Reddit Reddit reviews ABS Black Plastic Sheet 1/4" x 12" x 12” Textured 1 Side Vacuum Forming

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u/FreefallJagoff · 1 pointr/SkyDiving

I haven't seen 3D printed versions, though I'm sure they exist. I've wanted to do the same, but with a different twist that conforms to my helmet better. I'd do it with just a sheet of plastic. Imagine draping spandex or some stretchy material over your camera, it would look kind of like that.

  1. Buy a sheet of ABS plastic.
  2. Cover my helmet and camera with some painters tape (to keep it from getting scuffed).
  3. Heat up the sheet of plastic with a heat gun/hair dryer.
  4. Pull it down over my camera and helmet like this but without using a vacuum former, just pulling it down to get that nice convex shape. While the plastic is hot I can push the plastic down so it lays flat over the buttons/lens area.
  5. Once it cools we now we have a sheet of rigid plastic that drapes down over the camera all the way to the camera without any concave areas. Now just cut off some sections from the plastic so the lens/buttons aren't covered.
  6. (Optional?) Maybe fill the plastic with some insulating foam to make it more rigid, need to experiment here. Also I still need to figure out how I can mount/unmount the camera with this cover on.
  7. Adhere the cover to the helmet so it doesn't shift around from the wind.