I’m working on my Laser Helmet 2.0… Why not build yours alongside mine?!

By OverMachoGrande
Jul 26, 2008

Lost in the wilderness about how to make your own laser helmet?  Daunted by the overwhelming intricacies involved in making a device that contours your scalp and can hold potentially a couple of hundred diodes?  Well… you are IN LUCK!!!

...Why not make it with me?!

Because of Nidhogge’s cool-ass gift, I’ve decided to work on my second helmet earlier than I thought!  I don’t even have the funds for all of the diodes, but the hardest part without a doubt is the actual HELMET, so I’m going to get started now!  So, if for some reason you’ve been hesitating on this laser revolution because you don’t think you can build one yourself… why not go ahead and make the helmet part, the HARDEST PART (but also the cheapest part), even if you aren’t ready to buy diodes yet?!

That’s right, make it with me.  Step by step!  ...And I’ll be doing it VERY SLOWLY.  I’ll make updates on the “NEW!!!  ...Build your laser helmet right alongside OverMachoGrande!” page in the “Do-it-yourself” section every day that I work on it, and the steps will be slow and easy.

In fact, I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to do this yet, so it might be extra slow!  lol… Rest assured that I’m going to be thinking of the easiest way possible to do it, though!  Anyway, that way if you have questions, you can ask me at Regrowth directly right when I do a certain step!

It sounds like a plan to me, and I already know Gou’ald at Regrowth is going to be building it alongside me as well, so now is the time… JOIN US! By the way, a lot of these steps are going to be what Lemming lists in his instructions… why re-invent the wheel when you don’t have to!

So what are you waiting for??  Expect my first update on that thread TOMORROW NIGHT, and get started making one with me!  If you’ve been waiting for something to motivate you to action… this is your battle horn.

UPDATES:
“July 28th, 2007 - Preamble: Why I’m not actually using a “helmet” for my 2.0!” now completed and on the page.
“July 29th, 2008 - Step 1 - Manufacturing the Base… a soft, padded, velcro-tightenable “helmet”. now finished!
“July 31st, 2008 - Step 2 - Step 2 - Making your tin foil ‘head mold’!” - DONE!
“August 1st, 2008 - Step 3 - The initial formation of the top part of the helmet!” in the bag!
“August 2nd, 2008 - Step 4 - Making the diode holes in the top!” ...c’est fini!
“August 3rd, 2008 - Step 5 - Adding the Brush Bristles!” -BAM!
“August 6th, 2008 - Step 6 - Completing the Helmet!” -And the whole thing is finished!

FINAL UPDATE: August 7th, 2008 - Downloadable/Printable PDF Instructions for O.M.G.’s “Laser Messiah” Laser Helmet!

You could EASILY do one step a day and have the helmet finished in less than a week!  And it’s so easy to do… a kindergartener could do it!

-O.M.G.