I do not know anything about 3D printing, let me know if another place might be more appropriate for this post.

My friend about three months ago was in a catastrophic motorcycle accident. He was hit by a texting F150 truck driver. He lost his leg, an eye and has had pretty much full body reconstruction, including jaw and face. He was wondering if he could 3D scan in the helmet he was wearing with all the first responders/doctors (who helped save him that night) signatures then give each one a copy to thank them. He is in Ontario/Brampton area. He can pay for it.

Picture is not of actual helmet. Being sent down from up north right now.

  • BeBopALouie@lemmy.caOP
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    7 days ago

    Thank you. Will pass it on. (Excuse my ignorance in advance not knowing exact terms) I think the best way would be to copy original helmet and scale down, make more copies to cover all the 1st responders. Do a photo scan of surface with signatures etc and wrap it on helmets. Best of both worlds. Not that I know what I am doing. I am sure we will figure it out.

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      7 days ago

      Doing a single colour print and then copy paint onto it sounds really hard. I wouldn’t even know which process to use for that.

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        7 days ago

        Not paint. Scan the whole outside of helmet, print it on a wrap and wrap around the helmet is the idea.

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            7 days ago

            I have yet to see the helmet and the damage it received(it’s in transit). Guess would depend on how not smooth it is.