{"id":955,"date":"2010-01-18T20:03:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T01:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=955"},"modified":"2010-01-29T21:33:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T02:33:23","slug":"cutting-the-sphere-or-i-hope-mysterio-had-tempered-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/18\/cutting-the-sphere-or-i-hope-mysterio-had-tempered-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting the Sphere, or, I hope Mysterio had tempered glass…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Glass<\/a>After ordering a tile saw and diamond blade ($80…twice the cost of my sphere! Guess I’ll have to re-tile the kitchen now…) I was able to cut the bottom off of the glass sphere that is going to serve as my Mysterio costume helmet. Once I got away from the hole at the bottom, it was quite thin (1\/8″ thick) and relatively easy to cut with the diamond blade. As you can see in the picture above, the edge was a bit rough. While cleaning up the cut I did place two cracks in the sphere, which I have hopefully fixed with glass glue. (Update: the fix didn’t work.<\/a>)
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\n While working on the sphere, I have decided that walking around with a large sphere of glass around my neck (already cracked in places) may not be the safest activity. This means that I may have to build an inner plastic shield or gorget to protect my head & neck if the sphere should transform itself into sharp pieces of glass. Nothing like a costume that can kill you!<\/p>\n

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I also tried out the globe on my head, to test the visibility. Different parts of the sphere have different amounts of mirror coating on them, and in portions I was able to see out relatively well. (Well, it was relatively bad, but good enough for a costume.) Other parts of the sphere were mirrored enough so that I could only see a reflection of my face. Hopefully I will be able to position the sphere to take advantage of the high visibility areas. I may also be able to scrape or buff portions of the mirrored finish off to make a visible region line up with where I need it. [From the outside of the sphere, I couldn’t tell a difference in the coating, so it may not affect the visual appearance.]<\/p>\n

The other option is a camera wired to a heads up display, but at that point I may as well go with a “headless horseman” style costume with my head below the sphere.<\/p>\n

My next step is to purchase a set of football shoulder pads or other similar body mounting system, and figure out a good way to allow me to attach\/remove the sphere and any protective system. I’m planning on reinforcing the bottom of the sphere using epoxy putty, and I will possibly add bolts or magnets to it to allow mounting. <\/p>\n

Here is a picture of the piece I cut out of the sphere, as well as a close up of the edge after I smoothed it out with the diamond tile saw.
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