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Halberds

I have used that wheel in the machine shop. Very tidy. Clean neat smooth precision cuts.
How does one deal with the streaks it produces on a large area like a helm?

They are also at MSC supply co. about $49.00 USD.

Hal

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Halvgrim

Thank you very much for the links to the pics. I recongnize the Batajenski looking helm. You should write a nice picture book. It would look good on my coffee table.

Yours truly,

Hal

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Thank you
Anders Helseth

FAGERSTA
Is great, how beautiful.

Now this is a hammer!
[img]http://www.raa.se/kmb/image.asp?id=7435[/img]
I had heard about that type of hammer before but never seen a pic. It is very interesting.

Hal.

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Numerology bites the big one. What a bunch of crap! It's luck, and mine is running high. I won the first thing in my life. Not to mention free installation of the siding I have to buy from the telemarketers. I won the $100.00 USD door prize. 2nd place at the company Christmas dinner. As well as bein...

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I do not know but I heard this story before.
Ain't it a bitch?

Hal.

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Mr. Mad:

I am very impressed by this. At first it looked like a commercial. It turned out very nice.

Yours truly,

Hal.

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Just goes to show. Stoners were always a mellow bunch.

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I wonder if they could be for a lance rest.

Hal

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Frederich Von Teufel
Archive Member

(Snip)and bobs your uncle.(end snip)

Would that happen to be Bob Dobbs by any chance?

Hal

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Are you going to make the weapons too?
Cool vest. It is nice to get a drawing of what one wants. Yes?

Happy armouring,
(edited to remove profanity)
Hal

[This message has been edited by Halberds (edited 12-15-2002).]

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This is a image of a mechanical one. Thanks to www.mechanicals.co.uk http://www.mechanicals.co.uk/mechanicals/assets/other/2hammer.jpg I think one would connect up a variable speed gear motor to the trigger cam output shaft with a flex coupling. 300 beats per min should work pretty good. Depending o...

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I have found a wet hand sanding with 600 grit wet/dry emery paper will knock off the shine. It gives it somewhat of a gray color.

Go in small circles consistently. This will take hours.

Luck be good,

Hal

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Pow!..Ratatatatatatat..Boom!..Blamo..Kapow!!

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whey look awhey look awhey dixie land.

I would like to learn how to sew up some leather to be able to make some period shoes too.

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I like em! I do not have any period shoes for my kits. I would like to learn how.

Thanks for the *pics*. Very well done.

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Hi johnvaughan0

Try this on the classifides page of the Archive. Sell and trade over their. You might want to provide a pic of your Helm too.

Best of luck,

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Dang Wil! That is peachy keen. I like it! It looks like I best be working on your helm. Yes?

Hal.

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The tin/lead solder cost more. But it is a little harder. I like it. It is available in pure bar stock. Like what a commercial soldering machine would use.

The dome rivets stay domed.

Hal

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Guillaume2: Thats pretty dang cool. Your idea of 2 halvs sound good. You know I am going to have to try to make one of thoes now. You got my intrest started up.

Thanks for the pics and keep up the good work.

Hal

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Got a bro in Alamo, Mom in La Luz and a sis in Tulie.

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Arn't armouring cool? I think it is all the little tricks we been trying to worm out of em for the last 2 years that's paying off.

Hey POD we need pics of your kid!

Hal.

Ps: We feed on pics.

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Thanks that was very nice page Uryen. How is your computer spangen program comming along?

Asher: What does "obscure" mean.
I hear Mount Baldy is covered with snow. I will be out for Christmas. Visit Family.

It was POD that called me helm whore. But I think Wade has everyone beat.

Hal.

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Wow this is too good to be true!! Are we going to get to see how it is done? This is like a lesson in armouring. I love this stuff.

Thank you.

Hal.

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(Quote) because you have to turn the plate back and forth constantly, while working from the outside allows you to see the plate as you work it, and know when you're done sooner.(end quote) Dogh!!! Your right it does go slow. Ok hammer around the low spot on the mushroom. Yeah little taps and I bet ...

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This is great I can not wait to try it. I got a little 15 pound import anvil at the pawn shop. They had a 100 pound one also but I think I should wait until I find a real one. One that rings and is rusty. On this archive one posted a pic of a small mechanical hammer with a motor, that looked like it...

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I don't know, it looks like it could use a lot of cleaning up to me. That is very pricy for a old tarnished helm. I bet you would have to add your own blue foam too.

Thanks for the pic.

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I know someone will post this.

[img]http://www.cox-internet.com/halberds/gothic.jpg[/img]

It looks a little over done to me but it sure is pretty.

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On your pics. I liked the steel best. I have always used brass on brass. It looked like you had this little cool contrast thing going. If the rivets were blue it would be more contrast but that may be a little over kill.

My 2 cents.

Hal.

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Question: Are the cross bands welded to the little cone piece on top? I see no overlap.

Hal

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Thanks T. Bob. I could not see it. That is comming along nice. I sure like progress pics.

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I know what you mean. I like to mark them on the inside with a magic marker and place it down on a flat piece of steel and lightly hammer them from the inside. Turn the piece back over and look close and you can see if you are doing any good.

Happy metal pounding.

Hal

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I do not know. I know it will not pound out the dishing wrinkles in 14ga. in any length of time with your home compresser. 11cfm at 80 psi. That takes a diferent machine. One that does not set up there and rattle but one that hammers the shit out of it!

Hal.

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Ohhh that is very nice. You have a nice shop also. Thanks for the pics I like progress pics. May we see some more as it comes along?
Do you use clecos?
Hal.

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So is forging the best way to make a sword?
I had a grand idea I could make a sword.
I ground for weeks on it. It came out bad.
Just another sword shaped object. I can get my propane and fire brick forge hot enough to make steel bright orange. Would that work better?

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Hear is the pic from the ebay link. [img]http://ebay0.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_5a35933c0086e6987195d50d999ca352/i-1.JPG[/img] That's sort of neat. Yes? I have seen some home built ones hear on the archive. Eastwood Co. has one, see this pic. [img]http://www.eastwoodco.com/images/P9732.jpg[/img] I...