The Armour Archive

GideonMacKay

Pittbull has the same grinder and i just love it... Now to gather up an extra 500 to buy it. On that note, Grizzly makes a lot of nice quality products... You really can't go wrong with them. And I don't work for them either.

GideonMacKay

the JS3200 doesn't have teeth... Check it out, Mad Matt couldn't stop talking about his and he is the primary reason I've opted to buy it. That and its about the cheapest way to cut stainless...

GideonMacKay

Some of you on the board remember the topic I posted about this saw... We'll after some patience I finally found a used one on Ebay selling for 199.00 the seller says its worn but works great! One thing I noticed is that there were no bids and he had the "make an offer" option up... So I made an off...

GideonMacKay

I use a Ridgid palm nailer... Sets a SS rivet in less than 5 seconds... It produced a very flat pancake rivet... Best tool on the market... Sure a hammer is pretty and period but for speed and perfect rivets every time, use a palm nailer. Oh and I don't use a tool in the nailer itself... The socket ...

GideonMacKay

yeah the helm is crap but 250 just for the rest of the stuff is a steal... And the poster doesn't seem to know what he has so it may be hot...

GideonMacKay

you could cut them by hand with a dremel tool... I would drill out the ends of each cross then dremel cut the straights... then file the round ends down to straight... Shouldn't be that difficult...

GideonMacKay

these guys specialize in perforated steel... They make a variety of perforation styles and could easily be used for this application... You can specify the pattern density and they go up to 18 ga steel thicknesses...

http://www.hkperf.com/

GideonMacKay

yeah I used the same scallop band on my first helm. It worked so well, I decided to use it for this one...

[img]http://home.comcast.net/~longsword/Helm ... ht%201.JPG[/img]

GideonMacKay

something like what is seen here on http://www.Therionarms.com... with a bit of my own flair with the breaths and the scallops... I started working on the face today...

[img]http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/ther ... _c1128.jpg[/img]

GideonMacKay

this is just a suggestion: If the top was made in 1 piece that lip would be easy to fold over and you wouldn't have to spend time cleaning up welds. My only problem with a one piece top is that I've never folded a top plate like that before so I due to time constraints, I figured I'd just do it the...

GideonMacKay

First I'll start by thanking Andy at Pitbull Armoury for helping me out today by the use of his shop, tools and knowledge... It was a great treat for me to get to see a full time armouring shop in action... This is Pot Helm is by request from a local fighter... I haven't made the pointy top before (...

GideonMacKay

thats a damn sexy hat... I especially love the Jerusalem Cross on the face... Very nice touch! Now I want one.

GideonMacKay

Yeah I filed the slots in after the welding...

GideonMacKay

Leo Medii wrote:

"Aren't you a little short to be a Stormtrooper?"

GideonMacKay

So having as much fun as I do with bar work I figured i'd try my hand at making a rapier hilt... I didn't have a normal SCA approved blade to build it from but I did have a S2000 Sabre blade just lying around so I used that... I figured that the principles are all the same... Things I would change f...

GideonMacKay

Agnarr wrote:The beard makes it look like an armoured muppet.

GideonMacKay

Ok guys... I'm wanting to start a helm similar to this... http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/article6491207.jpg The top will be seperate from the sides and then riveted together... Problem is, I have no clue on how to form the top so that its pointed... I'll be cold forming the top. I'm hoping that so...

GideonMacKay

gobble gobble... mmmmm... deep fried turkey...

GideonMacKay

Marco, any chance of a pic of your setup?

GideonMacKay

William Hurt has a great tutorial on the subject of rolling an edge...

http://www.ageofarmour.com/education/ar ... dges1.html

GideonMacKay

your local art store or scrapbooking store will carry it... Evem Walmart sells it but they are a bit expensive and you can only buy a small roll not a standard 8x11 sheet.

GideonMacKay

Ok... this attempt was utilizing the adhesive Vinyl as I mentioned in a previous post... I drew this in CAD then ran it through the printer. Being vinyl the ink doesn't want to set up (which was expected) but with a steady hand I just cut it out with my Xacto knife without smearing the ink. I don't ...

GideonMacKay

or just download this coupon for 15% off... Must be purchased instore... But I have one just a few minutes away so I'm going to pick up the shear today. Last day for this coupon... http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/common/displayCoupon.do?week=4709&campaign=Retailb&page=4709_retailb.html&r=5015_85...

GideonMacKay

Sneblot wrote:Looks good Gideon could you post a link to the tutorial you followed? Looking forward to seeing the final outcome on the second piece.

http://www.sca.org.au/ynys_fawr/as_arti ... doc_10.DOC

This was the tutoria that I used for the most part...

GideonMacKay

I pulled the part from the solution after an hour... With the bulb removed from the solution the cut was deep and fast. I didn't put my calibers on it but i'm pretty sure its about .02" deep. And considering how sharp the edge of the cut is, I would guess that both resists worked for a while before ...

GideonMacKay

So after reading up s'more on the subject, I wanted to go ahead and try the battery method of etching on some mild steel... Just salt water for the solution and I used nail polish as a resists and just free handed the design... First I drew the design in CAD and then cut out the template. To empose ...

GideonMacKay

Word of warning: If you fight with your thumb OUTSIDE the last lame then you will want a fully enclosed thumb or one that bottoms out on the haft or the gauntlet. If you fight with your thumb INSIDE you do NOT want a fully enclosed thumb. I re-built my thumbs after a casual hit drove the finger tip...

GideonMacKay

i've started doing my first attempt at etching and this go around I cut everything by hand and used the tape method...

Once I get it out of the bath and clean it up, I'll post a pic...

GideonMacKay

If I were not drawing the designs out in CAD I could see it being considered cheating... And I'm not in the SCA (however most of my friends are) so I don't see myself in the Laurels race at the moment. I'm just looking at doing things I'm good at and then using the best process to make the best prod...

GideonMacKay

yes but the cool thing is that My wife wants the larger cricuit and this would give me a good reason to get it... Two birds, one stone... And she likes it when I play with her toys...

GideonMacKay

I would really enjoy that... Course I'll have to watch you work since I have absolutlely no training and really need it.

GideonMacKay

Hmmmm... perhaps marine vinyl... more resistant to moisture from around the edges...

GideonMacKay

My wife gets the vinyl from a sign store locally for free... She just gets scraps... But these scraps are quite large for what I would need... As for duck tape... I don't think it would since there is a layer of fabric inside duck tape... This would probably cause havoc on the machine... And if duck...

GideonMacKay

Great advice Thomas... I'll start putting the word out.

GideonMacKay

I've been toying with the idea of trying my hand at etching steel and what not... After the typical AA reading up on the subject I was wondering... If vinyl material would be a sufficent resist... Here why I ask... My wife owns a cricuit machine which so happens can cut vinyl... If I buy a specific ...

Makita JS3200

Work in Progress

My first attempt at a rapier hilt

forming question

2nd attempt

Etching (Updated)

Etching Resist question