The Armour Archive

Uryen

I set mine up straight out of the box and haven't touched a damn thing in over 2 years of use.

Uryen

My two crumpets thrown in here: Get a cheap MIG welder with flux cored wire. This is going to get the best welds for the dollar when you have zero skills. The only thing that teaches you how to weld good is to start from welding bad. Now I'm old and grumpy and have all the kinds of welders I could p...

Uryen

I use a burner I made myself very loosely based off a "Reil Burner" (found all over the interwebz). I have a cylindrical forge and an aluminium/brass foundry and I interchange the burner into each as needed. My pros were based on cost. It was cobbled together from plumbing parts. I modified an acety...

Uryen

Nothing is meant as an insult. Nothing is directed at you or anyone personally.
I write on a public forum like I am on a soapbox with a megaphone. I talk in person like I am buying you a beer.

Uryen

I think I'll play devils advocate here: Historically the apprentice would be contractually obligated to stay at the teaching shop for at least a certain time. In exchange for being taught skills, the apprentice knew that working hard on menial skills meant that they would have skills with value late...

Uryen

Aluminium bronze is what the 'gold' coins are made out of in my part of the world. It is a hard wearing gold coloured metal mostly used commercially for marine bearings.

Uryen

Aluminium bronze is what the 'gold' coins are made out of in my part of the world. It is a hard wearing gold coloured metal mostly used commercially for marine bearings.

Uryen

Angle grinder with a 1mm metal cutting disc.

Uryen

-snip- 14g steel. The site says it cuts up to 16g, however I've heard a lot of people having success with 14g too. I've cut the pieces for a helm out (all 14g) with only the 2 chips from the first piece. It's probably fine now, the chips are small anyway. It performed as advertised and then some. D...

Uryen

I actually picked up one of the harbor freight knock-offs today. It did the job, but already there is a chip or two in the blade. Complete rubbish if you ask me. I'll use it until I can save up money for a beverly. Can I ask what you were cutting? I have noticed that straight out of the box, it see...

Uryen

I used to cut steel using an angle grinder and a jigsaw. This was before those superthin angle grinder cutting discs were readily available. It sucked very much. A couple of years ago I asked my brother to buy me a Harbor Freight throatless shear (B1 copy). I use it for everything ever since. Back i...

Uryen

I see absolutely no reason why that wouldn't work. The 'real' foundry I use myself is a homebuilt furnace made from a garbage can and refractory made from good fireclay and sand. I have found brass to be a giant pain to cast with. But this the limitations of what I use to fire my foundry (charcoal) ...

Uryen

If you are going to be a business, my advice is to get a swaging (jenny) machine. I can see a ton of hand work you have done there, and many of your customers won't be able to tell an apple from an octopus. Get the jenny for your money makers. The several items you make a bunch of and sell well. Do ...

Uryen

I have video reviews of both the Harbor Freight Shear, and the Grizzly Hand Punch on my youtube channel. http://www.biscuitbuddies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/punch.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_FcIy19MEA http://www.biscuitbuddies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/shear.jpg http://www.youtube...

Uryen

On second thought.. I would be willing to do a completely new version. With instructional video for newbies.

Uryen

As the original author of the Greathelm pattern on Arador some million years ago now. I can give permission for it to be republished here. From time to time, at events I see people wearing the design, and I am glad people have put it to use. http://www.arador.com/construction/greathelm.html I keep a...

Uryen

I have a Harbor Freight Shear and used it straight out of the box. I haven't done any adjustments in over 2 years of heavy use.

Uryen

It has been a long time since I made that pattern, but I always feel good when one is made. The 2nd or 3rd one ever made was for SCA combat and had a subtle bar grill for vision. It was the only one I took a photo of. Back then digital cameras were pretty rare so forgive the pics. http://members.arm...

Uryen

Not really currently set up for armouring. Most of my tools are still in storage after 3 years of constant moving.

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Uryen

I have a harbor freight throatless shear and that thing is awesome.
I dont know how I worked without it for all those years.

Uryen

About 8 years ago I made a bunch of matching sets of Lorica Segmentata for a theatre production out of old computer cases.

Uryen

Knights Oath wrote:Haha@comesmackme! Hey but why brass? Why not go with the original? Bronze! Stronger than iron. (Oops too expensive.)

Put the technophone down. Put the uber strength taurine/gaurana/ginseng doublestrength caffy mega slushy down.
Breath in.
Breath out.
Continue...

Uryen

Except for the fact the end is blunt, I would have said it was a spoon scraper.
Scrapers are used for fine surface finishing, like a file but finer. Spoon scrapers are used for curved surfaces, usually dies and castings.
I currently have this modern manufactured one by Rennsteig [click]

Uryen

The henrob is a bit of a gadget in that it has a very small specialised market, and therfore they are never going to sell it at your corner welding supply store.
That being said, every pro auto body guy I know has bought one and swears by it.

Uryen

Signo wrote:What are those?

Undergound RF markers. For locating in the future buried cabling, pipes or pirate treasure.

Uryen

The trick to drilling stupidly hard things is lots of pressure and slow turning.
Look up a 'Cole drill'.

Uryen

Check list:
10" Funnel 50 cents
Large Bucket $2
Rubber Boots $20
Grey Coveralls $30
Silver Paint $2.

Uryen

Destichado wrote:A person and event so notable, you'd think I would have remembered.

It was a while ago, so the memory fades

Uryen

That looks so wrong.

Uryen

I use a brick bolster and a cold chisel both blunted. I don't know about a wood chisel, my gut tells me the chisel steel would be too hard and end up chipping.

Uryen

You can lay fluting with nothing more than a blunt chisel and a block of wood.

Uryen

Save Ferris.

Uryen

You mean people have actual anvils??

I have 2 pieces of rail track.

Uryen

Is this best armourer on the internet? Because I know of a dozen armourers in various parts of Eastern Europe who could make a maximillian suit good enough to pass as authentic using nothing but a wet sock and a fried egg.

Uryen

Laser beams controlled by your mind. Or shears, they work ok too.

Re: Buying a HF Throatless Shear

Re: How do you weld?

Re: Gas forges/torches

Re: Looking for an apprentice in palmdale ca.

Re: Looking for an apprentice in palmdale ca.

Re: Aluminum Bronze

Re: Aluminum Bronze

Re: Dishing Forms

Re: Your preferred method to cut steel

Re: Your preferred method to cut steel

Re: Your preferred method to cut steel

Re: flower pot furnace

Re: New Armory Specializing in Shields

Re: Grizzly metal punch / Whitney XX punch clone -REVIEW-

Re: What patterns do people want to see in a pattern archive

Re: What patterns do people want to see in a pattern archive

Re: Tool Choice

Re: My first helm-making endeavor

Re: pics of workshops

Re: Throatless Shear?