The Armour Archive

The Iron Dwarf

here I get the part I want cut from the rest, cut off the worn thin bit at the end and cut off the heel so I have a straight piece that is reasonably parallel about 24" long, 4" wide and 2" thick for about 10 uk pounds ( about 15 $ )

The Iron Dwarf

2 pieces of 1" or smaller round bright steel for shafts, some standard bearings and a couple of gears and a little fabrication then use a lathe to make the rollers. or the way I do up to 1/4" thick is a V block from a big sheet metal folder in my press and a top tool made from 1" round, both about 1...

The Iron Dwarf

be patient! cant use it yet due to the concrete needing to cure more also have not got it fixed down yet. as soon as some real hammering is done there may be a pic or two. this first prototype is mainly to prove the mechanism, the next one will be very different but will work the same way ( also am ...

The Iron Dwarf

they are not that complicated to make and just scale up to do thicker

The Iron Dwarf

if it was being used from the bottom maybe as the sand would settle leaving a gap under the top plate ( I have not tried hammering upwards onto an anvil fixed from above but can imagine there would be problems ). upper tool holder done arm and con rod improved next fit control; panel and fix anvil t...

The Iron Dwarf

hacksaw, grinder with cutting disc, dremel, really good cutters.
when I had lots to do I got as plate the right thickness and drilled a row of holes in it, filled them with rivets and clamped it to another plate to hold the rivets in place then used a sharp chisel to go along a line of 25 at a time

The Iron Dwarf

I would use a press, made a lot of langetting that way in the past out of 16g to 8g stripfrom 3/4" wide in about 36" lengths.
took about 30 seconds to do each as I had to do a short section and move the material along to do the next

The Iron Dwarf

will be at tewkes in just over a week, a good event if you can get there, also will be at midfest 2 weeks later with a forge going and hopefully some blacksmiths and even an armourer helping, all reenactors are welcome to come and use the forge. I trade at Torm and ILHF. all the above are worthwhile...

The Iron Dwarf

tried out the prototype tonite, and the mechanism works well, tommorow will add the hammer head and start work on tuning it

The Iron Dwarf

there are many grades of stainless, 316 is one of the better ones, other steels also are avaliable in many grades each with different properties and each type can have the properties changed by: working it hardening it annealing it also the shapes you form it into and how you do that affect things a...

The Iron Dwarf

have a quantity of strip in various lengths from 150mm ( 6" ) to 450mm ( 18" ) long, all 32mm wide and 1.5mm thick ( 1 1/4" and 16 g ).
anyone in England interested, will sell by weight 1kg = 2.2lbs

The Iron Dwarf

dont know, at an event in august here in England I will have all my kit there including the forge and 2 hereford trained blacksmiths who are also reenactors. there anyone taking part can use tools and most materials for free, some items I sell they can buy like rivets and can work on their own or fr...

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MJBlazek wrote:I found the "We seldom take custom orders" Statment funny... especially when you go to the catalogue page and it says" CUSTOMIZE YOUR ARMOR PARTS

CUSTOM CNC PLASMA CUTTING AND WATERJET CUTTING"

I thought it was that they often take custom orders but seldom complete them

The Iron Dwarf

http://www.mid-fest.co.uk/ will have all the kit there and I will be helping newbies whilst the other two ( who have had several years training at Hereford ) will be doing the harder stuff. reenactors can cross the rope and have a go, you can use my tools and materials to repair or make lots of stu...

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Take Aarons offer

The Iron Dwarf

no pix today either, all I done on it is the weigh the anvil, it is now 59kg ( about 130 lbs ).
am quite happy with the weight but will see how it performs and if it needs more later

The Iron Dwarf

no more pix today, poured the concrete in and am leaving it at that, have other parts to work on next

The Iron Dwarf

we even have our own resident nut if that helps you feel a little more sane

Otto von Teich wrote: Dang, I hoped there was more than one! I feel all alone now..

Dont fret Otto, there is always Aaron T

The Iron Dwarf

thank you for the help guys, hope I can add a little to the knowledge base on this in time.
my hammer is a design I came up with from scratch, dont know yet how well it will work and it will be quite small, am aiming for maybe a 30lb hammer maybe less

The Iron Dwarf

I found welding on just the underside of the top plate gave it a slight curvature which I think will help tools when bolted down contact the plate better, am not very worried about weld strength, this first prototype has lots of weak points to see what breaks. rebar to top plate welds are done with ...

The Iron Dwarf

thank you for commenting, that is what this thread is for ( and so we can all learn a little )

The Iron Dwarf

how is it holding up with use, I want to make these to sell and dont want complaints after a few months. will cut mine open after some use to see what it is like inside. sounds like yours is a lot bigger than the one im making. other parts of mine will be on here later and a lot more when I get it m...

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done a little more today and may be mixing concrete tomorrow a pic of the top of the anvil and one of the inside, weight so far is 34kg ( about 68lbs ), will see what it is when filled http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/hodgesaargh/Photo0063.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/hodgesaargh...

The Iron Dwarf

there is a great community here who are always willing to help. if something needs doing there are many who will volunteer if you need a super villains lair with room for a couple of nuclear subs hidden inside a mountain someone could give you the contact details for the seller. stuck for informatio...

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am working on a big project at the moment, a lot of which I wont reveal yet. it is a power hammer I want to make and sell but it may be months yet before there is much to report. some parts of it I am trying very different approaches than conventional wisdom but there is method in my madness :lol: t...

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a way to scale things up or down is to draw a grid on the pattern ( here we use mm but you can use inches and fractions if you want, did this years ago for hoods for falcons when a guy into making such things lost all but one size of pattern and I made patterns from housefly to horse sized in one ev...

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get a 2" pipe flange and bolt it down to a solid bench get a short piece of 2" pipe that is threaded one end and get the shot welded to that, also make other stakes in the same way and then just screw them in to use them. PB I showed him some 1" square I had bent cold on my press into a horse shoe s...

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Ironbadger wrote:Gods of metal, how I WISH I had room for an English wheel!

was talking some time ago to a friend ( justin lee baker ) about making a hand held english wheel, could probably go as far as one that would fit in the palm of your hand

The Iron Dwarf

a source of tin lead alloy I use that is cheap is old solder, I often pick up half reels of plumbing solder or thinner normal solder or even the bigger sticks in a junkyard I go to, most will be 60/40 and mixing it all in together it wont matter much if some is not. also here at 'car boot sales' peo...

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dont know if this is the best place for this thread but if not mods please move it if you want too. just a small tool I made from junk that I will donate if someone will bid on it. a rivet snap made from a big tappet end. photo 25 shows the two ends of a tappet I got from the local junkyard, the soc...

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just got a price to send this to the US and it is about 100 uk pounds, that is about 150 USD just for shipping so I think it will have to be rehomed here ( when I find someone who will care for it ( and pay me a reasonable percentage on top of what I paid for it ))

The Iron Dwarf

as it weighs nearly half a hundredweight sending it airmail may cost a bit

The Iron Dwarf

well I need 2 legs or it is difficult to carry anvils.
will keep it for a while to play with and then let it go to a home where it may get a lot more exercise later.
have seen a few of these in the past and even bought and sold a few, dont know what their purpose was though

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about 39" tall and just over 9" long at the top, found in the local scrapyard last saturday

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looks interesting

The Iron Dwarf

have been busy on a project, it will take a long time but should be worth it.
done a few more tools and had another go at making an all metal dishing hammer, pix maybe in a few days

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