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Halberds

I like planishing, it is Zen to me, however I have a lot of time.
Polish your hammers, bring beverages and lunch, I make a day out of it.

Munitions armour is useful and it does not have the high planish work.
I think it would be fine if you wanted rougher armour and you are happy with it.

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Done, I was thinking about that also 1/8" and 3/16"... two rivet divots.
See, great minds do think alike.

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I talked my wife into writing her a letter via snail mail hoping to clear this up.
If no answer I will have to return the check certified mail.

Hal

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OK, I should finish up my testing then. I took coreythompsonhm's advice and beveled the edges at the crease slot because it dug into the metal while using a chisel on it. Sean's idea about the bar grill bending lugs will also be incorporated into it. I can copy the lugs that are on my farrier anvil....

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Thanks guys for the assistance, and I am forever indebted to Wade for the wonderful pics.
I have some new patterning considerations now.

No my wrist does not flex I was looking at something easier for the newbies and I wanted to attach the thumb with a leather thing.
Perhaps I can go both ways.

Hal

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I liked Schreiber's lame idea. This is my first pass at the pattern. It's sort of like sabatons but they bend the other way. Perhaps some strips across the knuckle joints like Wades? I put a strip around the wrist to help rivet it together and hide the sins. GauntPattern 002.JPG It will probably tak...

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Jennifer of Maple Shade NJ. sent me $109.04 and I can not find my message of what it was for.
I was cleaning out my in box and I think I accidentally deleted some good messages. [D'oh]

My apologizes.

Hal
AKA Ron McWilliams

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I think it looks like a penis. Sorry, probably not the most constructive of criticisms, but well... it does. My wife thought so also. I should call it Penius Curvus , I think that means "bent dick" in Latin. Sean, I guess I did end up reinventing the wheel. Oh well, we can call this a one off... to...

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Finished up my obligations and had time to play around with the prototype today. This is a rough first pass sneak preview that I need to test further. I think I will undercut the back plate to allow a roll greater than 90° Perhaps round one corner, not sure. Prototype.jpg It is shown in my tool hold...

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Welcome to the mad house Azmreece. I like to use tin foil to shape over my body while wearing my padding. Shape and mold the foil, then draw with a sharpie the outline of the piece. Cut with scissors along the lines. Flatten out and add some for mistakes. Cut darts if the curvature it to great. Now ...

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How did it work for you? I design using the golden ratio and adjust the weight accordingly. 4130 chromoly tubing is used for my handles, I find it has a terrific strength to weight ratio. My first one was sch. 40 pipe, which was not suitable, I needed the weight in the ball, not the handle. It took ...

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What about the dishes on Ebay or something like this tin/lead alloy dish?

Thanks for the tooling pics I just love innovation.

Hal

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Thanks for the link to Wade's gaunts. That lame across the finger plates is very interesting. I would like to play around with that idea. I am not sure how they change overlap ether. I will be fiddling around with patterns and try to incorporate that idea. Let's see if the lollypop tool will help ma...

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Do you think it boils down to:

Safe
Easy
Historical

Pick only two?

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The drop forged hammers are just fine. The hammer in my pic is from harbor freight. This one is ground from a machinist hammer bought at the local hardware store: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halberds/3%23hammer.jpg A fistful of reground hammers: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halber...

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The one in the pic is a 8" angle grinder.
I use the 4 1/2" the most though.
The 8" will really hog shit out.

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This is how you regrind hammers: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halberds/Grinding.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halberds/24BlockAngle%20Grind.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halberds/24grindeachside.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halberds/24oz.RaisingHammer.jp...

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LOL... A watermelon juicer. Now that would be a fun machine to build and test.
I used to use a .30-06

I put my new tool development on the back burner.
I have a couple of tool orders and my clients come first.

Hal

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I know a pic would be nice at this time.
However... it is not finished and has not been tested.

I will sell no wine before it's time.

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The roofing guys that did my house in sheet metal used a nibbler.
It made millions and millions of crescent moon shaped shards in the yard.
They policed them up with a big magnet.

Shears are better than nibblers IMHO.

My apprentice ruined the bench punch die set, by using it as a nibbler.

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I have had some time to play around with new tool development. Looks like this one, will weigh 9 to 10 pounds and fit in the large flat rate box with the tool holder. I think it will be called: Curvus Pandus . It is a short curved ball with a flat top anvil, that fits in the 1" tool holder. It has a...

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Welcome to the Archive. I love your enthusiasm, It seems you have the fire in your belly. Spaulders are a good starting project as well. My first dish was a hole in the ground in the back yard and my first hammer was a big two pound ball peen. With your welder access, you should have no problem maki...

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Thanks for the link, those are very nice and look to be very functional. I know newbies have a tough time of it, I remember when I started out. That's why I wanted to make the necessary tools. I also wanted to do a video of the process. I printed out #3 pattern and they are fricking huge, as no scal...

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I think it came out just fine.
Thank you for sharing with us.

Hal

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I would like to see more patterns for the clam shell type mitten gauntlets.
Something for the newbies, simple, safe and functional.

Thank you.

Hal

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Greetings Members. I'm pondering some tool concepts for the new year. I have only dealt with finger gaunts and the Talbot Milanese gaunts. What I need, is your opinion on the clam shell type gaunts. I found these patterns on our pattern page: Pattern 1 ____ http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/gaun...

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I also have poor taste after vodka. That's when I have a shot of whiskey and chase it down with cold beer. :D Anyway... that was a fun project and I hope he can use the gaunt. Best thing to come out of it was this tool kit: Larger sizes for the thumb, lame, balls and a new lollypop stake. http://hom...

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GuntherofOrkney, A simple test is to have the applicant dish a spangen panel after instructions. You do not look at how well he did the panel, you look for his dedication to the task and how well he follows instructions. I have had 5 apprentices through the years and 90% were a heart break. Only one...

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I do not have a website anymore, my web master disappeared along with my page.
However I do have a few of my tools posted here in the classifieds.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=167104

Hal

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This is what I dish with: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halberds/DoughnutDishing%20Kit.jpg Everyone has different methods, but this works fine for me. I dish spangen panels cold, but a helm half goes much faster hot. I use the weed burner and a stacked fire brick forge. Best of luck on your ...

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Plasmaman made a very nice addition to the large tin/lead alloy forming dish. The cylindrical portion on the bottom of the dish will help him with his metal art. He is making some beautiful humming bird wall sculptures. The dishing into the form gives them a realistic 3D appearance. The dish: FormBo...

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That looks like some fine steel for knife making.
A little grinding, sanding, polishing, heat treating and tempering they should be fine.

I have some dull carbide tipped circular 14" dia. cut off saw blades.
Would the base metal be of quality?

Best of luck on your sale.

Hal

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Very well done, thanks for the pics.

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Wow you guys sure have good wives.
They know what a man wants.
Now you will have to take them out for dinner.

I should get busy on my new tool and show it to your wives.

Happy metal pounding.

Hal

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That is some special lady you have, and you are welcome.
Happy metal pounding.

Hal

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