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Sasuke

Very nice work! Can't wait to see everything together. Will be a killer kit!

Chris

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Sasuke

When you say you have seen all of these arms without dished lames are you talking about period pieces or modern reproductions? Be careful what you look at for references.

Chris

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Sasuke

I put in a liner on a sallet. Not meant for SCA use though. Here is a pic of the bolts I modified for attaching the liner: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/sallet/images/bolts1.jpg Here is a shot of the liner. Made from garment grade leather and trigger stuffed with cotton. There is a co...

Sasuke

The best pattern is the one that fits and works for you [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif[/img] Seriously though, take the ThorZ pattern and adjust it however you see fit. Here is a pic of a set of hourglass gaunts laid out. The pattern is greatly influenced by the Thor Z one. http:...

Sasuke

I haven't seen any patterns for a chamfron anywhere. The closest is the one I made for my dog. I have a bad little sketch kind of showing the measurements and general shape of the pattern. http://www.oaksarmoury.com/dog.html Your best bet is to just cut out a rough pattern then place it on the horse...

Sasuke

Make a duct tape mannequin of yourself. There are websites that explain various methods.

Chris

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Sasuke

Here are some more pics of the sallet and bevor I had the chance to drool over. The pics just don't do it justice.
http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/sallet/index.htm

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Sweeeeeet!!

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Looks good. Nice shape in the front. Also nice to see you went with a proper fauld rather than the rectangles. But I have to agree with the others that the back just looks off somehow.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

I recognized the gauntlets (being the gauntlet slut I am http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ) as being made by Mackensie Smith. Here is the suit there: http://www.mackenziesmith.com/Our_Products/Plate_Armor/Complete_Suits/Grotesque_Armor/grotesque_armor.html Are you selling it Tancred? Sasuk...

Sasuke

When I made one, I just placed the shaped plates on some material and traced around them. Then once the fabric was attached to the plates I trimed it down to help reduce the bulk. You could try a "dry fit" then sew the fabric to make it really nice. Post pics. Sasuke ------------------ www.oaksarmou...

Sasuke

They look pretty good. I would move the rivet holes in more (away from the edge). That would also probably help solve the gapping problem. Hope you don't mind me messing with your picture. [img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/test.jpg[/img] Sort of like that. Sasuke ------------------ w...

Sasuke

I prefer 16 for knees/elbows/anything heavily dished and 18 for everything else. Sometimes 16 for cuisses if they get hit there a lot. I get two sheets of 4X8 ss cut into 2X2 squares for less than $150. Ask local welders and welding supply or heating duct places where to get metal. They usually know...

Sasuke

The spring is shaped sort of like a large deep V. THe one arm of the v is attached to the gusset at the edge near the top rivet. The other arm of the v is attached to the breastplate itself. The spring lays very flat against the breastplate so isn't interferred with by the body much I think. Does th...

Sasuke

Jareth, If you haven't already I highly suggest you file a complaint with the USPS. I finally did. After making repeated attempts to get any form of communication from her I decided it was the thing to do. All I wanted was an email or anything saying "yes, I am still here and your stuff will be made...

Sasuke

I am curious why you would want to bend the tip of your thumb up in a fighting situation. Do you hold the sword with a thumbs up (think hitchhiker) position along the hilt? I am just curious. I can't think of any design right now that would allow your thumb tip to bend both directions to the extreme...

Sasuke

Take those same illustrations and make the plates slightly rounded/dished. Then see what you come up with.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

That is sort of how I do the thumbs on my gauntlets.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

They have a heavy leather "spring" that helps push them back out into place. A metal spring wire would work better though.
You can see the leather pieces here:
http://www.oaksarmoury.com/anime/anime4.jpg

Hope that helps.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Not as nice as the stuff Luciusj and Crows Anvil made, but I made a helmet for the local children's library. http://www.oaksarmoury.com/greathelm/images/great2.jpg I also made some suits for my children. [img]http://www.oaksarmoury.com/images/eli1.jpg[/img] and [img]http://www.geocities.com/Area51/P...

Sasuke

Gauntlets when everything goes right

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Started with a jigsaw. Hated it. Almost quite armoring, then got a HF shear. Worked great except on ss. Now have a B2 and wouldn't trade it for anything.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Gorgeous! Great work. I am jealous http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif They would look even sexier if there were a little bit of dish to the wrist and metacarpal plates. They look sort of flat in the pics. Can you describe how you formed the knuckles and rider? Can't wait to see the final pic...

Sasuke

Sorry, if I don't quite understand what you are asking Thomas. You want to send them to me and have a knuckle made by me and attached? Yes, I could do that. But if you can successfully make the rest of the gauntlet you have the skills to make the knuckles as well http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smi...

Sasuke

I started out using a bench grinder with buffing wheels on it. Worked fairly well excpet when trying to buff larger pieces. They would hit the motor housing. I use greaseless buffing compound. I get mine from Grizzly. Different colors for different metals and finishes. You need seperate wheels for e...

Sasuke

The nice thing about horse armor is there aren't a lot of complex shapes. So patterning is pretty straight forward. Cut out the basic shape in cardboard (cereal or similar boxes work well), then place on the horse and make adjustments as needed. The hardest thing about horse armor for me is that the...

Sasuke

Depends on how extensive of repairs you want to make. And if this is an emergency/traveling kit. I think the bare minimum would be a chunk of metal to act as an anvil (trailer hitch on your vehicle, small chunk or RR rail, even a rock if asthetics aren't too important). A hammer for setting rivets/r...

Sasuke

Got both issues so far. I like it. It has a wide variety of topics and is easy to read. Sort of like USA today for historians http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Probably not worth it for the die hard scholars though. But I am just a fledgling and need to have things flashy and simple right n...

Sasuke

Looks very nice. Good job.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Is it wrong to be jealous of a small child?

Looks great!

Sasuke

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Sasuke

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by lacheadon: <B>I have seen several armourers do fluting without the chisel bit first. They just put the piece over a stake and beat it down, using the edge of the hammer to puch...

Sasuke

Take some 1/8 in. or so barstock/heavy ga. wire and play around with forming it into buckle shapes. Depends on the style you are going for. Look at period examples and try to figure out how to get that shape.
The other option is casting them.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Must...resist....urg...to...cry...
Congrats. That is a great steal.

Sasuke

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Sasuke

Thanks Morgan. I didn't want to spend that much either. But I figured I am not going to see another set for a long time at a "reasonable" price. As my wife said when I told her I was going to bid on it, "Merry xmas, happy birthday, father's day, etc... for years to come" http://www.armourarchive.org...

Sasuke

Looks very nice. Good finsh and clean lines.
You may want to try and get the rolls closed completely though.

Sasuke

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