Sandbagger's Iron-Man builds - Now in STEEL

[Jmen]

Cant wait 2 see result :thumbsup

 

[sandbagger]

They seem to be drying a lot faster this time. I've since poured in two layers of the red tinted latex and now two layers of plain white latex on the inside.


One more layer to go then leave it to dry until there is absolutely NO DOUBT that it is dry and set. A bit of talcum powder slapped around on the inside then slowly and carefully pull it from the mold.

 

[sandbagger]

Dusting the inside with talc before pulling the mold. Stops the new latex from sticking to itself.

Wow!! Turned out better than I'd hoped!!! Praise *****!!!

WOOHOOO!!!! Fits like a glove!!! I have a cotton glove on underneath this too.


I can now go ahead and snip all the seams off, give it a clean up and it's ready for the armour to go on.

Yeah baby!!!!

 

[ubcs86]

Awesome! Glad it worked out for you, very solid inner glove.

 

[Jmen]

Nice one)

 

[sandbagger]

All trimmed up and washed. Might give them one light coat of latex on the outside tomorrow to make them shiny.

 

[George]

This thread is never short of new and exciting impulses :thumbsup
Congratulations on the succesful glove experiment ! They look awesome :cool

 

[sandbagger]

This thread is never short of new and exciting impulses :thumbsup
Congratulations on the succesful glove experiment ! They look awesome :cool

Thanks George. :thumbsup

Tonight I made a self-aligning sand-casting box for pouring the hot metal for the hand armour casting.

 

[ichidave]

make a video of your castings!

 

[joberg]

Success is at hand no, really, good set you have there! Keep up the good work.

 

[sandbagger]

Cheers blokes.


I talked about making a sheet-metal folding machine way back when I started building Iron man in steel. I ended up doing it by hand, but now my employer's workshop requires the capability, so I built one for them yesterday.


A couple of holes to drill and bolts to install, but it's basically made. Now I can fold sheet metal perfectly up to just over a metre wide and 4mm thick.


I have a pair of those heavy duty gate hinges at home too, so I can make one for myself when and if the need arises.

 

[Tumbler]

Awesome work on the gloves. Very handy of you Never ceases to amaze me when ever I come back to catch up on this thread.

 

[sandbagger]

Awesome work on the gloves. Very handy of you Never ceases to amaze me when ever I come back to catch up on this thread.

Thanks man.


Folding machine complete and a quick test-fold on a bit of scrap.

 

[sandbagger]

Right! Back to work!


I'm having to freehand design the armoured pieces to fit over the latex under-glove. The card will give me the exact internal diameter of each piece. Once labelled in sequence and removed from the glove, they are stiff enough to support some clay over the top that I can sculpt to the right shape, thickness and surface detail. Then I will have solid clay patterns to press into the casting sand later for the molten aluminium pour.


Tomorrow I go to the ceramic store to pick up all my bentonite powder, fine sand, refractory for the new foundry and some sculpting clay. Everything I need to get this aluminium cast done. Very excited.

 

[JayCVenlo]

You're gonna be sweating a lot soon..wearing al of that.. incl the latex gloves... :cool

 

[Murdoch]

Thanks man.


Folding machine complete and a quick test-fold on a bit of scrap.


http://i.imgur.com/WhrMgrz.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/magNV2y.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/LLHjY3G.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/KujSouG.jpg

Great job on the brake press SB. I picked one up in the summer...GM

 

[sandbagger]

You're gonna be sweating a lot soon..wearing al of that.. incl the latex gloves... :cool

I can afford to lose some excess around the soggy mid-section, (AKA Dad-body)... I think that's what the kids are calling it these days.. LOL.

I have plans for breathability.

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Great job on the brake press SB. I picked one up in the summer...GM

Thanks bloke.

 

[sandbagger]

WOW! $49 got me enough refractory and hardener to get the foundry up and running, plus bentonite, 30mesh fine sand for the greensand mix and finally some fine sculpting clay to make my patterns for the armour casts. Bargain! Thanks Walker Ceramics Fyshwick!

 

[brand]

Dude!!! This is epic!! but please don't s*rew up this awesome build with a set of round and dull finger pieces. The best fingers ever modeled, IMHO, are this ones by MZX In foam they look great! In metal they would look even better

http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=444956&d=1425071553

Keep it up!

 

[Murdoch]

For your consideration...GM