The Armour Archive

Ckanite

Wow! I try to never wear gloves when operating machinery... never heard of something that umm... dramatic before. A friend of mine broke his hand and wrist that way though. Here's one. ALWAYS wear leather boots in the shop. I've had one instance of a hot coal getting inside a pair of sandals once an...

Ckanite

For grinding and sanding, I'm actually really bad about wearing even a dust mask. :( Best practices, at least a dust mask...respirator if you've got one. Ideal? A vacuum booth with either three walls and a suction hood, or a perforated tabletop where the dust is sucked down. Both require a bit of s...

Ckanite

When I'm grinding, I usually don't use any ventilation systems, though I have a mask for when I'm working with fiberglass and I have a full face mask for when I'm working with stone. I have modified my regular face shield. I hotglued a denim drape all around the perimeter, and made a sort of a hat f...

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Gruber wrote:This is true... but the seafood and ocean breeze are excellent!

Well, I'm sold!

Ckanite

I'd love to come down for that! Bit of a slog for me though... One even day...

Ckanite

I usually wear ballistic sunglasses. Actually saved my eye once. A hammer head broke off after I slammed it down like an idiot. Had a pick on one side. The point stopped just a few hairs from my eyeball.

Ckanite

Umm.... my shop is barely big enough for me... Though I would love to attend one!

Ckanite

Quick! Get the shop monkies!!!!

Ckanite

IIRC, someone did a version of this a few years ago and it was posted or cross posted here... and again, IIRC, they had fixed some of the bulk and mobility problems...

By the way welcome to the Archive Fullmetal Freak!

Ckanite

That's a might smexy beast you have in the works man!

Ckanite

James Arlen Gillaspie wrote:Whether or not 'they would have done it that way', you can't argue with the beauty of the result!

They wouldn't have been posting pictures and teaching all their wonderful secretes on the internet for free either...

Ckanite

Make the days go by faster! This kind of suspense kills me

Ckanite

Well welcome and Well Come! It's a very nice piece that you bring to us today!

Ckanite

Well Done! I've always wanted to really see how a triangular roll came together. It's great seeing everything in a very simple step by step.

Ckanite

Hmm. Make some Roman shields.

Ckanite

Glad to hear it ottO! Keep on pluggin away!

Ckanite

Very nice! I would have been very tempted to d a "Buddy Christ" on the helmet just to see how many people noticed. ;) Nice kit, I've been thinking about doing something similar for a paint job with a shield myself The buddy Christ would be pretty awesome! As to the shield, my only observation would...

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It seems that if you zip a small channel off the edge a bit, maybe even angled to fir the 'teeth' it should work rather nicely. Looks like it would be a hell of a lot eaiser than rawhide or piecing a metal edge together...

Ckanite

That is AWESOME!

Ckanite

That seems like a pretty good idea to me!!

Ckanite

Hence "relatively similar"

You need to be able to know who's who, double to when the Fog of War sets in.

Remember folks: Friendly fire, isn't.

Ckanite

WOW! I'll have to try that out one day...

Ckanite

Well, I would think that they would like to look at least relatively similar to each other...

Ckanite

I heard that soaking sore joints in a pot of boiled ginger medallions works very well, at least it works for my mom's arthritis. Basically what you do is fill up a pot halfway to 3/4 of the way with diced ginger and leave it to boil for 5-7 minutes. The hotter the better, but don't scald yourself! ...

Ckanite

Do you have a welder?[/quote Lightweight hidden armour? It's what I would do... But I have many different ideas and applications than just SCA Stealth blade turner "trauma plates" tucked into the lining of a biker jacket? Sick bastard. I like the way you think :twisted: I do what I can, when I can....

Ckanite

Not so much. What the difference between a hockey helmet and a motorcycle helmet? You could make it work but...

Ckanite

Lightweight hidden armour? It's what I would do... But I have many different ideas and applications than just SCA

Ckanite

Most women will fit into a regular BP with no problem. Worst comes to worst, you need to adjust to have a slightly bigger chest cavity in the upper BP.

Ckanite

Dat's Purdy!

Ckanite

I'm excited to see the results of the next round!!

Ckanite

Could be 6 of one and half dozen of the other. Very cool though!

Ckanite

Are they of Nickel free steel?

Ckanite

I always give my stuff a good coating of WD40 before storage, and a good wipe down after. I find after a while it will give it a nice weathered (not rusted) look. Whenever I make a piece, I heat it up and then spray WD-40 on it. I do this for 2-3 cycles. I've never had a problem. Cool results though!

Ckanite

Bravo!

Ckanite

The Iron Dwarf wrote:great KtR
not a good idea having to get out to start it
mind you locally there was a local government owned nuclear shelter with an outside toilet

WAT?

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