Willy Wonky

Just in time for Halloween, according to Kroger's calendar. Take one quick glance and you know he ain't right.

I had an idea about a warrior's helmet with glowing red eyes. Here it is. This guy is a king. He just got a battlefield promotion. They walked up to him, put a rag on top of his helmet and then the crown. Rough job being king, hell of a present but no future.

It looks wonky.  It's a helmet, not a head.

I bought the circuit card with the LED's in 2018.  Life gets in the way of fun sometimes, these things happen.That's what I keep telling myself. Most amazing thing is finding it and it still works!

I have no clue about 3d printing, but I made this in a similar fashion. Stacked and stretched rings.
When I switch from Arabic to Roman numerals that means I'm getting serious,no more playing around. But that's most of my process, play around until I find something I like. These are 12 segment rings cut on a wedgie sled, turned into oblong,

I assemble the rings on the drill press, using other rings to center the work under the quill.

When I get the rings all assembled, I use a Shinto rasp with the workpiece held in the lathe to get it in rough shape.

Before paint

2 pieces glued together, shaped and turned, crown points glued on.

First time I used my logo burner in the drill press. I set it up so all I had to do was slide the tray straight in and pull down the handle.

This reminds me of 0500 hours at basic. I can still hear him.

This is when I was adjusting the pots on the card  to get the blink rate I want.

This took all of July and half of August 2025.