that when attatched to the suit will turn the on-board lithium ion power source on for the suit to function. the face plate for the helmet will have no eye holes below the eyes that light up. instead, i will be using a nightvision capable camera with an LCD screen mounted on the inside of the faceplate, which will take place of my sight while wearing the suit. as for the hand and chest repulsers, i will be using high powered LED lights for the constant glow, which will power up to full brightness; which at that point i will equip the palms and chest repulsers with high powered camera flashes to immitate the unique "repulser charging" sound; followed by the sudden flash to simulate the blast. i have other little tricks and ideas that i will be keeping to myself until it comes time to equip my suit with them. now with all this being said, im sure some of you are rolling your eyes at me and others are all for my idea. its time someone built a real ironman suit out of real steel, and not paper or tin. i will honestly need help with this build as far as replicating the motorized face plate and other various electronic parts. im also looking for the pepakura mark 7 files that i can print out/ have downloaded into a cnc laser cutting machine for the parts to be made. i would also not mind having/using/borrowing a good exsisting replica of the mark 7 suit to keep my parts identical to. i am open too all opinions and ideas that anyone has for my suit, and also wouldnt mind hearing any pointers i may need for certain parts of the suit like the mechanisms that people have designed or used to lift the face plate. yes this is going to be an expensive and time consuming build with alot of labor, but i think its time for someone to take on this build and i think that im the guy to do it. so please, give me your input and support to help make this happen in plenty of time before avengers 2 hits the screen! those of you that doubt me, stay out of my way and please do not comment with negative or disrespectful remarks. i make a good living building cool stuff and i know what im capable of. these hands push steel, not pencils. im not this Le guy i see so much about, or a self proclaimed "real life tony stark" that makes suits out of legos and eco friendly plastic. im not Tony Stark OR Ironman and i will never claim to be. but i just might be the closest thing to it. (minus the billionaire part). time to make some sparks fly!
