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Chris Gilman

A solid axle like you started with will be much stronger. Now all of your load is on the poor little 1x2, it will never last. Also, if you plan on dragging this over rough ground, the larger the wheels the easier it will be to pull.

Chris Gilman

"Fiberglas resin" is almost always Polyester resin. Epoxy resin is usually identified as Epoxy because it is more expensive. Having done this type of thing for so many years, I forget that items may be labeled as "Products" instead of as "Materials". As for FRP or fiber...

Chris Gilman

Thixotropic is the word I used. ( m ) I have found with a foam bodycast that it is easy to “chew” up the raw foam while working with the finished casting. So as a skin for the foam, I use Bondo that has been thinned out with polyester resin to allow you to paint a layer in the mold. (about 1/16th to...

Chris Gilman

Sounds good. Remember to practice on a mellon or something simple. You will use a small amount of material, but you will learn alot and save risking the material you want to use on the body.

Chris Gilman

That's alot of work.

Chris Gilman

Here's mine:

(I am considering making one or two of these for sale at Pennsic.)

Chris Gilman

If you'd like I can give you some pointers on how to do this, but it's too complex to describe here. If you’re interested call me at my shop any week day and I'll talk you through it. (Edit: I see by your posts you may be new here. This type of thing I do for a living so I have about 25 years experi...

Chris Gilman

It's been said already, but it is worth repeating. Baleen is not ivory. nor is it bone or cartilage or ... Also baleen is grey or black, (at least the piece I had as a kid and all the other pieces I have seen) so I’m not sure how it could be confused with anything other than …baleen. http://www.com...

Chris Gilman

Chris Gilman wrote:This is the version I am looking to get, Hopefully it won't suffer from "designed for Mac and modified to work with Windows" issues.

BTW: Mac, I didn't mean you, I know I could have said "designed for Mac and modified to work with Ugo"

Chris Gilman

Gwen,
I'd like to buy a signed copy from Toby, but I would want the digital library as well. Is this only soft cover?

Chris Gilman

Thanks to Karen Larsdatter for a link to an interesting artical:
http://sciencenordic.com/violent-knight ... tic-stress

Chris Gilman

For other reasons I just bothered Toby about the big one with the digital catalogue. That is the one we should all want. It is a lot more money, but well worth it. As of today he said that they hadn't shipped it yet, they were working out some kinks in how the digital piece was working. He was hopi...

Chris Gilman

If you want to use a gypsum material (Plaster is one type of gypsum material) I would suggest finding Hydrostone, a good specialized building supply may have it (Not a home depot type of store) With any type of gypsum product, you want to make sure the proper amount of water to gypsum is used in ord...

Chris Gilman

Ugo wrote:I'm just messing with you =) With a name like mine, one must have a sense of humor!

Didn't we meet when I just started making armour? Crap...20 years ago.....

I thought you said, "With a face like mine..."

Chris Gilman

Top shelf as always my freind. Your not a car?

Chris Gilman

Ok do we want to try and do it before the holidays or in January?

Chris Gilman

I knew if I Googled it I would find something. HH-Be safe.

Chris Gilman

Another option is speedrail http://www.hollaender.com/?page=speedrail

Chris Gilman

All of the rule dies I have for cutting leather are made by carefully cutting out the exact shape from good quality plywood (3/8” -1/2”) and then using all the pieces of wood (inside & out) fill the gap left by the saw blade with steel rule blade material. A bead of glue may be needed if you saw...

Chris Gilman

Anyone want to have another of these? I was looking for something else and saw this was 2004. Now that the tourney season is slowing down, and I am usually in the shop on the weekends doing something, I'm open to just about any date.http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3186...

Chris Gilman

Ditto. I think I may have to make one of those Ivory Saddles.

Chris Gilman

Some of the folks in these 3 Mayhem threads are coming off as no different or better than Mr. Andrews. It is difficult to paint someone else as a dick or a douche and not get some of that paint on one's self. Perhaps people who have not put themselves to this level of hazard should consider some di...

Chris Gilman

May I add here, with all this detail of a computer 3d drawing, you have the trestle connection in a way that will not allow for "wedging" the connection tight? Was this your intention? As it is designed, the joint, unless made very precise, will be loosen and allow the table to parallelogr...

Chris Gilman

That sounds great. There is a thread on the AA with information and tests using hardwood for stamps as well. Remember when you are making stamps, you can stamp, your stamp, to make depressions in the stamping tool that result in raised bumps in the leather design. Also, I would not use the Museum of...

Chris Gilman

Very nice

Chris Gilman

Now we are getting a little silly. Let try to get this tread back on track. I tried to find some other examples for this thread. I will add some comments, but these are based on what I can see in the image so don’t take them the wrong way, and if it’s your kit, keep in mind the photo could be hiding...

Chris Gilman

That's not fair. I don't really feel (from my perspectivee anyway) that I tear people or their kits apart. I'm always picked on for what I say, never complimented on all those things I don't say. My apologies. Thats not how I meant it. It was more in jest and you havent seen my current kit. Oh don'...

Chris Gilman

Okay, just throwing this out here and we'll see where it goes. (Mod voice here) If it is desired by some here, I'd be willing to sticky a topic "America's Got Armour" over in the Medieval Combat section to have a place for anyone who'd be willing to post their kits and get critiques. If s...

Chris Gilman

I understand your point about armour "behaving". I found myself surprised by your critique because there are others in the photos you posted whose armour does not even begin to behave, IMO, compared to the one we're discussing just now. That's why I found it odd. Due to my dogged unwillin...

Chris Gilman

Jan, glad you posted that pic of Master Horace. He's doing the 1340s very nicely, IMO. I'm surprised no-one's posted a picture of Galfrid atte Grene: http://www.cottesimple.com/armourarchive/Galfrid_in_his_awesome_1370_kit.jpg This is the only picture I could find of his kit, and he's chopped off a...

Chris Gilman

Pia (my wife) is laughing hysterically and thinks it should be done. So, Gerhard, you find the other two judges, and at next Pennsic we can host "Armour Idol" and give prizes. Perhaps we can get Giles (Caid) to be the MC. I will try to find other kit examples to post. Perhaps I can offer ...

Chris Gilman

No apologies necessary, On this board, it is sometimes tough to tell.

Chris Gilman

Well the advantage of the first is; the armour you wear beneath has less impact on the finished garment. It still needs to be properly tailored. The second, in addition to being properly tailored is, it heavily depends on the armour to give you the proper shape. So if you do not have a slim figure o...

Chris Gilman

A couple of things; I am not the end all be all of authority on this and I am a bit surprised (honored?) at the "I made or didn't, make the list” comments. I know there are many kit’s I have seen on the field and on this group that are great and should be here. I just looked through one thread ...

Chris Gilman

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=42195 I saw this armour, and I didn't pick it because I was bugged by the shoulders with haute pieces. They seem very "Excalibur" to me. It could be just my over sensitivity to the over use of haute pieces on inappropriate armours.

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