Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter helmet build - FINAL p.20!

[Spengler28]

Im totally speechless... MASTER PIECE OF ART!

 

[pfillery]

Volpin, while I know nothing whatsoever about Daft Punk, I can appreciate quality when I see it and this is a fine build.

Just out of interest, for the chroming, was this a standard chrome the same as would be used on automotive metal parts like bumpers, or is it a special type of chrome for plastics etc? I had been under the impression you could only chrome steel etc after first coating it with copper.

 

[abenntt]

Re: Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter helmet build

Self-bump? Apparently so. Sorry, in advance, for the spam.

Last night I fired up the soldering iron, again, to start quenching the little thirst that AgentRayBans flared up a few weeks ago. The circuitboards for the ear LEDs came in, and I was eager to get them lit up after the helmet left for chrome.

Here's the board's final design. I really think I'll be using SMD resistors on my projects from here on out. They may be a bit more of a pain to solder, but HOLY CRAP are they tiny. These could really make all my other designs much, much smaller. Suddenly through-hole resistors seem like colossal dinosaurs.

Here's everything all fired up. These boards are 5V direct in, nothing fancy - they'll be permanently on whenever the helmet is active. At this point, they're really accent pieces, so I think that will be okay.

I chucked one inside a resin test ear puck to see the glow, then blocked off the back with some gaff tape. Looks a LOT better in person, but you get the idea here. I think if I scuff up the disc a bit to diffuse the glow, I'll get some more vibrant results. Still, mighty cool.

are the boards custom?

 

[KennyGordon]

Re: Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter helmet build

Get 'em while they're still around... https://www.batchpcb.com/users/7289 BatchPCB is closing on the 30th

 

[FIREWIRE]

What would be a good paint for the back of the leds? I masked a test led and sprayed it with matte black spray paint in several coats but light still seems to escape and due to the gloss surface doesn't adhere well.

 

[ThreeFN]

I can't remember off the top of my head what Volpin used, but I'd read through his Thomas build and find out. I think he may have used liquid electrical tape. It's basically liquid rubber and sticks to a lot of stuff and is extremely opaque. It will probably hold well enough to the LED legs and peel off with enough persuasion if you goof. Not positive that's what Volpin used, but if its not it is an option I personally would try.

 

[FIREWIRE]

i dont think there was any mention of what was used.

I actually bought some earlier, along with epoxy spray paint and plexiglass/glass paint for creating raised outlines when making replica stained glass. Hoping the epoxy spray paint will adhere to the gloss surface as i have already soldered my rows and it will take much longer to drip or paint between the leads.

If all that fails, ill tint epoxy black and use that

He mentioned he had used silver then a coat of black which makes me think it was paint rather than the liquid mask, also he painted the front of his leds with a frosted spray paint but im not sure what kind and if it scraped off easily.

 

[ThreeFN]

i dont think there was any mention of what was used.

I actually bought some earlier, along with epoxy spray paint and plexiglass/glass paint for creating raised outlines when making replica stained glass. Hoping the epoxy spray paint will adhere to the gloss surface as i have already soldered my rows and it will take much longer to drip or paint between the leads.

If all that fails, ill tint epoxy black and use that

He mentioned he had used silver then a coat of black which makes me think it was paint rather than the liquid mask, also he painted the front of his leds with a frosted spray paint but im not sure what kind and if it scraped off easily.

Took a minute but I thought I knew that there were more specifics on the type of paint used. In the instructables tutorial, it mentions that black enamel was the paint used.

Hope that helps.

 

[FIREWIRE]

Ah awesome. That must be the only version of the build iv not read. thats the next hours sorted.

Thanks for looking that out.