The Armour Archive

Leonardus

All of my stuff is hanging off of a base web server that serves up real pages. HTML, and JPG. Straightforward, honest, basic web the way it was originally intended. Wade At the risk of derailing this thread further, I thank you for that. It's really the only way you have any control. I appreciate y...

Leonardus

I feel frustrated and disempowered. Welcome to "The Cloud". It's going to get worse before people figure out what a bad idea giving a giant, unresponsive, and uncaring corporation total control of your data is. The only chance you have for stability and control is rolling your own web server, as on...

Leonardus

Leonardus

Thank you! I did heat treat, polish and strap these. I was originally pretty sure they wouldn't fit me but as it turned out, they do fit so yay! My heat treat setup is crude, an old kiln lid and some firebrick with a weedburner for heat. Quenched in near boiling water and tempered at 400F for 45 min...

Leonardus

Anybody want to ballpark guess what the whole lot would be worth? I would like a few of the stakes and the plate. One of the smaller anvils too. Group buy? If this gets serious I can probably go get better photos.

Leonardus

Wants to sell as a unit, unfortunately.
http://muncie.craigslist.org/tls/5719802251.html

Leonardus

You're welcome. Just be sure to note the lames are an example of how not to do it! I think I'll skip the fan indent on this pair.

Leonardus

This update took longer than I would have liked. Made a good bit of progress lately. Aside from a couple of fit tweaks and putting a roll on the vambrace, they're ready for heat treating. Nobody noticed apparently, but I put the articulation rivets too far into the fan. That made for asymmetrical la...

Leonardus

In all honesty, as non-metal pusher, I would pay for a video class just demonstrating a couple of things, and the patterns to make those things, especially if there was some way to contact the teacher and ask questions. A/k/a Metal Shop class -- such as may be found in community colleges pretty muc...

Leonardus

Zach and Wade, thank you very much. I now have a much greater understanding of what I need to do in the future. I missed Mac's thread somehow. I made my lames "scalloped" just because I had seen that elsewhere. I noticed that it made fitting the lame much easier, but I didn't know why, exactly. Oh, ...

Leonardus

ManOnFire68: Thank you and no, other than drawing the patterns I have not. Would have been a good idea but it is hard to get a tracing of yourself by yourself. As a consequence, this set is going to end up too small for me to wear. I didn't make the meaty part of the vambrace large enough in diamete...

Leonardus

Loosely based on these: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/____________.png The cop .050 4130, everything else is .040. Criticism welcomed. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/arm1_zps4kpootcr.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/arm2_zpsmtx3uuqf.jpg http://i8...

Leonardus

Signo, I fully appreciate what you're saying. But I didn't understand the shapes I wanted to achieve on my first project since I had never done that before. I had a set of flat patterns and a picture from a single view of what it was supposed to look like completed. I was forced to look at pictures ...

Leonardus

Patterns, for me as a rank newbie, were indispensable for my first project. They got me in the ballpark. Even though what I ended up with was 78 different kinds of wrong, it gave me something physical I could touch and view from any angle. I could analyse what I did wrong by comparing it with photos...

Leonardus

http://www.riogrande.com/Product/Etchin ... 8104?Pos=3

Leonardus

In the midst of the muck and mire on middle Sunday, I watched some poor guy in a Mustang GT head out towards the parking lot.. he very nearly sank it in the sludge in front of the North Gate.. some vehicles should not go to Pennsic. Dark gray? That might have been me. If so, it wasn't as bad as it ...

Leonardus

Well hell, you just made my week, good sir, and in more ways than one. I also have a couple DC treadmill motors I want to speed control, and at 15A DC this will do it. All I need to worry about now is a 90v PSU. Now I'm one step closer to a 1.25HP belt grinder. I owe you a beer! Harbor Fright stuff...

Leonardus

The biggest problem with this thing is that it it rotates at a ridiculous 30,000 rpm! . With a 120 grit disc on it, it very easily leaves grooves where the side of the disc hits the metal. So now I need to go find out whether there's a readily available light dimmer switch or similar that will hand...

Leonardus

Sold.

Leonardus

These were made for me by Jolly Knight but unfortunately they are just a bit too small around the calf. Mild steel, satin finish. Slightly used. $325 shipped UPS Ground. Paypal accepted. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/hdr_00006_0.jpg A 5" B 18.5" Circumference C 11.5" Circumference ...

Leonardus

Silica gel is as close as the grocery store. Cheap.

http://www.freshstep.com/cat-litter/pro ... al-litter/

Leonardus

This help?

Leonardus

For 4130 try:

http://www.aedmotorsport.com/

Leonardus

wcallen wrote:I don't do Facebook either. Sorry, not playing their game.

Wade

Leonardus

Check out Jolly Knight. He doesn't work in stainless but can do spring steel.
http://jollyknight.com.ua

Cased greaves he made for me:

Leonardus

Smooth-On Mold Max 60
http://www.reynoldsam.com/Silicone-Rubb ... index.html

Rio Grande sells a superior rubber but it is expensive. For 40 or so casts, Mold Max works fine.

Leonardus

It is fairly easy to make your own in pewter. Laser print your design in black and white, mirror imaged, onto paper coated with water-soluble glue. Dextrin works best but PVA works too. Put the paper toner side down onto some thin brass sheet and fuse the toner to it using a document laminator. Soak...

Leonardus

Swete wrote:You could get mildsteel riveted from KultofAthena.com for $214+shipping

Could you please provide a link to that? I don't see anything near that price on the website.

Leonardus

Relatively cheap:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/x-series-h ... re-1170620
And 3/4" chunk of drill rod:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#drill-rods/=fwe5rm

Leonardus

Is the elbow cop welded? Dished, but they're not deep enough. A knowledgeable gentleman from the archive pointed that out and a lot of other errors I made. Who do you use for your heat treat? I haven't sent them out yet but was planning to use: http://circlecityheattreating.com/ They quoted $100 bu...

Leonardus

Made from .040 (.070 on the cop) 4130 and ready for the heat treaters. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/arm1.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/arm2.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/arm3.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/rubepics/arm4.jpg h...

Leonardus

I have a wax hardened leather one you can have. I'll bring it to Sternfeld's practice.

Leonardus

Leonardus, Thanks for the reply. What I take away from your comments is that you are addressing a hypothetical rule change. What I (we) are looking for is a way to actually enforce the rules that already exist on the books. We aren't lobbying for any additional rules, we just want to see folks foll...

Leonardus

Thomas, I'm OK with smartassed snarking, it's entertaining. Do what you feel. :) if the wrastlin guy won't take a hint then I think we just have to put up with it. As I see it, there are two ways to handle authenticity issues. The current laid back approach, which admittedly doesn't work all that we...

Leonardus

With all this talk about legistlating appearance and authenticity standards in the SCA I'd just like to say that one of the things I find endearing about the SCA is it's uncomplicated ruleset. Garb? Couldn't be simpler, make an honest attempt. Armoured Combat? Those rules boil down to don't hurt any...

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Re: Dusting off the cobwebs

Re: 14th C arms in progress

Re: Impressive set of metalworking tools on Craigslist-India

Impressive set of metalworking tools on Craigslist-Indiana

Re: 14th C arms in progress

Re: 14th C arms in progress

Re: Let's talk about templates.

Re: 14th C arms in progress

Re: 14th C arms in progress

14th C arms in progress

Re: Let's talk about templates.

Re: Let's talk about templates.

Re: Ferric Acid Etching

Re: Pennsic Woods battle cancelled

Re: What's everyone using to grind awkward shapes?

Re: What's everyone using to grind awkward shapes?

Re: Cased Greaves $325

Cased Greaves $325

Re: Using 'Damp Rid' or silica gel to prevent armor rust.

Re: Illuminartion for a scroll and doc to go with

Re: Where can I buy 1050 and 4130 steel sheets?

Re: Pictures of Team USA BotN Armour?

Re: Seeking a Quote on Chatres OR Churburg arms

Re: LF challenge coins to be made

Re: LF challenge coins to be made

Re: Maille question

Re: Maille Flattening Tool

Re: Churburg Arms from Talbot Pattern

Churburg Arms from Talbot Pattern

Re: WTB Left Hand Demi - SCA

Re: Is there a "NO PLASTIC. PERIOD" Movement in the SCA?

Re: Is there a "NO PLASTIC. PERIOD" Movement in the SCA?

Re: Is there a "NO PLASTIC. PERIOD" Movement in the SCA?