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Louis de Leon

"ZOMG!!!! I touched buger nails!!!!!" Yup, that's about how it went down. My buddy Chuck does the carnie/street performer/circus guy thing. We were at Aroma's coffee over by Akron University when he pulled this stunt. Over a decade ago, now that I think about it. The little cute blonde gi...

Louis de Leon

I saw a geek on TV pound some all the way up his nose. Then pull them back out with a claw hammer. A buddy of mine who runs a small circus knows that trick. We were in a coffee shop once and he decided he'd do his act. He handed some cute coffee house girls the nails and told them to inspect them. ...

Louis de Leon

gee armor made of of tiny holes held togeather by wire being better than solid plates I'm not stating my belief on the topic, but I will say there is an engineering case for that working. One measure of impact is impulse . Sometimes the amount of time in the collision says more about the outcome th...

Louis de Leon

This thread is pure gold. Thank you everyone

Louis de Leon

Mars and Nike.

Louis de Leon

I'm currently working on a pair and I just can't seem to get that lovely shape right. I did a few shrinking passes around the cuff to draw that bit in. And a shrinking pass around the elbow-side to draw that in. Didn't look right. Too straight in the middle. So I did some heats there and raised the ...

Louis de Leon

I buy my 4130 spring steel from sha-ul here on the archive.

And oh yeah, Freiman in case you're using this for a review:

Product: 5
Communication: 5
Speed: 5

He rocks.

Louis de Leon

Honestly not trying to pick a fight. It just didn't occur to me to PM it. I do very little communication through PM. Besides, it's nothing I wouldn't have said face to face in a crowded room. HEY STOP SHOUTING we can hear you. Pitbull is new here and probably just didn't know the protocol is all. Be...

Louis de Leon

YOU DON'T NEED TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS WHEN YOU POST AN ITEM. ON THE INTERNET, THAT'S YELLING.

Seriously dude, we'll read 'em anyways.

Louis de Leon

First of all, thanks to everyone for the ideas and direction. Unlike disks on a drill or angle grinder, the sissal grit wheels can give you really uniform "grain" in your metal, which adds considerably to the look and feel of an item, even if the grooves are polished out almost finer then ...

Louis de Leon

Found this page on powder coating. He says: Almost any metal part than can be painted, can be powder coated, with a few caveats. In order to use powder, parts must be able to withstand the curing temperatures of powder. This usually means 350Â°-450Â°F for 15-30 minutes. I know that's low enough not...

Louis de Leon

Ok, so currently when I finish a surface my routine goes like this: 1) Form rough shape 2) Refine shape until I'm happy 3) Boughing to take out the bumpies as much as possible 4) Go over it with 120 grit hand sandpaper to find the low spots 5) Go back to 3) until I'm happy with the overall shape 6) ...

Louis de Leon

Louis de Leon

Coolest. Pennsic. Ever. I'm so excited I have to sit on my hands to keep from clapping! This is going to *rock* - I can't wait!!! I get to stand beside my friends in the East at Pennsic for the very first time. It feels like a gift. This is exactly what Pennsic has needed for many years now. Just f...

Louis de Leon

Get new steel mastery gambeson integrated into kit as new foundation garment. Replace aluminum spaulders with spring steel - in progress. Finished dishing them last night. Holiday vacation time rocks for armouring. Replace cuisses on the legs I made. Current ones don't fit properly. Finish 5pc sprin...

Louis de Leon

Thank you Vasilii, This is the first time Ive been flamed by many people at onece and yes I regret several things I said in anger. Your right I deserved the ass ball you sent me please accept my appologies. I build all my orders in a row but I took a few hours on my weekend in this case to get Toms...

Louis de Leon

Ok, first things first - welcome to the archive. To your question - how about some more info on what you're looking for. I'll start: What kind of larping are you doing? Full contact ass kicking, rock-paper-scissors, or something in between? If you need your armour to be protective because people wil...

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now a spin on the question, if and when the time arises (5 plus years from now) how does one strip the barge, paint, and canvas off the aluminum in a relatively easy manner? First thing I'd try would be that orange can graffiti remover from Home Depot. I've used it to take the finish off a stop sig...

Louis de Leon

I's like to do spring but currently lack funds and the right facilities to make the stuff. If you bang out some bits and pieces in 4130 and get them to me somehow, I'll heat treat 'em for ya. A sheet will set you back about fifty bucks from AED. You'll have to do the finishing sanding and final ass...

Louis de Leon

Sounds like a cool project. And don't sweat the non-historical thing. At all. It's the Armour Archive, not the Historical Armour Archive. We get all sorts of stuff here. Everything from Imperial Stormtroopers to flak vests to leather gryphons. There are a lot of SCA/Living History folks here, and ju...

Louis de Leon

Louis, I don't quite know how to do a card on this transaction. But I do have a lot of reviews for Matt already. Do you think it would be accurate to just list a card which says this? "Reviewed Dec 13,08. On Time Shipping - 5" f Yes. I'd also add "Communication - 5" as well. He ...

Louis de Leon

It's a non-armour review, but it's a review anyways. I bought one of the electric shears he was offering up. Communication was fast. Any time I sent an email, I got an email back within 24 hours. Tool is cool too. The thing cuts .040 like a lightsaber through a warm tub of margarine. It's unreal how...

Louis de Leon

Blackstone wrote:Someone, somewhere, posted a photo of a cut out grille (I thought it was Murdock, and Halberds commented on it) but I can't find it and I don't recall if it ever panned out.

These are the threads you're looking for.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=88685

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=89666

Louis de Leon

Louis, on your 10 picture where you have the cop dished and chalk outlines of areas to remove and shape...what tool do you use to remove that material in a nice clean manner? Just a power jigsaw. Then a file to clean up the line. Nothing fancy. What type of torch are you using to heat that up? It's...

Louis de Leon

What kind of steel are you using for that cop and how long did you pound it It's .040 4130 spring steel. There are pictures missing in the thread of the heat treating process. The shaping took a couple of weeks, off and on. Half an hour here, an hour or two there. That kind of a thing. It's been a ...

Louis de Leon

I snapped some pics of raising a cop, and how it looked along the way. Your "failed" hot raising looks a lot like how mine did around pic 3-6. The only time a piece is done is when you quit hammering - don't take no for an answer and hit 'er again! http://members.armourarchive.org/louis/ra...

Louis de Leon

I'm a newbie too, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. First off - looks good, IMO. You have a clear grasp of articulation. An arm is a challenging first project and you've done it justice. You even completed a roll. Rather nicely. That shows good hammer control. Clearly you get what you'r...

Louis de Leon

Pics it is. http://members.armourarchive.org/louis/elbow_4130.jpg Cop in 040, lames in 025. http://members.armourarchive.org/louis/vambraces.jpg Vambrace in 040. And add me in for another positive review. Sha-ul gets four stars from me. Excellent metal, excellent price, excellent service. Fast on em...

Louis de Leon

JIt is not a 'throw this blow from now on' primer. Oh yeah, I know that. It's just that I have the bad habit of throwing my shots "all arm", and as a result I don't get a lot of blow acknowledgment. My fault, but fixable. If I could get my torso involved, if I could be less static when I ...

Louis de Leon

I just wanted to say that I'm really enjoying watching your work get better and better and better.

That bascinet is flat-out beautiful.

Louis de Leon

Your Grace, Tascius - thank you both for the instruction. This is something I seriously need to work on, and it sounds very helpful.

Louis de Leon

I switched from Oxy/Acetylene to Oxy/Propane a few years ago. I found I needed a larger rosebud to work at the ame rate but overall it is a huge cost saving. Can you tell me a little more about your Oxy/Propane rig? How much did it cost, where did you buy it? I've been web searching and not having ...

Louis de Leon

I use oxy-acet for most of my heating needs (hot work). I have size 80 tanks and use a rosebud tip. I am in an unheated garage and have not had freezing issues with the tanks in the dead of winter at all (and didnt with the 40s either). Filling the 80s cost about 45-50$ but you get quite a bit of t...

Louis de Leon

Thanks Although for the life of me I can't figure out where you'd put a dovetail in a ring. Along the seams facing up/down? I can't picture it. As for the 4 layers, I did that to make up for the lack of plywood on the surface. I tried three, but the math just didn't work out correctly with 25 degree...

Louis de Leon

Ye oldee hitting a pell with your arm tied in with a bungie cord. For beginners to learn power generation from hips/torso/legs rather than arm. Could you explain this one in a bit more detail? Specifically, how you tie the arm up. Sounds like something I'd like to try, so if I try it I'd like to be...

Tulip vambraces - how do you get that wonderful shape?

HEY PITBULL ARMOURY

Sisal wheels, or what's Eric Dube doing here?

Re: Thank you Vasilii

Another good review for Mad Matt

Re: WTB -- replacement grille for Anshelm bascinet

For Aergis - hot raising a cop. Warning - pic heavy