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Louis de Leon

Hi guys, Ive been working on my raising skill lately. I was wondering if anyone had any basic tips to raise a simple dome shape? What kind of tongs do you use to hold the sheet metal? I've only done it a couple of times (I'm pretty much a newb), but here's what worked for me. Buy an actual raising ...

Louis de Leon

I'll take the Whitney 5JR if it's not spoken for yet. I'll be at AEP.

Louis de Leon

Bob H wrote:When I do get my hands on my money I will close my PayPal and eBay accounts

Good luck with that.

Louis de Leon

a friend of ours has always said ,"you can't fight your opponent if you are fighting your armour." I agree with your friend, but drew different conclusions. Yes - having to fight two fights at once is lousy. Fighting your armour sucks. But - medievals knew about this stuff. They invented ...

Louis de Leon

All of the tools I've bought from Ironmonger have the three letter mark on them. Not the anvil though.

http://www.ironmongerarmory.com/

Louis de Leon

FWIW, when I first came to the archive I was looking for get-me-on-the-field armour, because I was tired of using the loaner gear. Didn't really care about appearances. Then I started reading threads and getting into the place and realizing there was more to it. And the first suit of "holy crap...

Louis de Leon

This is frightening, but also awesome.

Jason's Nutty Buddy Challenge

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sean of the chipendales wrote:I thought they were from the Gor series by John Norman?

Much in the same way the SCA was originally a Tolkien appreciation society. That was the start - then it very quickly grew into something different. It's the same with the Tuchux. At least as far as my understanding of it goes, anyways.

Louis de Leon

Put it upside down on a workbench and clamp or brace it somehow. Then place a wooden block from a 2x4 on the bend. Hammer the block until the bar is flush with the table.

Louis de Leon

My first one. Was a lot of fun! It was over too quickly.

I'll be back next year without a doubt.

Louis de Leon

Oaken Rose wrote:-nobody makes anything better than 120-grit for angle grinders. (Why can't armoring be easy once in a while?)

Not so!

McMaster Carr has silicon carbide angle grinder flap discs out to 600 grit.

Here's a link.

Enjoy!

Louis de Leon

Baron Alejandro wrote:Alejandro gets photoshopped in OT in 5.....

Well, only because you asked.

Louis de Leon

It's just beautiful Hal. I can't quit looking at it!

The finish on that piece is just fantastic. It looks like a part for the space shuttle it's so perfect looking.

Louis de Leon

Talbot wrote:I am deeply saddened that Drew will not be an active member of this board. He has been a valuable contributer.

Another vote for this. Drew has typed up entire essays in response to my rookie questions - he's a good egg. I'll miss him being here.

Louis de Leon

That question gets asked a lot - the usual answer is spaulders.

Welcome to the Archive.

Oh yeah, be sure to check our patterns area here. Plenty of stuff to build there.

Louis de Leon

I load up on spices at Pennsic. Auntie Arwen's.

There's always room for more spices. Mmmmm....

Louis de Leon

I really like the RJ Leahy rivets I've got.

Louis de Leon

It's a fine Spring day, and I am working on a new bending jig for roof rings ( tunduk - the Kyrgyz word) myself. Ooo! Hardcore. I'd love to do steam bending to get the poles into the right shape, make authentic rings, etc. My yurts are (I'm told) really more of a ger than a yurt because of all the ...

Louis de Leon

Thanks for the input everyone - #2 it is then. I may figure out a way to fiddle with the pattern to place the seam in the exact center - that's what I'd really like to do. We'll see how that goes. Are you doing this as a one-piece or two (roof and wall seperate)? Two piece. The roof cap will hang ov...

Louis de Leon

So what pieces would you make on such a t-steak? I'm trying to visualize how you would use the depression. Most other steaks I've seen have only seem to have slight curves or dips. I'm still quite inexperienced in armour making and black smithing, but still keen to learn as much as I can!! I always...

Louis de Leon

Nope, it's all going to be white. The seam will be a jean seam, like what runs down the side of a pair of Levis.

Louis de Leon

Which looks better to you? Sewing the wall canvas in vertical stripes, or having one long seam that would be slightly off center? http://home.roadrunner.com/~akroyurt/images/yurtseam.jpg I'm kicking around patterning ideas and I wanted to know what everyone thinks? Neither of these are final just ye...

Louis de Leon

fraychef wrote:first thing i bought from them was a gambeson.
very thick but otherwise it was fine.

Same thing here. They make a thick gambeson. I'm going to use it for the first time next Wednesday hopefully. We'll see if I pass out from heat stroke or not.

Louis de Leon

I had a good experience and got a really nice hat out of them, but it was before their meltdown. So I wouldn't count it for much.

Louis de Leon

Often times when one side of something is really hot, the other side is too.

Louis de Leon

bkillian wrote:I use transmission fluid.

How did you get enough? It's kind of expensive. Any tips?

Louis de Leon

In boffer there are people who dislike archery probably as much as those in the SCA who dislike it. Perhaps it just seems strange to me, coming from a boffer perspective, to judge whether or not an arrow hit with sufficient force to not take the hit. I'm used to taking a hit from an arrow if the pa...

Louis de Leon

I sometimes get the feeling that the organization is run by the elites of the royalty, and that those elites have a general idea of what they want the SCA to be and at times may limit the amount of personal freedom on and off the field. If I'm wrong, explain it to me. I'll explain it but you'll hav...

Louis de Leon

Pics!

Louis de Leon

Are there any attachments for angle grinders that would allow me to use higher grits than 120? I use flap wheels and resin fibre discs but I cannot find those in higher than 120 grit. McMaster Carr carries angle grinder flap discs in grits out to 600. m In case that doesn't work, head to www.mcmast...

Louis de Leon

I'm at a loss. I was looking over in this thread , where Mikael d'Armstreet posted these really great Lion's head rivets: [img]http://www.armstreet.com/ebay/art/krlionzak03.jpg[/img] Beautiful, aren't they? Then it hit me. How in the world would you peen the back sides of these without destroying th...

Louis de Leon

eric, can you tell me a little bit about the power grinder you use for the finish? what kind of wheel is that? is it that easy, or is that movie magic? thanks for your time, Erin It's a buffer with a 120 grit wheel on it, which is about a half an inch larger than his backing pad. Here are some thre...

Louis de Leon

Pink Justice in 3.....2.....1....

Louis de Leon

How would y'all's answers change if there was a lawsuit involving the Archive? Say, if one member sued another and brought up posts on the Archive as evidence? I'd say good luck with that one. A little tough to use the posts here as evidence when almost everyone here uses an alias. I'd love to see ...

Louis de Leon

No one does such stupid things. I apologize for the derail, but I have to jump in here a sec. McDonalds had it coming to them. She wasn't asking for anything unreasonable with the lawsuit: Liebeck sought to settle with McDonald's for US $20,000 to cover her medical costs, which were $11,000, but th...

Re: Please post your favorite Raising tips here

Re: Paypal can go to hell and take eBay with them.

Re: My pourpoint & leg harness

Yurt canvas - aesthetics question about seams

Re: What's the Deal with Combat Archery, ect?

Re: Sanding attachments for angle grinders

Decorative rivets