The Armour Archive

Ld Thomas Willoughby

When I have to go out to the shop to work I can heat the place with the kiln or powder coating oven but when I was working off the back porch just a hair dryer or paint stripper made a lot of difference to warm my hands and tools.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Just watch the video and drool with envy.

https://youtu.be/yEluFkSUpS4

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Think I remember Ugo raising some pieces with those pyramids awhile back. Could well have been this suit that inspired him.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I have a quick question regarding the Ultuna helmet.

Can anyone tell me the average width of the woven band/straps?

My web-fu is weak today and at best guess from the pics I can find I'm guessing around 3/4-1 inch?

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I believe Superglue is non conductive. Other than that no idea.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I believe 7 is showing to flare a lip in the rear skirt to mount it to the rear panel

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Try this link and let me know if it works, should be set to public.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjv2FJD3

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Would the pattern for this helmet be of use?

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Ouch, those rivets...

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Thank you James, it just came to me one day.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I rig something like this as a redneck slide caliper: https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/550341_4074475984192_1783663534_n.jpg?oh=35f76705390442148b973a1e804d956d&oe=58CA24EC Then take front to back, side to side, and crown height measurements. Plot that as an oval, then recalculate for a...

Ld Thomas Willoughby

May I suggest,

http://www.plasticlamellar.com/Plates/effingham-plate

Ld Thomas Willoughby

RivetsOnline.com

I've had decent success with them for round head brass and steel rivets. I usually make my own brass washers.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I assume by forged you actually mean rendered?

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Here's the old instruction page.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20786277/Vals ... ury#scribd

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I cut 14ga mild with my Harbor Freight shear all the time. 12 ga in aluminum on occasions. But it gets stubborn with even 18ga stainless.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Use aluminum and 18ga for for the tiny tots. Go heavier as they out grow them and get bigger. https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/534965_3433366436854_1856809212_n.jpg?oh=3efc234804aa1f5d63e6af603efe88c8&oe=56D9D67D https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/52...

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Looking awesome.
I assume you anneal the piece then work cold?

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Worth watching,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QMbn6d ... e=youtu.be

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From left made from.. Dodge Turismo tie rod end, Ford Maverick ball joint , bulldozer ball bearing, goose neck trailer hitch, and cannon ball

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Just lay the barrel on its side and build a small clay dam around the patch, fill it with water and see if it leaks.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Mac if you're using Firefox you can get a Pinterest button add on that will let you grab pics from whatever webpage and pin to your board.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Random thought, but with your cop setup, what if you were to extend the clamp for the shaping pieces further out and mount them on hinges?
Might help with ease of production, stretch the plastic and just flip the clamp over and set your screws.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Found this, clamp a thin shim stock between the plate and drill hole to length then remove shim to use. I'd anchor the plate to the jaws better. http://youtu.be/qDRjYu4BZLE I've wanted to set up something like this with my air jack to do decorative rivet heads for years but still havent gotten aroun...

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Steam strips of luan, weaving them together with copious use of gorilla glue, and then lace it to a support brace and rim?

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I use a small bottle jack on the inside to tweak some helmets. Just recheck your rivets after you do it, some might loosen.

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Don't know how accurate they'd be but I know there's some tutorials on the net about doing 3D scanning with the sensors from a Xbox Kinect.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Was give some equipment of a old friend that pasted away recently. :( He was one of the firsts to get me involved in the SCA. A Champion blacksmiths forge with hand crank blower, an Emerson Anvil 50lbs, 2 plastic garbage cans full of coal and a smelters pot and spoon. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akama...

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I've done a kettle helm that way.

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hph ... e=54888276

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There's this one.

http://scametalwork.com/personal/patter ... ctions.pdf

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I remember someone did a suit of it using cut down tea spoons. Didn't look quite right due to the depth of the bowls.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

My sister and mother have been trying to work out a pattern for a particular quilt they've wanted to do for years. I've been watching them try various methods of hand drawing the pieces out over the last two weeks that have meet in failure. They finally started hitting that "F@%k this" point yesterd...

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Methyl Ethyl Ketone can do savage enough things to your cells and innards, leaving you with chronic solvent sensitivities, that I doubt you'd be wanting to mess with it. Side note, I suffer from this. Most paints, perfumes, colognes, and hairsprays will give me headaches and nausea. I had a waitres...

Ld Thomas Willoughby

I use paint stripper wheels chucked in my drill press for rust removal.

Ld Thomas Willoughby

Kinda reminds me of the clamp my dad had for holding handsaws for sharpening. Clamps to a sawhorse then insert saw teeth upward and clamp the leaver down to hold it.

Re: Working in the cold

Ever try to find a rock tumbler ball for a stake?

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Given a forge today.

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Pattern making skillz (Off topic-ish) :)

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