It’s finally here!
My long requested Iron Man Hand Repulsor DIY video.
It’s super easy to make and the materials are really cheap!
This is a great accessory to go with my DIY Arc Reactor that’s been a hit at several
events I’ve been to.
And I’ll leave a link to the Arc Reactor tutorial in the description.
You can look at that tutorial later but let’s get started on this one!
This repulsor is made with craft foam, LED lights, Gorilla tape, tin foil and a cover
from a low voltage under cabinet light.
And this is what powers the lighting in the hand repulsor.
This is a 12-pack of LED string lights and each set is individually wrapped and runs
on 2 coin batteries.
We only need one for this project.
The craft foam comes in a pack of 10 but only part of one sheet is needed for the glove.
Starting with the foam, I’m going to cut 2 one and a half inch strips from this.
Using a Sharpie makes it easy to see the measurements on the black foam.
Make the one and a half inch marks on both sides.
That makes it easy to mark the lines where I’ll cut.
Now just use some scissors and trim out the 2 strips.
Here I’ll take one of the strips and wrap it around the palm of my hand.
Make sure it’s tight enough so that it won’t easily slip off.
Once the size is adjusted staple the foam together.
Depending on the size of your hand, there will be a bit of extra foam that needs to
be trimmed off to make this more tidy looking.
Now put the stapled foam back on.
Here I’ll take the other piece and slip it between my palm and the foam I’m wearing.
The other end wraps around my thumb and inserted around the back of my hand.
These can be straightened up so there’s even amounts on both sides.
Now I’ll hold both pieces of foam at my palm and slip everything off carefully.
I can now staple the palm side of the glove.
Putting the glove back on my hand I’ll wrap the loose end of the foam around the back
again.
Hold the foam in place and slip the glove off.
This part can now be stapled together.
Here I can trim off the extra foam sticking out.
And now with just these two pieces of foam I have a glove that fits securely on my hand.
And now it’s time to work on the repulsor part using the cover from my old under cabinet
puck lights.
It’s going to attach onto the glove right here.
And I’ll only need one set of the LED string lights.
I like these because they’re super compact and light weight.
They come coiled and can fit in the light cover pretty much as is.
To keep these in place I’ll just use a piece of clear tape and stick it to the light cover.
Next I’ll place a circular piece of tin foil and tape it over the LEDs.
At this point we’re getting close to being done.
Take a couple of strips of Gorilla tape or other strong tape and attach the light cover
onto the glove.
Use as much tape as needed.
The last step is to secure the battery pack.
Use some more Gorilla tape and attach it to the inside of the glove.
And here I just want to make note that in this video I’m demonstrating with a white
light cover so it’s easy for you to see what I’m doing.
My tape job could be better but the real repulsor I’m using it incorporates a black cover
so you can’t see the tape when it’s done.
But when this is finished, the repulsor is super light weight and my fingers are free
so I can still use my hand.
Here you can see the repulsor I made and my actual repulsor side by side.
And finally, if there’s too much light leaking from under the palm you can use a piece of
foam to seal any light leakage under the light cover.
And that’s pretty much it!
When I use this repulsor and my arc reactor together it really draws attention at events.
One last note, while the repulsor may look like a DIY project close up, this is intended
to mainly look good in pictures and that was really my goal when I came up with this idea.
Nobody ever said to me that “Oh that looks cheesy!”.
People have always been impressed with the way this looks!
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