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Mad Matt

Ok well first off a chin strap is an SCA requirement. In other words you have to have one. It keeps your helmet from flying off in the middle of a fight. Now for the aventail installation thingy. Does the $90 include the aventail or is that price just to install one. If it's just installation it's n...

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As soon as you buy an angle grinder you have a new most dangerous tool in your shop. Angle grinders are extremely dangerous. Suggestions. Don't get a 4" one. There's a lot less available variety of disks and things for these. 4-1/2"-8" is good. Also 5" for the same reasons. IIRC a 6" will have the l...

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Get a piece of metal dowel longer then the helm is tall. Drill in a dent for the rivit head. Put the dowel in a vice. Peen rivits from the outside. Or for peening on the inside. Take a cheap ballpien hammer. Cut off the ball. Weld a piece of metal dowel where the ball was. Weld the ball to the end o...

Mad Matt

A variety of sizes would be usefull. A 1' square patch of maille makes tailoring difficult.

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Mad Matt

Yeah I posted that on another thread a while back. It's a different brand then the HF one but it works great. Just don't do things it's not meant to do and it'll last a long time. Hehe there's a store about 3 mins from my work. Needless to say I'm in there a lot. You won't be paying customs on somet...

Mad Matt

My god. 5/8" id 16gauge rings. And SCA legal too (actually true) but it'll fall apart faster then you can blink.

I'll beat that price if anyone wants one. (hauberk and coif). $299.

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Mad Matt

Well if you felt like taking a trip up to Ontario with your tools I'd do it for sure. I've got a 76 charger to do up and no knowledge about cars.

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And for her 16th birthday I'll be making her a plate stainless chastity belt.

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Mad Matt

Thanks for the info Bob but did it do a good job at deburring the plates? Did it deburr the holes? Also I'm not planning a horizontal overlap. It also doesn't need to stand up to combat. 16gauge mild steel scales are just too heavy. It's gonna be a wallhanger (well goes on a stand actually). Basical...

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Or anyone elce of course. I've got over 300 2x3 16ga scales cut and it'll eventually be a shirt. I know it's gonna be super heavy I got the steel cut in strips and I cut it into scales before I knew any better. One day I'll finish it and it can sit on a stand and look pretty in my reckroom. Anyway t...

Mad Matt

Those things that run down the side of the handle are called Languets. And from what I remember halberd's often didn't have them.

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Mad Matt

Thanks John did you get my e-mail about the book? E-mail me about it.

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Mad Matt

The topic says it. I've never taken any orders for lamelar plates. I've never screwed anyone over. I have been a little late with some things lately but everyone has been offered some form of compensation for the fact. When this guy first showed up it bothered me because he would benifit from my goo...

Mad Matt

The topic says it. I've never taken any orders for lamelar plates. I've never screwed anyone over. I have been a little late with some things lately but everyone has been offered some form of compensation for the fact. When this guy first showed up it bothered me because he would benifit from my goo...

Mad Matt

The topic says it. I've never taken any orders for lamelar plates. I've never screwed anyone over. I have been a little late with some things lately but everyone has been offered some form of compensation for the fact. When this guy first showed up it bothered me because he would benifit from my goo...

Mad Matt

na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BAT HELM BAT HELM bat helm.

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Hehehehe it's a "Why oh why oh god why" faced barbute.

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Mad Matt

I actually jumped when I scrolled down to the pic.

I kinda like it. But then I like extreemly ugly helmets. They're almost as good as b-fantasy movies.

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Really? The RW junior is rated at 1.2 My cheapo knockoff (powerfist or bulldog can't remember) is rated for 2. It's on sale right now at princess auto for $24.99 CDN. I bought it a while ago like a sucker for the regular price of $29.99 CDN. ------------------ The budding mid 14th century German Tra...

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Well I just beat mine in with my dishing hammer. My stump is cedar though. It's what I could get. I highly suggest using hardwood though. My stump is nearly finished. I use the edges for various things as well and they're pretty round now and basically useless for my purposes. I also used a 4" angle...

Mad Matt

Ok well I'm thinking of making up a bunch of bucklers to sell as in-stock items. I'd like to find out if it's a financialy viable idea and what people would look for. So here's what I want to know. 1. Would you buy a finished buckler of wood and mild steel construction? 2. Considering the fact that ...

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Meridian Yup you've been away for a while. But I think that Vlad had just become pregnant when you were over in the summer. I'm hoping to have another gathering this summer. This time in Stayner where I bought my house at the end of October last year. Now as far as the ongoing project with Athena's ...

Mad Matt

e-bay quite frequently has bigger whitney punches. Right up to the big bench mounted ones. On the other hand if you do a search on the net for Roper Whitney you'll probably find a retailer. And yet again on the other hand. If you live in a good sized city look in the yellow pages for places that sel...

Mad Matt

Well finally pics of Athena in her very first byrine. It's made from 3/16" id shiny aluminum rings. She was 2 weeks old when I finished it and she's now 4 weeks old and almost grown out of it. Might still add sleeves. Whadya think? <img src="http://www.CowdenWoods.on.ca/stuff/sbyrin001.jpg" <img src...

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They're looking for Mad Max not Mad Matt which would be me. It kinda bothered me a little when Mad Max started posting under that name since he would end up capitalizing on the reputation I've built after being here for a few years and having quite a few happy customers. And then when he disappeared...

Mad Matt

Not exactly sure what you should call it. Maybe a demi-aventail or demi-camail depending on the region of origin. I'd always thought of a ventail as being the triangular flap that goes up to cover the face. Actually now that I think about it the ventail on a coif is a ventail too. And it's basically...

Mad Matt

Actually the easiest way is with a horizontal band saw.

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Mad Matt

Never seen a rectangular ventail. All the ones I've seen were triangular. Care to share your source? Not that I don't believe it just that I'm curious.

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Mad Matt

Hey POD I'm actually gonna give this a shot. I bought all the parts now I just need to get around to puttin it together. Anyway what's the ID of those rings? Steelweaver: Yeah it's faster for me and faster for you but if the cutting wheel thing works then I can make my wife do it. http://www.armoura...

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Yeah I saw that you were the high bidder on that auction on Friday. Congradulations glad to hear it went to an archiver. Was a little too rich for my bank account.

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Here's how to easily close the rings. Get a small cheap bench vice. Like a 2" one or something. Should be able to get one for around 10-20 bux. Take your angle grinder to it and modify the jaws so that they have a step in them. _i- type of idea. Sorry my asci sucks. Put the ring in the vice and clam...

Mad Matt

Hehe that's a really cool idea.

Build a giant armour stand/mannequin. Say 15 feet tall. Make giant armour for it and have it stand guarding castle Darkmoor.

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Mad Matt

Also the addition of a sewing machine foot pedal to the winding drill allows the person guiding the wire to also controll the drill.

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Mad Matt

Got any guesses on how many 16ga rings it'll cut in an hour. I'm currently at about 6000-8000/hour while watching tv. And getting // cuts with no curf. Something elce you might consider is winding 2 wires at once. This way you end up with all preopened rings that are opened exactly the right amount ...

Mad Matt

Also if you can find dwarlock's page (I can't remember where it is) he's played around with ringmaille and has some pics and basic instructions.

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Hey Templar Bob ever tumble lamelar plates?

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What would you pay for a finished buckler.

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