Best Way To Trim A Visor?

[Spartan Spiegel]

AnimeNEXT is this friday, and I was hoping to have my suit done by then (lurked here for a good long while, no worries) but procrastination kinda ruined that. Still gonna make the armor over the summer, though.

Anyway, as a short-notice backup, I decided to butcher the helmet that came with my Legendary Edition Halo 3, as such:

http://highimpacthalo.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35940

Now I have it all disassembled, just have to put it all back together. Ordered me a gold HJC visor, too, as I've read a lot around here. Question is, whenever it gets to me, what's the best tool to use to trim it so it fits? I'm afraid I don't have a fancy dremel like a bunch of the people here do.

The reason I'm doing just the helmet really quick is so I can be "Master Chef" instead of Master Chief. IE, Chief helmet, but with an apron, chef hat, and dual-wielding spatula and frying pan. One One Se7en-esque pun, I know. (Patent pending )

Thanks in advance, guys. Damn fine community here and I'd love to contribute a worthy suit to the collection of amazing highlights by the end of the year.

 

[Seno Ypsamee]

Well, the Dremel is the best, and if you have the money, it'll probably be a good investment to get one. Other than that, some sort of saw or even a drill can work, but it might not work as well as a Dremel.

You can pick one up at your local hardware store if you want one.

 

[Sean Bradley]

This may be of interest to you:

http://405th.com/forums/index.php?s=&s...ost&p=24018

 

[Spartan Spiegel]

This may be of interest to you:

http://405th.com/forums/index.php?s=&s...ost&p=24018

Yeah, I've read that sticky, probably one of the first when I decided to do this. But again, I don't have a dremel nor do I think I have the time/money/skill to properly use it. Any safer, idiot-proof way of doing it? :\

 

[Sean Bradley]

Not that I know of. There were some stickers being passed around for a while that emulated that 'dual visor' look, but I haven't seen any around for a while.

The visor will need to be cut to fit it into the helmet any way you do it, motorcycle visors are too wide to be installe otherwise I believe.

Your best bet it to either ask someone to do it for you (eek.. I wouldn't want to scratch someone elses visor!) or buy an inexpensive Dremel and do some practicing.

Try Harbor Freight Tools.. Dremels starting at $23.99

 

[link4044]

you use a very sharp knife score it 1st then keep on back over the same cut tell you can bend it alittle then score it more till its flexiable to break off

 

[Spartan Spiegel]

Oh hell, I'll just dish out the money for the dremel. I'll need it when I tackle the actual suit anyway. Just to make sure, when I use the thing, does it matter which way the visor is facing as I cut it? As in would it matter with cleanup if I cut only from the inside? And I don't really need sandpaper since I'm not doing the dual-visor, yes?

 

[HaloZombie]

Get a dremel and two gold motorcycle visors. the first one is normal. The second you use a dremel to cut out the design.

 

[Liamthedevastator]

I STRONGLY suggest purchasing a dremel because of the effort it will save you. I spend 30 minutes on a shatty clear visor scoring my cut-line repeatedly until I could eventually break off the excess. I also broke 4 X-acto blades (all of which flew luckily away from my face) which sucks because I don't like to use them too quickly.

For the sake of time, effort, quality, and your own safety get one.....like you are! Woops, missed that part.

I imagine it is probably better to cut from the front. If go from the back you may force the gold tinting off the front. Good luck!

 

[Spartan Spiegel]

Get a dremel and two gold motorcycle visors. the first one is normal. The second you use a dremel to cut out the design.

Read the rest of my posts...

I STRONGLY suggest purchasing a dremel because of the effort it will save you. I spend 30 minutes on a shatty clear visor scoring my cut-line repeatedly until I could eventually break off the excess. I also broke 4 X-acto blades (all of which flew luckily away from my face) which sucks because I don't like to use them too quickly.

For the sake of time, effort, quality, and your own safety get one.....like you are! Woops, missed that part.

I imagine it is probably better to cut from the front. If go from the back you may force the gold tinting off the front. Good luck!

Yeah, I went ahead and got myself a dremel (I had no idea they didn't check your age for power tools, I had a mental image of a little kid buying a power drill). Helmet's done and good to go for AnimeNEXT tomorrow. As for the visor, the online helmet place people here often used more or less screwed me over, so I opted to improvise. I slightly cut up the opaque visor that comes with the helmet for visibility and covered up the small slit with mirrored shades. Doesn't look as good as a full visor, but it'll do. I'll save the legit visor for when I make the full suit.

Thanks for all the help guys, I appreciate it.

 

[randomman]

As this is an anime convention, and you are going as "master chef", I feel a certain cooking song may be appropriate.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reJFCM632jU[/media]
Now that that's done.
Good luck with your suit, and have fun at the convention.
EDIT:
crap, it didn't do it...
hold on, let me try something...
EDIT:
that didn't work either.
Well, the url is in there.

 

[CPU64]

You need a mini light saber..
If you can't find one, a dremel will work wonders