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I have in my possesion a Marlin 39A lever action .22 rifle. It will fire shorts, and longs. I've had it checked by a friend who is more knowledgeable than I, and also by the owner of a pawn shop, and they both graded it in the "Good" to "very good" condition. It's market value is...

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Since there are the evil and good pair, won't the gauntlet's disintegrate with a large release of energy if they ever touched? Well yeah! Of course. But that's part of the awesome. Also... gauntlet punches are cool. If I had some software to better edit my video, and didn't think that he might see ...

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Cian of Storvik wrote:I did mine in a "sort-of" cone. It's 4 sections in a sort of trapazoid shape. 2 are narrow. 2 are broad.

With the broad trapezoids front and back over the chest and spine, having the narrow trapezoids on the shoulders?

Am I visualizing that right?

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Graham's advice is really good. Especialy about the note taking. Take notes. Notes on your patterns. Many of mine are marked with what I did, or what I plan to do to them. Sometimes I just mark them "Revised" in reference to the cheek plate story above. Notes on how you put stuff together....

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Usualy what happens with me, is I make something. Then I fit the next piece on. Then I trim it here by 1/4" there by 1/2" and grind it a little in the other spot just to true up that curve a bit. Then I put it on and it looks great. Then I realize that I need another one, and the original ...

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Honestly... Experience kicks in quite a bit. Once you've made stuff, you can't get the paper/posterboard to do what it's supposed to, but you can get it close enough to guess. Failing that... just make the stuff. Half (or better) of the armor I've sold was supposed to be something else and ended up ...

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Gus has been adopted, and I stuffed him in a box and sent him off to his new family.

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I have never made a camail with a liner, but people who have, seem to be getting good results from them. Not doing so much for the guys in those pictures. The only guys you can see the liners on are all DEAD! Konstantine is wrong! The king didn't get his head cut off with the falchion, the guy is s...

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Mmmmmm..... stripper boots.....

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Thomas Powers wrote:Get an adapter to run a small torch from a BBQ bottle! *MUCH CHEAPER* buying it by BBQ bottle size

I bought a torch for a BBQ bottle. No adapter required. The head is really only slightly bigger than the screw on bottle types, but it is WAY better as far as output.

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That is super magnifico awesome with a side of uber. That really looks to be just the thing for spot heating quickly and efficiently for raising. It's cheap and easy to build. About the only thing anyone could really want was a bit more permanent stand for it, and maybe a hinged door/lid rather than...

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Duke Icefalcon wrote:What is your order number? I had a ton of these go out, so it is hard to track without your number.

Now you're just being unreasonable....

Don't you just keep track of all that in your head?

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That's largely a matter of preference. I used to always like tandy quicksets for straps. Sure, they blew out on occasion, but they were honestly easier to replace than a strap, and they would usualy give before the strap did. You can get them out with a pair of side cutters, and if you had to, set t...

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I'm trying to guess scale, and assuming that you've got 1" thick insulation, it's about 9" long and 5" wide overall on the outside of the box, and 7" x 3" or so on the inside?

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Yut. I spect I have more burners than Mr. Powers. I can get about 4 hours out of a 20lb propane tank if I turn the gas way down. That gets me a pretty ratty flame though, and I get a lot of scale. Works ok for banging out tentstakes and coat hooks from re-bar or something though. I can get about 2 h...

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Would also be cool to drill tiny holes just under the inside lip of the border and sew them on to something soft like a pouch or purse or somthing.

I like the way they are different, the Tiwaz is very clean lined, and the Algiz has the sort of organic twig/branch look to it.

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Grimr wrote:2-- People are broke after Christmas

Pretty much it.

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Dropped to $250 for quick(er) sale.

From here it will only start to go back up.

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Or is that just to make a 'set' based on the period knees? THIS seems to be a hang-up for modern tastes/eyes. And I don't know why... my modern pants and my modern shirts are made and tailored differently. But it seems that modern armorers like to make matched sets of elbows and knees. Possibly bec...

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Nice.

How far up does the fire shoot out of the box?

How big a spot on the sheet does it heat?

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I think they go nice with simple elbows with a rondel.

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How did you go about heating the sheet with it. Just hold it over the box opening?

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It's teh purdy.

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http://www.caswellplating.com/

Sell home brew electro plating kits in all variety of flavors.

Can't say I've dealth with them, but I'd love to have some... could be a lot of fun.

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The metal Moves soooo easy when it's hot. I think I'm gonna have to put it outside of the garage though it made things pretty smoky. I still remember my own "HOLY CRAP!" moment when trying to hammer something, and then heating it and trying again. First forge work. It really is an amazing...

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LWCM wrote:It's the only visor I use . Work's great for me,

Good deal man. It was one of the first non-SCA styles I'd done, and so was out of my 'comfort zone' a bit. I'm very pleased to know it's performing like it should.

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Sieghart wrote:Your grace, tomorrow morning I will put in an order for the Red in medium. If it sells out beforehand, feel free to pm me.

Bring this over to the house when you get it. I want to see it.

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I'd think that "well-seasoned" as well as well cleaned mild should be reasonably safe. Least I hope so, as that's what my cookie sheets are.

But that's no help as it's not white.

A tin plating would be pretty decent, have you looked at any of the kits Caswell sells?

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Halberds wrote:A spring lock pin would cost more money.
I charge by the hour.

Depending on how much practice you have with them, you might be better off charging by the curse words......

Doing them on this style hinge is probably easier than some of the others though.

Looks like a dandy re-fit though.

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Dumb question from someone who barely understands the concept behind the subject here...

Dependant on media used.... is any of it re-usable?

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So......

What happens if the horses eat dog food?

Also... I have a friend that I think wanted one of the steel mac choppers... is it gone?

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LWCM wrote:the only way I can tell I've been thumped in the melon is the *clunk* noise of my opponents weapon impacting the metallic awesomeness on my head.

Hows the cheesegrater/home-made perf/steel-weapons visor holding up for you? Or do you use it much?

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zippy wrote:http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=127859

Thanks man...

it's probably a bit long based on the numbers given. Also... not something I think of as terribly Norman. *shrug*

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Where did you get rattan that fat?

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Otto wrote:I've never found a pattern that I liked for them and have never taken the development time needed to create one from scratch.

any free patterns out there for good ones?

To my eye, it isn't a problem with the pattern. At least not one so great as to merit scrapping the pattern all together.

Gauging interest/teasing. Marlin 39A

Re: Soup Can Knees/Elbows

Re: Got my forge up and running today.