Space helmet/visor -found item

joeranger

Sr Member

• Jan 5, 2017

• #1

Cleaning the basement, I found my wife's Jose Cuervo Margarita Ball. I took the label and pumper off.

For someone like me who can't make a curved visor, this seems like an easy starting point for any number of space helmet projects.

I think it's too small (10") for a head to fit in, but it could be cut up for just the visor part. Or a kid space helmet. It is pretty sturdy plastic.

 

joeranger

Sr Member

• Mar 23, 2017

• #2

Even better. Check out this site. I am going to order the 12in one. See if it works.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/category/clear-acrylic-globe-lamp-covers-with-opening/

 

Takanuva

Active Member

• Mar 24, 2017

• #3

That seems like an amazing base for a Martian or MJOLNIR suit, or possibly a marine from Alien. How durable are those domes?

 

Lear60man

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• Mar 25, 2017

• #4

Nice find. And probably one of the hardest parts to a nice space helmet to source.

 

sw63

Active Member

• Mar 25, 2017

• #5

Never heard of it here in the UK - had to google it and damn! you can't get anything like that over here. Maybe there's some money to be had shipping to GB? One on ebay for £36.00 ($45.00) plus P&P

 

joeranger

Sr Member

• Apr 25, 2017

• #6

The size is ok but the opening is too small. I may cut it up. I should have ordered a bunch of them, there are too many projects i want to do.

I am wondering if I can widen the opening with a heat gun? My first attempt just kind of melted it.

 

Captain April

Sr Member

• Apr 26, 2017

• #7

The heat gun will distort the sphere, you are better off masking off what you want to keep and carefully cutting a larger opening.

 

funboy1013xx

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• Apr 26, 2017

• #8

thanks for sharing. please keep updating and showing pic's. is there a seam line?

 

Lear60man

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• Apr 26, 2017

• #9

joeranger said:

The size is ok but the opening is too small. I may cut it up. I should have ordered a bunch of them, there are too many projects i want to do.

I am wondering if I can widen the opening with a heat gun? My first attempt just kind of melted it.
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Ditch everything but the portion that goes up and down. The pivot points should be by your ears. Thats how my A7L replica is made. The visor goes up and down inside of a vacuformed helmet (two sides glued together in the middle).

 

lmgill

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• Apr 27, 2017

• #10

One issue with using these spheres, is in most helmets, the visor is not a perfect sphere. The radius from forehead to chin is generally larger than the radius from ear to ear. In addition, the sides of the visor are most often flat. This facilitates the rotation bushings. Using a sphere as a base will make your helmet much wider than a helmet you are copying.