Thanks for the great responses everyone, the part about helmets with brims was especially useful. Sorry about my slow reply though, I got caught up in end-of-term homework. I'll go with a kettle helm so that I can get a bargrill on it.

This is just a question of curiosity, but what type of helm have all you SCAers found to be best for wearing over glasses so that they don't get mashed? I'm not in the SCA myself, but I want to know so that I can make something that will work well in case I ever do join. Right now I think a kettle h...

I'll make it with two halves and a center band, since I'll be using Jurgen's pattern from the archive. Thanks for the tip about painting on the inside, but it won't be necessary because I will be using stainless steel again. (Can you tell that I know a guy who gives me stainless scraps for free?)

Okay then, I'll make the kettle. Were they usually painted at all, or sanded? I think it would look rather nice if I were to paint it with the same colours as the shield.

Thanks for all the compliments guys. Now I have a question, Do you recommend making a kettle helmet or great helm for a newbie helmet project? I am leaning towards a kettle helmet, but I have heard great helms recommended morre often.

One last picture.

Well, being the lurker that I am, I haven't posted here in a long time and I thought that it was about time that I showed some pictures of what I've made with the information I've found here. I wasn't aiming for any particular time period when I made all this, I was just practicing and getting exper...

Due to the fact that I've done no articulation whatsoever, I can't help you. I just thought I'd say welcome to the archive.

Welcome to the archive Kurttupeiko. That's an interesting helmet, I've never seen it before.

On a scale of one to ten, (one = super easy, 10 = takes a lifetime to make) how would you all rate the difficulty of making the elbow cops shown here: http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/elbow_samuel/ but without the brass trim. 1 if you know how to weld and have a welder 2 if you have to hit the...

On a scale of one to ten, (one = super easy, 10 = takes a lifetime to make) how would you all rate the difficulty of making the elbow cops shown here: http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/elbow_samuel/ but without the brass trim.

Thanks everyone. Boner: My maille is 14 guage galvanized steel with 14 guage copper along the bottom edge and 16 guage copper on the sleeves. I would have made all the copper 14 guage, but I ran out and all I had left was 16. Halberds: I'll make a head for it once I've finished making my helmet. It'...

sorry, I'm havig trouble getting my attachments to work.

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Fixed the problem, here are some more pictures:

I finished making a stand for my chainmail a few days ago, so I thought I would share it. I just cut a bit of plywood into a generally torso-shaped piece, then cut out another piece shaped like a chest seen from the side, and put slots in them so that the would fit together. Then I drilled some hole...

So far as I can tell, the breaths are meant to be the eye-holes?
There sure are a lot of spelling mistakes in the description.

Great work!

Then a dishing hammer it shall be.

What sort of things would a 3 lb mini sledge be useful for? It has a 1 1/4" face approx. and I could grind it down for something. I just bought it at a yard sale and figured it could be handy, but don't have any specific use for it.

Here it is: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=79268&highlight=bowling+ball+bungee I call it the DGC Hammer. I made it so that forming armour wouldn't be so hard on my joints, would let me shape longer, and let me hammer ambidextrously. Works great. Pauldrons looking good Steelw...

I usually have my grinder clamped snugly in a bench vice with the grinding surface facing upwards. That way I can hold the workpiece with two hands. The workpiece is usually lighter than the grinder, so I find that I end up with more control this way. I might be doing something wrong without knowing...

this bowling ball on a bungee thing intrigues me. What is it?

SPOILER ALERT!

Slight spoiler - perpetual motion doesn't work!

actually, there was one shot where you could see a group of solidiers cranking away at some gears that turned a chain/belt thing and in turn powered the catapult.

thanks you guys. your comments are a lot of help.

thank you.

When cutting 18 guage stainless with a jigsaw, is it better to have the blade speed fast or slow?

Have you checked the yellowpages? I was having the hardest time finding metal until someone told me to use the yellowpages.

What is the most useful size of hole to make? I heard 3 inches in diameter and 1" deep, but I don't know where I heard it.

Has anyone noticed that MIW hasn't posted again since the first page? I think someone scared him off.

Im only a beginner.

Jiri

I find that hard to believe.

some one (I'm not sure who) posted this link before The Big Flush (before the system crash for those of you who haven't read the announcement) and I thought it was too valuble to lose. lots of pics.

http://sl-armours.com/eng/viewpatterns/ ... rmour.html

enjoy!