My full-face

Comment by Matt Ryan on November 17, 2010 at 13:45

ok ill post it here

step 1)get your plastic with its desired thickness (perspex, plexiglass anything else you an get a hold of) i used plexiglass witch was 4mm

step 2) make your template and trace it onto your chosen material

step 3) cut out your plastic ( i used a jigsaw with a very fine toothed blade)

step 4) sand the edges smooth with a fine sand paper i used wet and dry (not sure how fine but it was fine)

step 5) now this step might change for you because i used a proper plastics oven... i heated it on 175 °C for ten minutes. while this is happening pull of the protective paper.

step 6) after the tenish minutes i turned the oven down to 150 °C and put the visor in the oven

step 7) i cant stress this enough CHECK THE VISOR EVERY FIVEISH MINUTES if the material starts bubbling its too hot and its now useless.

step 8) i pulled it out after about 15 minutes and it was soft and easy to change the shape.

step 9) i had a buddy help me here place the material over your helmet making sure it all aligns and hold it there for 5 - 10 minutes use your (gloved) hands to press the curves and hold them in that shape until it cools

step 10) line it up and mark where the holes need to go

step 11) drill your holes (i used a drill press) but any drill should do fine

you should now have a visor

tips: dont take the protective paper off until you are about to heat it up, use a fine toothed jigsaw blade and keep the speed slow, let it get hot but not super super hot just a workable temperature, use two people if you can.

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