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Ironbadger

I went back and got a couple of the stainless steel discs the scrapyard has, and heres a photo and dimensions. About three and three quarters inches across. Almost exactly an eighth of an inch thick. According to the scrapyard scale, they weighed .4 of a pound each. Magnet test- Magnets do not stick...

Ironbadger

Agreed.

The advised trick of cutting real thin strips of brass from the materials to be brazed for color matching is also excellent.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

PM responded to.

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Ironbadger

Well, yes. But they're cheap, and so long as they actually ship..That matters to someone who needs a helm to start. We've come along way though...Theres fewer and fewer spun tops and junk helms on the field every year. Its progress. -Badger- To be honest, the CNC pierce work on those helms are a MET...

Ironbadger

My buyer reluctantly had to cancel his bid on this a few weeks ago, so I am re-listing it at a lower price. So, its available for $150 plus shipping. Not an auction- first interested party to pony up cash via paypal takes it. I can make a sheath for a bit extra, but I don't want to make it beforehan...

Ironbadger

Ashcraft-Baker?
Looks an awful lot like his work, and location is listed as Tucson.

Could that be an apprentice, trained by him?
(I know..Not likely. But tossing the idea out anyway.)

-Badger-

Ironbadger

I use thin brass wire from the hobby store and Boraxo hand soap for flux.

Works fine.

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Ironbadger

*genuflects*
We're not worthy!

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InsaneIrish wrote: Yes, I am a PhotoShop GAWD.

Ironbadger

No, but I have not been on the field in a war in 21 years. I finished the spalders this morning, and one of the arms is done. The other just needs assembly. -Badger- your first time? see if you can borrow what you need to get on the field or you will probably never make it timewise if time is short....

Ironbadger

Hmm...
Interesting.

But its like nothing I can recall in a museum collection.

Thanks for the update.

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Ironbadger

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Ironbadger

True, that. Well, for now, I'm just working on generic stuff to get the job done. The pretty stuff comes later. It just kind of galls me that I can't start out in better, since I can actually MAKE better.... But time and money dictate terms, and I must make do. -Badger- Cover the aluminum in chromet...

Ironbadger

I've actually managed to dish one cop. I did not measure the size quite right, so its a bit large for the elbow set I was planning. I'll set it aside for now with its undished twin, and it'll become my light kit elbows. It wasn't as bad as the .090...And I am impressed with how tough it is now that ...

Ironbadger

Why, thats very generous of you, Nicholas. :D I'll have to look up which is which on those- I know the ones down in Huntington beach, at Murdy park. I'll have to figure out which practices those are. I'll definitely take it if I can manage to get together with you- it would save me an enormous amoun...

Ironbadger

Now thats a mighty pretty sallet. :) Its not quite what I am working on though. I don't currently have access to a welder, so I'm doing far too much riveting... I have the tail patterned out-just need to work up the ambition to cut it out in 14 gauge mild. The visor/grill I am doing is also about pa...

Ironbadger

Hm, I'm too short on cash to afford to buy, and Grimr does not need anything I have to trade.

So yes, no dibs from me on the stake.

-Badger-

Ironbadger

All information I am grateful to have, thank you. :) I know blade steel alloys...or did, 20 years ago. I have been away from working metal so long, I'm constantly rediscovering how much I have forgotten. I used to do small scale casting in aluminum, pewter and silver. So theres a bit I do know about...

Ironbadger

First off. Welcome to the archive. The armour archive is not specifically a vendor of armor- Rather, its a gathering place where armorers and others meet to talk about all manner of armor and weapons, and often sell goods. Its a great contact point, and a great place to start. I'm not so up on who i...

Ironbadger

I don't know..... I already cut most of this crap, so I don't think I can turn much of it into other things. But I am seriously thinking of just making some splint sets to raise cash to try again in steel. Time is an issue though... And I broke the damned bandsaw blade. Which is only to be expected....

Ironbadger

Oh, just make me green with envy, why don't you, Mrks?

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mrks wrote:big machine move evil metal.
no problem.

Ironbadger

Gee, thanks Alcyoneus....
Nothing like a few heart attacks and the odd stress-induced stroke among friends, right?

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Baron Alcyoneus wrote:Try some 7075 T6, Ironbadger, you'll have at least 50% more fun!

Ironbadger

Yeah, this was due to getting an entire half sheet for scrap price. It was probably cheaper than an equal square footage of 16-18 gauge stainless steel at the time and place I got it. I decided to use it because I had it, and am short on time and cash to make a kit for a local war in a month or so. ...

Ironbadger

Yeah it would....But I am hoping to avoid that if possible, since some marshals will bounce it as "not secure enough", because the bars can slide around a bit. I can always try some form of actual slotted visor too- but without a raising hammer making one is kind of iffy. I'm planning on at least so...

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6061....Thats the correct number. Thanks Hal. I am not ready to admit defeat yet.... But I have fallen back to the redoubt to plan my strategy over again. I'm NOT going to get the fluting needed for gothic styling out of this sucker...Just not going to happen. So most likely, this will become a "pla...

Ironbadger

Well, after several hours of exhausting pounding...I have a half formed plackart front in 12 gauge T6 aluminum. (I think its the 5061 alloy...I'm too pissed off and exhausted to remember the correct number.) I did NOT know this stuff was so springy.... I'm having real trouble getting it to dish out ...

Ironbadger

Theres a grey foam I prefer that Anaheim foam and fabric's owner/proprietor calls "EVA foam". I assume thats the correct industry name for it...But I have my doubts. Its incredibly tough yet gooshy, and absorbs energy wonderfully well. I'll have to see if I can get a better name and a source for the...

Ironbadger

Thanks for the advice. I'm more inclined towards metal for armor for personal use. But I do get over thataways from time to time, and wondered if it was worth dropping in to scavenge their remnants tables. Mostly for other people. I have a bandsaw, so I can cut plastic and aluminum really easily and...

Ironbadger

I do not have a website. My making more splints in aircraft aluminum is heavily dependent on both finding more at the scrapyard, and getting a better setup for dishing. At the moment, I am improvising...And that means getting an even dish is a serious pain. If folks don't mind wavy surfaces, what I ...

Ironbadger

Interesting idea. Theres a huge plastics supply warehouse not far from here that has a big room selling scraps. I've still got some 1/4 inch panels left over from making prop weapons. Way too thick in my opinion for this- but 3/16 for splints? Is 1/8th too thin? -Badger- Yes. I've been using them ex...

Ironbadger

Those look like ABS with one side textured?

Just curious- I never thought about making splints in something like that before.

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Ironbadger

I definitely want one, your Grace.

Won't be at Pennsic....I'll have to see about setting some cash aside.

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Ironbadger

Agreed. You can crease/flute the centerline of the splints with a dulled cold chisel and a hammer, using a pine 2X4 and some patience. Or just using a pine 2X4 and a suitable ball peen hammer and practice. (Cutting or carving a groove down the length of the 2X4 helps a bit...Mostly by holding the me...

Ironbadger

Plastic from pickle barrels can also be shaped by dipping the small pieces in boiling water. Wear good gloves and dip using a needle nosed pliers. I used to shape plastic for dagorhir weapons that way- Worked better than my heat gun or propane torch, once I hit upon the hot water trick. No scorching...

Ironbadger

Thank you, Wade. As I said, I am not familiar with jousting/tilting through experience, and I was not sure that an eyeslot so high was authentic..Or even practical. To be sure, it is a butt-ugly harness though. :lol: -Badger- I could be wrong...But the helmet in the first image- The eyeslot seems to...

Ironbadger

Oh, I agree! I spend more time patterning than I do actually fabricating anything. I figured they were welded shells. But you do such smooth work, I couldn't actually be sure. :) Not that I will ever have or find the time to try to do anything similar... But fascinating stuff. -Badger- Badger, Welde...

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