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I drill holes with a large wood bit. Then chisel out the remaining bits. Goes very fast. I also like to pound the rough bowl with my heaviest hammer just to smooth it out a bit before the first use. After dishing several things it gets very smooth. I try to have at least two different depth bowls on...

Sasuke

Thanks for that link. I was paying $.45 for mine.

Sasuke

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Too bad you didn't make it to the hammer in azommin.

JT these can go on the patterns page if you want.

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I think I have it fixed now. Thanks.

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http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/sabpat%20Folder/sabpat.html http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/corpat/corpat.html Keep in mind these are rough patterns and you will need to fine tune them to suit your shape. Maybe some day I can make patterns like Sinric but until then these ...

Sasuke

Okay, I got the scans. Here they are:
http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/corpat/corpat.html

Remember they are rough and you should only be using them as shape reference.

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[This message has been edited by Sasuke (edited 11-28-2002).]

Sasuke

I have a 1" x 42" belt sander that used to give me shocks whenever I sanded brass. After I looked the thing over I noticed electricians tape around the lower wheel. In effect the thing was acting like a Van De Graf machine (those globes that give off sparks or you hold and your hair stands up). I ha...

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Raibeart: I don't know but there probably is. Sorry about that. Thanks for scanning those. Go ahead and send them to Grendel if you can. I will get them from him to do what I need.

WaaaghBoss: I will contact you by email to discuss it.

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Thanks Raibeart! Can you send them to me or put them online someplace for me to grab? I want to write up some directions and tips to go along with them. Did you scan the sabaton pattern too?

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Like Mattmaus said. Regrind the blades. I had trouble with chipping stainless but not with 14 ga. mild. I also bought replacement blades so I could switch out blades during a job and regrind later. The replacement blades did seem to resist chipping better for some reason. Sasuke ------------------ w...

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His computer is still out of order. Not sure how long it will take. Sorry. This is the third time I have sent out patterns to have them scanned. I am really hoping this time is the charm. Otherwise people will have to wait until I can scrape up enough money to buy a scanner. Sorry. Sasuke ----------...

Sasuke

Sweet gig, congrats! Learn raising techniques if you can and try all the different welding options they offer.

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Maybe you could make metal/leather gauntlets that look like maille? Either stamp the metal plates or tool some leather to look like maille. Here is an experiment I did a while ago with the intent of making plate that looks like maille. http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/chain/chain1.jpg ht...

Sasuke

Extra tools are always good. Nothing like having twelve people fighting over the same hammer

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I do it two ways. I either rivet all the plates onto a leather strip then sew the leather onto the fingers of the gloves. Or else I rivet some of the plates onto the leather strip and rivet through the glove at the finger tip and the knuckle. If you get the rivets snug you don't notice them. If they...

Sasuke

Hey, I got the same machine as Jeff! I am really happy with it. If you can afford to spend the little bit more to get it, you won't be dissapointed. The long arbors are very nice. No more banging stuff into the motor housing. Actually had a friend come into the shop and ask how I was going to cut th...

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Actually watched Black Knight the other evening. I made several comments to my wife about how nice some of the armor was. The armor was the only reason I kept watching. But was Martin wearing vacumformed plastic? The stuff bent funny and I don't think it even articulated at all. Pretty sad when extr...

Sasuke

Check this post:
http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001764.html

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I have had luck using etchant from Radio Shack. I have tried both sharpies and wax as resists with decent results.
Others can suggest even better etchants though.

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Welcome!

Read the essays section. There are many topics covered there and should be able to answer many of your questions.
Definitely post pictures.

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Sorry, still no word from the person I sent the patterns to. His computer must still be acting up.

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I have used both cold blue I bought at Walmart (for cold bluing guns). And I have oil blackened things by heating the metal and burning oil onto it.
Nice work by the way. I like the way you did your gauntlets.

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If you are talking about edge rolling then here:
http://www.tournamentproductions.org/documents/edge.html

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Sasuke

Looks nice. From what I can see in the pictures the roping looks really nice too.

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[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/stsabs2.jpg[/img]

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Thanks. I hope to have the patterns avaiable soon. Larien: I am not sure. I thought sabaton was sort of the general term with sollerets being the French word. Thanks MagmaForge. I had just changed my price to $150 so hearing that from you made me feel much better about it http://www.armourarchive.or...

Sasuke

Looks very nice. Great job for your first one.
I think someone said you can use vinegar to remove the scale. Can't remember for sure though.

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I used a lead block to support the metal.

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I don't know how they should be but I made mine kind of conical. They kind of get more cylindrical as they get to the bottom one.
Nice clear and concise answer for you

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They are going over close fitting kung fu boots I think. Yeah, Hal, I started keeping track of how many hours I actually spent on each project and that opened my eyes to the fact that I need to adjust my prices. That and the fact that I never seem to have any money left over after buying materials a...

Sasuke

Thanks Steve. Yes, I think your idea would work well, Thomas. I wouldn't be able to take on this project for quite a while so your best bet would be to ask some of the other guys here. Your scale idea would be cheaper than my maille idea. Unless I could make a huge die for use in a press to speed up...

Sasuke

Wow! Beautiful and amazing work.

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If I ever get some time to just play around and make fun interesting stuff I plan on making a set of mitten gaunts that look like mail mittens. I would "texturize" them using a C shaped punch, blacken them, then buff the raised portions to simulate the look of mail. These are two test pieces I did t...

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These are not for combat so I made them from 20 ga. stainless. These are for a customer. Way too big for my feet http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif To make them larger or smaller you can just add or remove lames. Or else make the lames wider or thinner. Do you really wear a size 15 Gaudeamus...

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