UP GRADING MY BUCKET

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Once the acrylic is soft I took it out then pushed it against the bucket where I wanted it to form and held it there till it cooled. Once it was cool I traced the teeth outline onto the acrylic. Once I had all the teeth outlined I took the acrylic out and wit me wood burning too with the smallest tip started to cut out the teeth.

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Once I had all the teeth cut out I took my exacto knife and trimmed off the extra melted plastic.

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I took a sanding stone from my Dremal and sanded down the sharp edges.

 

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I then built a tray platform for the fans to sit on using the same methods described above.

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I then painted the plastic flat black.

 

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As you can see in the pics I covered some of the plastic with tape. That is where I am attaching the Velcro that will then attach to the bucket. this will minimize the vibration that is transferred from the fans to the bucket.

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I took a piece of hard foam and cut a piece in a wedge shape that both fans will connect too.

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I trimmed off the excess foam then fitted it to the frown bridge I made.

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Ok, installed the fans in the bucket and my nose was touching the fans. Lol not everything works to plan lol.

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Till next time. I have a plan to change this so stay tuned to see what my next idea is!!

Ruck

[SorcererX[TX]]

This is by far one of the most impressive bucket builds I have ever seen. This is pretty much exactly what I had in mind of doing with mine, but did not have the ingenuity to do it. I am overly impressed! How much for me to send you my bucket and you do this with mine? lol jk!

[Ruck[TX]]

Glad you like it it's my pride and joy!! There is one big problem with me building your bucket Aaron. With all that stuff in there it doesn't leave much room for your head. It fits me fine cause I have a small head but my buddy has a bigger head and it won't even go over his head. So unless you want to supply your head with the bucket I don't think you want me putting all that stuff in there lol. It's totally a custom build you put the padding in and you take padding out until you get the right size then you add the electronics and take out or add padding accordingly.

[SorcererX[TX]]

That makes complete sense. I like to build all my own stuff anyway, just so I can say 'I' did it. I really dig your work though.