Sandbagger's Iron-Man builds - Now in STEEL

[Roughneckone]

House full of sick kids..... staying home today to help out the mrs.


What to do while stuck in the house? Learn how to become a tailor of course! Found some shiny metallic red stretch cloth to simulate the gauntlet under-armour. Instructables, youtube, you rock.


I cant take all the credit. I did all the trace and pin, wifey operated the sewing machine. Team effort!


Amazing what you can do in less than an hour.


The cut is comfortable and stretchy. Much like a second skin. It's very thin and strong and doesn't take up too much room under the armour. I was worried about using material that added too much bulk and restricting movement. Not a problem with this stuff. Only cost me $12 for the linear metre off the roll.

You and your Mrs make a great team as that glove looks awesome!

Roughneckone:cool

 

[stigmorgan]

Next you'll be asking me if I'm going to make it fly and make a J.A.R.V.I.S machine to dress me....

If anyone can be m sure you will fnd a way

 

[Jamie Staff]

Shame about the cast ali bits... Not sure if you have seen this guys stuff may be of help ??

 

[sandbagger]

Shame about the cast ali bits... Not sure if you have seen this guys stuff may be of help ??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpoh654pblE

Yep, saw this a couple of years ago. It's very professional, but not the way I want to go.

 

[sandbagger]

If you can make it in cardboard, you can make it in steel.

 

[sandbagger]

Tonight I cut out plates for the rest of the hand. Modified them slightly. I can't do any beating though as it's late at night and the neighbours might get a little upset.

Instead, I trimmed finger pieces and conducted range of motion test. I can touch all fingertips to the opposing thumb. So far so good.


I'll see if I can get the rest of the hand beaten into shape and welded tomorrow.

 

[George]

So cool

 

[Leylander]

Those gloves look very promising. I hope to be able to do something like that too.

Awesome scratch work btw. I bet this thing will be extremely heavy.

 

[sandbagger]

Those gloves look very promising. I hope to be able to do something like that too.

Awesome scratch work btw. I bet this thing will be extremely heavy.

I don't know why people keep saying this. Perhaps I need to make my signature BOLD

Thanks for the encouragement though.

 

[Leylander]

My bad :/. I don't tend to read signatures. Does not always contain interesting things to read

 

[Gio Sigghi]

I just discovered this thread. I am disappointed by your strenght of will, your project is absolute madness but it worth! I see true passion, I will follow!

 

[sandbagger]

My bad :/. I don't tend to read signatures. Does not always contain interesting things to read

Yep, I know what you mean. Still, some can be entertaining.

I just discovered this thread. I am disappointed by your strenght of will, your project is absolute madness but it worth! I see true passion, I will follow!

Hail to Italy from Australia. My wife's family is from Calabria and Campania.

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I worked through lunch and stayed back in the workshop after work for a bit of un-interrupted tinkering today.


Lots of fiddly panel-beating. I got a rough and functional form in place, now for trimming and clean-up, before brazing in the steel cables to join the fingers.

 

[Yodamann]

How's the range of motion on the full dealio?

 

[dedguy]

I may have asked this already but have you ever made any historical armor? If not do you have any plans to? You have the engineering and craftsmanship down for that kind of work.

 

[sandbagger]

How's the range of motion on the full dealio?

Pretty darned good and it will get better with trimming and clean-up.

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I may have asked this already but have you ever made any historical armor? If not do you have any plans to? You have the engineering and craftsmanship down for that kind of work.

I've never done anything like this before.

 

[sandbagger]

Tweaking, trimming, bending, sanding and smoothing edges, every tiny adjustment yielding improved movement.


You might notice the knuckles on the fist are a little out of alignment and open a bit. I will be brazing in a thin steel cable either side of each finger that will keep the pieces together and aligned.


At least I can grab and hold a can now... need to find something that tastes nicer than etch primer though....

 

[sandbagger]

Thanks to the donated cash kept aside, I can grab bits and pieces for iron man as soon as I need them. Bike cable to braze into the fingers and self adhesive Velcro to mount the padding so it is removable for washing.

Starting on the next gauntlet with lessons learned from the first one, saving time and metal. See the difference? New template cutout top, old one on the bottom.

 

[1937Scott]

So, is the helmet that GoldPointProps building for you? He does such good work, but you seem to have this under control--quite the undertaking in perseverance!

 

[sandbagger]

So, is the helmet that GoldPointProps building for you?

er.... no. His work is way better than mine. I suspect he may be a sheety by trade. I have no trade but I still prefer to build my own stuff.

 

[sandbagger]

Starting on some under-armour chassis work to hide some of the big gaps.