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- Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:04 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Tinker 9th cen Sword question.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 371
Re: Tinker 9th cen Sword question.
I've used the blunt and like it very much, nice shaped blade and fuller, good weight (not too heavy), nice balance, quite inexpensive from KOA, stainless fittings that don't stand out as stainless, leather wrapped grip and scabbard. The blade is hard steel but still nicks up from edge to edge shots/...
- Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: can you oxy fuel weld stainless?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 529
Re: can you oxy fuel weld stainless?
Ha! Yeah it's maybe anti-intuitive, but it makes sense to have the shielding effect of the acetylene. Sorry had a busy week, it's definately 4x as schreiber says (henrob is cobra torch, also called dillon) but at the armour thicknesses we weld the total flame length is not really all that long. Did ...
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:58 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: can you oxy fuel weld stainless?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 529
Re: can you oxy fuel weld stainless?
With the cobra torch you use more acetylene than oxygen, the extra acetylene acts as a shield against the oxidisation of the oxygen. From memory the outer flame should be four times longer than the inner flame, want me to check the notes? I've usd tig rods, cut strip, ss bicycle spokes, ss wire from...
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:59 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Australian sale - punch and dies for roper whitney #8 punch
- Replies: 1
- Views: 214
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:18 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Australian sale - punch and dies for roper whitney #8 punch
- Replies: 1
- Views: 214
Australian sale - punch and dies for roper whitney #8 punch
Hi, I have brand new punch and dies for sale, one each of the following sizes:
1/8", 5/32", 3/16", 1/4"
$20 each punch and die pair.
If you have a #8 punch you'd like to sell, I will keep the dies and buy the punch
The punch and dies also fit a #2
1/8", 5/32", 3/16", 1/4"
$20 each punch and die pair.
If you have a #8 punch you'd like to sell, I will keep the dies and buy the punch
The punch and dies also fit a #2
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:05 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Roper Whitney No.7 Dies
- Replies: 35
- Views: 997
Re: Roper Whitney No.7 Dies
Thanks Jacob,
They're definately no.8's then, cheers.
They're definately no.8's then, cheers.
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:42 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Roper Whitney No.7 Dies
- Replies: 35
- Views: 997
Re: Roper Whitney No.7 Dies
Hey can someone please take a measurement of a no.8 die for me? I bought these so long ago I'm now confused about what punch they're for. I only know they're too big to fit in my punch! (I'll sell them when I've worked out what they are :lol: ) I think they're for a no.8. My confusion began when I b...
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:35 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Roper Whitney No.7 Dies
- Replies: 35
- Views: 997
Re: Roper Whitney No.7 Dies
I have some no.8 punch and dies I bought by mistake. Check your PM's
Cheers,
Dave
Cheers,
Dave
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:25 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Floor for armour shop
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1734
Re: Floor for armour shop
If I was building from scratch it would depend on finances. Concrete is good ...a friend of mine who is a silversmith converted his dirt-floored garage into a studio and used free bricks standing on end to surface the floor. They are packed down and together really solid with the dirt forming a kind...
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:57 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Yurt construction
- Replies: 32
- Views: 909
Re: Yurt construction
Nice! What type of lumber? I reckon I could fit all of that in the back of my station wagon
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:49 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Yurt construction
- Replies: 32
- Views: 909
Re: Yurt construction
Hey Tacodog, awesome to see it all packed down so small, I really dig the neat bags for the roof poles, and am amAZed at the small roll of khana. What material are the khana sticks made from? Is it bamboo? Hard to work out from the pic. LOVe the red! What colour is your canvas? I always wanted to ma...
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:21 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Leather covered bell gauntlets
- Replies: 10
- Views: 565
Re: Leather covered bell gauntlets
Your gauntlets are very nicely crafted Graham.
The same gauntlet with reconstruction:
- Wed May 11, 2011 6:27 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 514
Re: Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
Ah this is good, its great to have some more ideas thrown around. Aussie Yeoman Dave - happy to chat about making and logistics any time, but the segmented method - essentially coopering - is way beyond me in terms of time. I find whenever I start a more complex wood project it takes all my metal po...
- Wed May 11, 2011 1:39 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 514
Re: Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
Thanks Hal and Alti, I appreciate you guys responding.
4-5 inches is quite impressive for plywood, now I just need to find me a truck rim OR its a damn good excuse to buy an anvil!
How much depth did you get Hal?
Cheers,
Dave.
4-5 inches is quite impressive for plywood, now I just need to find me a truck rim OR its a damn good excuse to buy an anvil!
How much depth did you get Hal?
Cheers,
Dave.
- Tue May 10, 2011 6:04 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 514
Re: Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
Hey Hal, thanks for your reply - I think your shield was in that earlier topic along with Cap'n Atlis quote. How deep is the dishing on your shield? How many layers of ply did you use? If you used layers, did you wet and weight them seperately before drying out and gluing? Just trying to get an idea...
- Tue May 10, 2011 12:32 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 514
Cap'n Atli - Convex Shield how to?
Hi Cap'n, I'm keen to make a convex shield and came across an earlier posting you made. Hope you can answer a couple of questions about your method... How many inches/cms of depth did you get in the dishing? Did you have to make any cuts in the blank or anything else before dishing? "I've done a dis...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:14 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: wool fabric from william booth ok for dark ages???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 642
Re: wool fabric from william booth ok for dark ages???
Thanks, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain wool to me, its all starting to make sense to me now!
Cheers,
Dave.
Cheers,
Dave.
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:26 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: wool fabric from william booth ok for dark ages???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 642
Re: wool fabric from william booth ok for dark ages???
Thanks! I've yet to make anything from woollen fabric apart from blankets, so I'm not familiar with the descriptive terms used, the weave types or anything like that.
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:34 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: wool fabric from william booth ok for dark ages???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 642
wool fabric from william booth ok for dark ages???
http://wmboothdraper.com/
Would the broadcloth wool from William Booth Draper be good to use for dark ages reenactment, viking, saxon ,norman etc.?
I'd love to hear some feedback, it looks good but its always hard to tell from images on a computer monitor
Thanks,
Dave.
Would the broadcloth wool from William Booth Draper be good to use for dark ages reenactment, viking, saxon ,norman etc.?
I'd love to hear some feedback, it looks good but its always hard to tell from images on a computer monitor
Thanks,
Dave.
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:04 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Decent sources for 100% linen?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1424
Re: Decent sources for 100% linen?
Would the broadcloth wool from William Booth Draper be good to use for dark ages reenactment, viking, saxon ,norman etc.?
- Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:40 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Finger scales for gauntlets, what size rivet to use?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 609
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:43 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Rawhide box/pouch help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1019
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:42 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: couple new helms
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1390
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:06 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Lessons Learned from a Newbie: Fellow Newbies, Take Note
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1243
- Wed May 19, 2010 10:18 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: please help me braze on brass channel edging!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 566
Adric, I like that idea. Hal, you may be right, if I can't make it work I'll just stick to the rivets! You can just make out the flush rivets on the right cheekplate. It all seems very firm, but the customer plays steel and I'm worried an edge blow may knock the edging loose. Probably not to the che...
- Wed May 19, 2010 8:49 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: please help me braze on brass channel edging!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 566
Hiya and thanks for quick replies :D Yes Hal, fully wrapped around, the channel is shaped like a U So capilliary action does the trick! Great, I will give it a go on some scrap, I'm guessing apply the flux to the inside of the channel and then I will apply the rod to the back as you have both sugges...
- Wed May 19, 2010 7:47 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: please help me braze on brass channel edging!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 566
please help me braze on brass channel edging!
Hi, A while ago I posted some in progress shots of a coppergate helm that I was starting to put brass bling on. It was suggested that I braze the edging on rather than rely on the tiny rivets I was starting to use. Here is a pic of the edging on a cheekplate: I already know how to braze, just don't ...
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:12 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Getting that rustic look....?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1113
More awake now :) My thought is that it adds more surface area for more oxidising reaction on the piece of steel. And yes, seems to speed up the process. Have you ever noticed stainless getting rusty - maybe not rusty but stained - when in contact with rusting mild steel over time? I've been treatin...
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:34 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Getting that rustic look....?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1113
Very tired, but I will try to write a coherent post :? 1. Soak your steel in vinegar overnight. 2. Degrease if you want an even patina. Omit this step if you want the patchy look. 3. Paint on some muriatic/hydrochloric acid. Leave for 15 mins then rinse off with a hose. Observe all the usual precaus...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: public service anouncement grinders
- Replies: 27
- Views: 976
Never take the guard off your angle grinder!!! Actually I do when I put a wood sanding disk on it. But I use a full face helmet etc. When I worked as a tiler I turned on my bosses angle grinder to cut a tile. When it reached full rpm's the cutting disk came off the grinder, flying across the room an...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:11 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: image of hasps from oseberg chest no.149?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 462
Thanks Ingvarr, appreciated. Its nice to have the images you sent because I lost them! Actually it's interesting that the photo you sent of the chest shows the middle hasp in place on the chest whereas the image I have it is missing (?) And frustrating that there is so little info on such a rare thi...
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:48 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: image of hasps from oseberg chest no.149?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 462
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:54 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: image of hasps from oseberg chest no.149?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 462
image of hasps from oseberg chest no.149?
Hi, does anyone have an image of the hasps from this chest? I have made all the wooden elements of this chest - have just finished carving the underside and curving the top of the lid - and have now started work on the metal elements. I have just cut out the lock plate and cut the keyhole into it. I...
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:30 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: equation needed for padding mannequins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 235
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:41 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: equation needed for padding mannequins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 235
equation needed for padding mannequins
Hello everybody, A while ago now, someone posted an equation for helmet padding. I need something similar to work backwards from the outside padding circumference to obtain the circumference of the chickenwire support underneath. I make mannequins for costumes starting with a chicken wire torso shap...