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- Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Questions on Dubés, Yumanovs and other videos (Fabrication d'armure)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2123
Re: Questions regarding Dubés videos (Fabrication d'armure m
I think he's producing the same effect you'll see in this video at 15 seconds in: https://youtu.be/m4hwWpthyoE?t=15s This is common in custom auto body fabrication and repair, they're just doing the same thing much faster because its a pneumatic hammer. I've seen my brother do it with an english whe...
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:35 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Scrap metal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1378
Re: Scrap metal
The hidden costs might matter. With a new piece of steel, you don't have to remove paint or galvanized coatings, or tap put dents or folded edges that you don't want in your final piece. That extra work takes TIME, which may or may not be worth $ to you. Removing paint or zinc plating will require a...
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:21 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Questions on Dubés, Yumanovs and other videos (Fabrication d'armure)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2123
Re: Questions regarding Dubés videos (Fabrication d'armure m
I'm struggling to know how to explain what I did, and may have to sketch something. I'm also looking through old photos to see if anything is obvious. To start, I took a series of measurements of myself, possibly more than I actually needed. I didn't really know what I was doing, only that the stand...
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Questions on Dubés, Yumanovs and other videos (Fabrication d'armure)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2123
Re: Questions regarding Dubés videos (Fabrication d'armure m
I made a breast and back generally following Eric Dube's videos. Mind you, I'm nowhere near as skilled as him, and haven't the experience yet to "see" a flat pattern from a imagined finished piece, so I always cut sheets with some waste on the edges until I know where the metal is going to move. I s...
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Questions on Dubés, Yumanovs and other videos (Fabrication d'armure)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2123
Re: Questions regarding Dubés videos (Fabrication d'armure m
I made a breast and back generally following Eric Dube's videos. Mind you, I'm nowhere near as skilled as him, and haven't the experience yet to "see" a flat pattern from a imagined finished piece, so I always cut sheets with some waste on the edges until I know where the metal is going to move. I s...
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:39 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Doubt Helmet George Clifford
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1078
Re: Doubt Helmet George Clifford
I did NOT listen to everything the guy in the film was saying, so I am not sure how reliable the words are. I am only really recommending the pictures for reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42oEPWVGNBw Ian typically knows what he's talking about. He's been doing this for a while. ;) Good to...
- Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:18 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Doubt Helmet George Clifford
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1078
Re: Doubt Helmet George Clifford
Also this is part 1 and 2 of Eric Dube raising an armet. This will give you some idea how the pieces work together for a 2 piece chin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpPVf8Z58Xk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6ML-fQC6U Edit... there's a part 3 that is relevant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk...
- Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Doubt Helmet George Clifford
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1078
Re: Doubt Helmet George Clifford
This video has a lot of comparison photos and some animations that show how the armet/maximillian 2 piece chin works. I did NOT listen to everything the guy in the film was saying, so I am not sure how reliable the words are. I am only really recommending the pictures for reference. https://www.yout...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 3:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Armouring As A Career
- Replies: 87
- Views: 26116
Re: Armouring As A Career
There doesn't appear RIGHT NOW to be a market large enough to support another person making off the rack SCA-combat armor; Icefalcon has a lot of that market already. There doesn't seem to be a non-SCA market right now; HEMA isn't generally using steel armor, and there's no big social/movie/tv/inter...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:33 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: CTE / TBI Update
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3166
Re: CTE / TBI Update
I'm awfully impressed by Diglach's fencing so far, since I get to watch it firsthand. He's not telling you that he was half of the most wonderfully and violent "novice" tourney I've ever seen a few weeks back... the 2 entrants had a combined 60+ years of combat experience, but were new to SCA rapier...
- Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:23 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Greenwich Buckhurst armour
- Replies: 151
- Views: 57653
Re: Greenwich Buckhurst armour
Interesting, I'm currently using a Cricut with fairly generic vinyl to make the same sort of stencils and paint gold onto armor borders. I hadn't considered yet trying to acid etch with the vinyl... but now I'm more inspired.
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:34 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Oil-Blackening Mild Steel
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7206
Re: Oil-Blackening Mild Steel
I blackened a pair of 4130 articulated elbows 5 years ago and have used them weekly in SCA C&T combat with steel swords... and in some grappling and other steel on steel combat against people in plate or mail. The finish is AT LEAST as resilient as properly applied rustoleum and professionally appli...
- Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:08 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: stand question for a leg vise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1923
Re: stand question for a leg vise
cast a concrete block around a 4x4 post and pipe to drop the leg into. Cast it inside your shop and make it big enough to be stable and a pain to move. I have a portable throatless shear that's bolted to a 6x6x12 chunk of wood sunk in a cat litter bucket of cement. Stable enough to cut almost anythi...
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:46 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: breaking free...but how?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3326
Re: breaking free...but how?
I was only able to make 5 years of producing SCA fencing swords and helms APPEAR to be a succesful business because I had a real life professional job with a lot of flexibility. Most of the big name suppliers for SCA seem to fall into one of 4 categories: hobbyists with real jobs, importers, busines...
- Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:08 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Converting a "rat-tail" sword tang?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1489
Re: Converting a "rat-tail" sword tang?
I've done it a lot of times to repair both quality swords and cheap wall hangers. Got a pic of the tang? How are you using this sword? If for any combat purposes, be aware that you are adding a weak point that WILL break eventually. As you gain paactice by fixing that weld when it does break, you'll...
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:24 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Polearm question. Halberds/Poleaxes/Spears
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1300
Re: Polearm question. Halberds/Poleaxes/Spears
From a practical experiment point of view... Many years ago, at a NOT SCA EVENT*, I had a pair of 8ft polearms with flexible steel dagger blade points and heavy leather pieces making the ax faces. I used this against people armed armored roughly* to SCA rapier or C&T standards, acting to roughly* SC...
- Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:10 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: need three hands
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1107
Re: need three hands
I'd forgotten that I made this odd contraption half a dozen years ago or so. Its single purpose was to make consistent SPIRAL creases in a deep pointed helmet, so all the angles are weird and nothing lines up except the upper "chisel" and lower "valley" between two round sections. https://goo.gl/pho...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:04 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: need three hands
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1107
Re: need three hands
Not a pro, but I spend at least as much time creating custom tooling for odd problems as I do making armor: I have often thought about building a 2 foot square box about 4 feet high with an open top. I'd place an anvil and stand inside the box [perhaps just using a big piece of 6" round bar as the a...
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:24 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Illusion Armouring
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2159
Re: Illusion Armouring
I bought a helmet in 2015, 12 month lead time. I later paid the extra 25% surcharge to get it made/delivered early as a RUSH item, still worth it. There was a LONG breakdown in communication because they cashed the check before making note of the email address written on it, and later could not matc...
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:21 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Mid atlantic fabric warehouses
- Replies: 1
- Views: 763
Mid atlantic fabric warehouses
In a month I'll be traveling through the mid atlantic states and I'd like to try to visit any of the fabric shops'warehouses that don't sell online. I've occasionally heard of there being some places out that way. I'm looking for locals to tell me where they go for fabric. I'm particularly looking f...
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 6:14 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: WTS 2 Starfire swords
- Replies: 0
- Views: 412
WTS 2 Starfire swords
I have a student who is looking to sell a Starfire scimitar/scabbard and a short straight sword; neither has been used at all, just sat in a closet. No damage or rust. Pictures at https://goo.gl/photos/NEjRjoo26rsqzGxP7 You can see from these pictures that the scimitar and short sword are in perfect...
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:43 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Questions about padding a helmet in a period style for use
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1676
Re: Questions about padding a helmet in a period style for u
Sin of all sins, I stuffed it will conveniently on hand POLY stuffing. The terrible truth is that polyester batting is a better helmet stuffing material than cotton. Poly has superior loft and is easier to quilt. Mac It certainly ACTS more like the horse hair stuffing I handled once, and I'm freque...
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:01 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Questions about padding a helmet in a period style for use
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1676
Re: Questions about padding a helmet in a period style for u
I recently started from scratch on new helmet linings, but had not seen that article. Here's what I did which is [edited to add] LOOSELY "in a period style" but by no means "period." Photos are here: https://goo.gl/photos/38takdFHeWPGv29b7 I started with cotton muslin, enough for 3 layers of 15"x36"...
- Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:40 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Touchmark
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1726
Re: Touchmark
I use a dental drill on an air compressor foot pedal. There's LOTS of shape burs available on amazon and ebay. Also, if you ask your dentist nicely, they might save up the ones they throw away every day for a week or so, sterilize them, and give them to you. Ask a week BEFORE your appointment, and b...
- Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:07 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: WTB THINNER Aluminum shields
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1512
Re: WTB THINNER Aluminum shields
You could ask AL shield makers if you can ship them the materials [is they don't stock it]?
http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cf ... top_cat=60
http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cf ... top_cat=60
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:47 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: WTB THINNER Aluminum shields
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1512
Re: WTB THINNER Aluminum shields
For the same weight per sq ft as .08" thick aluminum, consider .025" thick 4013 steel sheet. Its more form-able, so you [or a smith that you pay to do it] could make a fat rolled edge that would both strengthen the shield AND give a blunter edge without adding weight with separate edging material. I...
- Mon Aug 29, 2016 5:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Strapping a Breastplate/breastplate critique
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1016
Re: Strapping a Breastplate/breastplate critique
I've had these inward stand-off rivets on a set of legs I use weekly for 2.5 years now. Each one is a pan head 3/16th rivet. I made a 3/16 hole in each strap and a small slit "upstream" on the strap to turn it into a button hole. Both the straps and the buckle holding straps connect this way. Leathe...
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:19 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: WTB Krotchpunt
- Replies: 1
- Views: 648
WTB Krotchpunt
I'm looking for a copy of Sir Vitus' translation of the famous Krotchpunt manuscript. Its anyone willing to part with their copy? Or are originals still sold anywhere? I wasn't able to find any links from old threads that still worked.
Thanks,
Marco
Thanks,
Marco
- Fri May 27, 2016 4:38 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Anyone heard from Illusion Armoring?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1834
Re: Anyone heard from Illusion Armoring?
I just received my helmet, it fits and is what I expected. 10/29/15 - order finalized for a close helm, barred visor, stainless 11/18/15 - 50% down payment mailed, target completion date of 10/12/16 1/14/16 - I agree to pay an additional 25% "rush order fee" for a completion date of 4/22/16. 4/20/16...
- Thu May 12, 2016 5:08 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Illusion Armouring - taking orders / contact ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2789
Re: Illusion Armouring - taking orders / contact ?
I just received my helmet, it fits and is what I expected. 10/29/15 - order finalized for a close helm, barred visor, stainless 11/18/15 - 50% down payment mailed, target completion date of 10/12/16 1/14/16 - I agree to pay an additional 25% "rush order fee" for a completion date of 4/22/16. 4/20/16...
- Sun May 08, 2016 5:01 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Drill bit suggestions?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1256
Re: Drill bit suggestions?
http://www.mcmaster.com/#2896A13 $1.44 each. Note that Mcmaster.com does NOT show you the shipping and tax on your shopping cart, taht's added later. Expect to pay another $5-7 for a box of drill bits. I buy the sizes I use in dozens at a time, and start a new project with a new bit. Its STILL cheap...
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 1:53 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Need advice on puncture proof plastic
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1110
Re: Need advice on puncture proof plastic
Not kevlar - viewtopic.php?f=7&t=102767&hilit=kevlar+knife
It cuts very easily.
It cuts very easily.
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Metal thickness for a breastplate?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1134
Re: Metal thickness for a breastplate?
I made a breast, faulds, and back mostly out of .032 [or .035?] 4130... I think the faulds were .025. I did this as a learning piece, with no intention of grinding at all, just leaving the temper colors and waxing the piece. I use it for steel long sword combat, it while the finish scratches, there'...
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Punching Many Narrow Holes in Thin Metal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 834
Re: Punching Many Narrow Holes in Thin Metal
I made bench mounts for all my punches... its awesome. I will never go back.
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:31 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: burnt oil finish... on stainless?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 856
Re: burnt oil finish... on stainless?
Its worked before on MILD steel, not stainless. I've had STAINLESS PERF sections of mild steel pieces get darker, but the tiny surface area means I might just not be able to see the spotty pattern emerging. Same prep, same variety of finishes on this test piece. Same heat cycle before attempting to ...