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The Iron Dwarf

For bending up to 12" square-stock I've found a MAPP torch to be most effective at heating a small area quickly and then getting on with the rest of the project.

never tried to bend anything that thick

I believe Thomas said to dish it cold not hot on the pipe fitting

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I have a choice a scotchman 207 iron hydraulic ironworker is a bit over the top, as is the hypertherm max 100 plasma I have used a bench shear but one way I found usefull for turning nails into rivets is a piece of flat steel with a row of holes, lots of holes the shank size of the rivets, the steel...

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I hope the production company had to pay for their cost cutting

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I asked a local place that did spark eroding in early december, still waiting for them to get back to me with a price so soon will ask other places and will let people know not to bother asking the first place ( including one friend who wanted production quantities of SE done. I want to get a large ...

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Your anvil is bigger than my anvil well that is to make up for me being smaller than you maybe ( and it is still only a baby anvil compared to some of the monsters at work, I think we have 3 that are about 500lbs or more ) yours looks hammer forged. it is Hal, and though not in perfect condition I ...

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I sell ball bearings and ballstakes made from them up to 4" and plain steel ballstakes up to 6" diameter but am on the wrong continent for you. beware of welding ball bearings, it is not always simple and if not done right they can crack. to use one of my stakes in a hardie hole I could ad...

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it looks like your 1" stake tools will fit my 100lb anvil and my 20mm stake tools will fit yours

here is mine, a 100lb ( possibly ) peter wright

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try this from halberds[/url]

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pop rivets are the ones with a pin that breaks off when you use the tool to set them, they are also known as blind rivets because you only need access to one side. solid rivets have typically a domed head ( thought there are also flat and countersunk ones ) and a straight shank that you cut to lengt...

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proper solid rivets are better than the hollow pop types.

they are not dificult to get or to use, you just need practice.
where abouts are you, maybe someone local can help

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wire wheels and grinders feed on human flesh

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great work Matt

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if the postal service cant break it then it is unbreakable, here they are known to kick around packages that are marked fragile deliberatly. when I use to use our normal postal services here and was sending things like a 6" diameter steel ball I would mark it as fragile because if they kicked i...

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there will be more as long as there is a demand for them.
I will post about them in plenty of time or you can contact Alun anytime.

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the less the bricks weigh the better, there are many types but the lower the density generally the more heat they reflect and the better they insulate. normal building bricks will absorb a lot of heat and will conduct it to the casing meaning your little torch is heating the bricks rather than the w...

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I regularly send out the same items and have set ways of packing them. I know which types of boxes / trays from the grocery stores fit which items well and recycle polystyrene ( styrofoam ) for a local guy who hires out skips ( dumpsters ), his yard is 200 yards from my workshop. every couple of day...

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well from what I hear you are doing more historical stuff PB ( but as well as that it is sometimes good to think of hysterical stuff as well ) here there are great armorers who: do bombproof stuff for newbies to get on the field at a reasonable price. do authentic looking historical stuff do great m...

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there are many great armourers on here, I will never be one as I use and am happy with other skills.

one here whose work I often look out for is pitbull, he can armour a squirrel, a dog, a horse and probably a lot more as well as working on more historic stuff

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all armourers are good ( except a certain wombat maybe ) people who want to learn about making armour are better ( mainly because I make tools

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no probs Thallian, do it when you can.
if you can get to boot camp at welwyn garden city in early april there will be lots you can join in for free including using the forge

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had to cancel january's course due to lack of interest next we have on 12 and 13th feb a forgework and armouring weekend for begginers. cost Â£75 ( 75 UK pounds ) location kettering in the east midlands contact alunwalker@mac.com we need at least 5 people to make this worthwhile and can have a max o...

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one person here springs to mind, suzerain from scotland.

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well someone here has half a sheet on the way to them, will wait to see what they make with it and if it is posted here

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there are a few on this thread
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=128555

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if you are interested in some of this here is a bit more about it. it is marked ASTM B265 GR2 grade 2 is one of the pure titaniums from what I have read unlike some of the higher numbers that are alloys with things like aluminium. m dont know if this is a reasonable price so will see how it goes ( i...

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I went there about a year after the break up of the soviet union, was there for a convention and stayed a week. caused a bit of a fuss on a us base I was working on the year before when I was invited to the event. got a letter inviting me on a friday the event started on, same day I started on a loc...

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Blaine de Navarre wrote:
The Iron Dwarf wrote:0.5mm is what it is marked as, the 0.05" was a guess

0.5mm ~ 0.020" (~ 25-26 gaugish)

thanks for the help

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thank you.
the 0.5mm is what it is marked as, the 0.05" was a guess.

I will sell it in small bits after I have tried cutting it.
have put some on ebay to see if there is any interest

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have just got a lot of very thin titanium sheet 0.5mm thick ( about 0.05" at a guess ) was going to list it on ebay and other places but though I would ask here first if it had any armouring use ( my guess is though that it may be too thin ) the sheets are 710mm by 510mm ( 28" by 20" ...

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Patrick Marshall wrote:go to Pitbull Armory. The guy does amazing work and from what I hear his customer service is great as well.

+1

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depends on how heavy you are working on the stakes ( or the horn )
normally I would recommend using coach screws to fix it down to a stump.

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yes, you keep using it till the media wears away and keep adding more to maintain the level you want.
I have a very small one, holds about 2 gallons.
I also use an old cement mixer with the paddles removed and some bars welded inside instead, that has sand and gravel in it

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here is how I make a usefull anvil from scrap first, the main part is from a type of plough http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/hodgesaargh/Image004-2.jpg next this is cut down as the back and middle are too long, it is then welded back together and I add a stake holder ( to take my 20mm stakes )...

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bump
as it is a week to go and only 2 booked in so far

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Hi Iron Dwarf, Happy New Year. Im sorry I forgot to mention your name for armor tools, those anvils look awesome, do the hardy holes go all the way through? what is the main body made of, is it solid? How much would one of those cost? Take care no probs with the name and a happy new year to you too...

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thin titanium sheet, any uses?

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