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if you loosten up the nut the ratchet connects to it lostens up.

and you know Sasha's right although i've not boken mine, from what you describe it looks fixable.

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looks great,

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3m super weatherstrip adhesive. Best flexable glue i've ever used.

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looks like it was a fun event. nice pics

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well looks like Joaquin was typing the same time I was.

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although I don't have it in front of me, so I can't say for sure, I think those are just a wide head dome rivet, with some discoloration in the top of the dome fron the lack of a rivet set.

Trust me If they were pop rivits, Joaquin would not have made it back home safely.

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Well nce again Joaquin decided his suit of plate was not good enough, so he decided to change it. The changes are new faulds in back, and a segmented backplate. All his own work. to see the pictures i took go here

http://www.stormpages.com/dwarlock/joaquin.html

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As Galileo said I can make them, however, as PoD mentioned Ron is cheaper, He's cheap enough that I've used his elbows and knees rather than making my own (I need to remember to order some more). Ron is also easy to work with and delivers quickly.

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Otto sounds like you ought to buy from yourself and resell at e-bay. Should be pure profit. (just think you can be the manufacturer, the customer, and the middleman, all at once)

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I'd say triple, not only is it double the rings, but I'd say it's almost 4 times the work, perhaps it's becuase I'm not a great mailler, but it takes me forever to get the second set of rings in and closed.

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many toilet cleaners will do the job, however beware of fumes, and wear gloves.

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another fun thing is when the ocational penny or maille link shoots off of the track like a bullet. I had a friend who lived by the tracks, his wood fence in the back yard had a few pennies imbedded in it. (he lived about 20 yards from the tracks, and the pennies were stuck in the wood prety deep) j...

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Wow, not only is the vow impressive, it pulled Matt out of his self-imposed exile.

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Well, looks like my earlier advice about aluminum edge rolling was kinda iffy. (going by what has been said in other threads) sorry for the misinformation, I don't work aluminum much so had been going off of the few peices I had played with. btw the black edging looks great. [This message has been e...

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aluminum does not like to roll, It really prefers to crack and break first, only way I think you could get it to roll would require heat.

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Richard Blackmoore is right, this $3 publication avalible from the SCA is very usefull, It has pictures that can be converted into patterns, and some good construction advice. And it was written by a guy who ocationaly posts here.

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I fear I would be defenceless against a person in that helmet. I would be examining it intently enough never to notice the start of the fight.

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I'd guess it depends on the arm. Some splinted arms are nade with thick leather and narrow splints with large gaps between them, some are made with thick leather and lots of little splints with almost no gap, and some are made of thin leather with wide splints and little gap. The thick leather narro...

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depending on the day the harbor freight punch can be had for $12-$20

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unless you realy want the look of the flute I'd forget about it and just use the hardened steel, the heat treatment of the steel ought to give you more strength than an unhardened fluted steel would. however the only good way I know of for cutting the hardened steel that will not destroy tools or ru...

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As A guy making a brig right now, (one I had to restart several times) I suggest that the most important thing is making a mock up first. make sure all the plates overlap correctly, and will move smoothly when rivited. You don't want to find out when you are finished that it won't move or flex at al...

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YOU BASTARD!! HOW DARE YOU!!!?!

oh wait, those were good things, sorry.

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well i told you in chat, but figured I ought to say it here too, Looks good. I hope all your next plate projects turn out as well.

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Nice armour, however I have to ask you how did you get such good pics with that camera? I bought one long ago thinking it was cheap for a digital camera, and I've never gotten anything other than a vague blur. Also is there any way to access the pics without that horrable interface? I've got a good ...

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If guns were made legal I'd think that you'd have to give them a very slow fire rate, and a chance of killing the user. That's how they worked back then.

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Don't know about the archive version but it's still up on my geocities page. http://www.geocities.com/ebenezum.geo/splintarm.html sigh someday I'll update this, ahh heck I can't work for a while and I can't make armour for a while I think I'll update the article this week, perhaps I'll get the weapo...

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note rusty rivits on shiny armour looks wierd.

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If your ratchet is put together wrong too and you can't figure out how to fix it let me know, I can show you how if needed.

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just in case you don't know what the spark test is... take a grinder to it and look at the sparks. mild steel will have long sparks with few branchings (iron has realy long sparks with almost no branchings) high carbon steel is shorter sparks with lots of branchings, and stainless is generaly lots a...

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A while back someone asked how does this shear work? http://www.grizzly.com/fcgi-bin/lookup.fcgi/products/lookup.cfg?q=item&kw=G9947 Although Several people commented on simular shears, and claimed problems I figured at $20 it couldn't hurt to find out. (note I got a free set of fake wiss snips with...

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this site might be of intrest http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7919/crossbow.htm

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Mostly self taught, although the archive and it's members have been a huge help

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hey you all missed a great chat, we talked about expoading things, theology, science, quantum phisics/mechanics, and even the question of why is the sky blue.

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18 gauge works ok, however as other's have said thinner is tougher to work, 20 and 22 gauge tend to try to fold and crumple rather than dish, and to avoid this takes more effort than it does in thicker metal, 22 and 20 gauge are also thin enough to cut you with very little effort, while 18 gauge is ...

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looks good

Joaquin modified his harness again and I took pics

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