The Armour Archive

Louis de Leon

You need to remember that Rainer, Pacific and most of the other companoes selling 'yurts' are actually selling yurt-shaped semi -portable cabins. They are great for a permanent or semi permanent building, but are COMPLETELY UNSUITABLE for SCA-type events. They are way overbuilt for what we do - and...

Louis de Leon

Ok, although I don't have the blueprint exactly done I think I can come up with a ballpark number for what I'd charge for a 14' yurt. I'm going to step through how I came up with this number. First off, I tried to find the least expensive yurts out there. I just typed the word "yurt" into ...

Louis de Leon

Baelin, I've got a 2 month old kid myself. Not that you're asking for my advice (you didn't) but I'll offer it anyways. Don't sell your gear just yet. You can have a kid and have some fun on the side as well. Honest! It seems like a lot of work at first, but it'll mellow out. Takes a couple of month...

Louis de Leon

Heh. I thought I was the only person who had a chandelier in their yurt, although atmittedly mine isn't wrought iron. Does yours have a stained glass window in the door? Nope. No stained glass... But - I did make some decorative door straps copied from a door on the Warwick castle out of 6061 alumi...

Louis de Leon

yea, i was bitter on another thread, but they will come through just like everyone said!!! after i got a confirmation # it only took about 1.5 weeks to get! Customs just takes the longest!!! Baelin, let me be the first to thank you for checking back in and posting that. That was big of you to do, e...

Louis de Leon

So other than the golf umbrella, how are yurts in bad weather? What keeps em from blowing away in strong winds? Yurts are awesome in bad weather - remember where they come from. Wide flat areas where the wind has a lot of room to really get going and not many trees in the way. I'm not exactly sure ...

Louis de Leon

My suspicion is that if he did not, we would have heard about it with an "I told you so!" If he did not, then his complaints would be justified. Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I've been wanting to buy a replacement liner for my steel mastery hat as a spare. Maybe I should do that a...

Louis de Leon

Do we know if that other fella who was making a big noise about steel mastery ever got his gear?

Louis de Leon

Any chance on at least maybe a ball park, roughly this is how much price maybe? I'm still working out the blueprint. Soon as I know what the material cost will be, I'll be able to work out a price. Should be this weekend. the reason I said about Pennsic is I can't fit it in my budget right now, so ...

Louis de Leon

so I made an led powered chandelier. Straight up-and-down battery, or solar charged as well? I'd love to see your notes for this. Thanks! Runs off a 12v car battery stashed under the bed. A full charge gets me through two Pennsics. And if I have any trouble with it running out of juice I just walk ...

Louis de Leon

You are not looking at these prior to Pennsic are you? I might get a couple of them done. I'm one guy, and suddenly I have a queue with almost 10 people in it! If I really bust ass I might be able to bang out 3 of them by Pennsic (since you're 3rd in the queue). I can't promise anything though - my...

Louis de Leon

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Let me teach you how to pimp your design in exchange for a 2% discount! Y'know what? You're on. Just so long as you're not in a huge hurry to collect - I work a 40 hour a week job as an engineer, and have a newborn son to take care of. I'm just one guy spending hobby time to do this....

Louis de Leon

Yes, choosing would be easy if your colors were like my dream - red, gold, and green! Red, gold, and green... I cannot believe you Karma Chameleoned my yurt thread! Ahem. Anyways. It looks like the "dibs list" is now: Skorri Ragnar Johann, if he was interested Fraygod Daithi randy w, depe...

Louis de Leon

If you're looking for a stronger citric acid solution, you might try a brewer's shop.

My local one carries it for fairly cheap - a pound for 3 bucks. I usually use a dash or two in my mead before I toss the yeast in.

Louis de Leon

I'm going to bet your answer is FedEx Less Than Truckload. I recently had 750 pounds of equipment and raw materials shipped from California to New Jersey and they were the best rate the seller was able to find. I will say, at that, there could be some serious shipping sticker shock. I wouldn't have...

Louis de Leon

Price-dependent, I want an option (finances allowing, I am wifely-pre-approved), but I also have several questions: 1. Yurt or Ger? They're not the same thing. If it's a yurt, VASTLY prefer 5'30-deg. If it's a Ger, then 6'25-deg is okay 2. Are all the wooden pieces going to be properly curved? This...

Louis de Leon

randy w wrote:I'd have interest being on the dibs list but a lot would depend on final cost ... at least shipping wouldn't kill me, Akron is almost local

Ok, you're on the dibs list pending me posting prices sometime soon.

Louis de Leon

Well I am a far delivery but I am definatly interested if you want to make an Alaskan Sale. Just keep us informed. Daithi' Ok, this is getting a lot more interest than I thought it would! I guess I'm going to have to start a "dibs list". So far, it looks like this: Skorri Ragnar Johann, i...

Louis de Leon

yeah the six foot 25 degree would be nice. please let us know when you deide on pricing, i would love one . or if you need a yurt tester just let me know I should have pricing worked out by next weekend. Plans should be ready by then too. If all goes well I'll start construction on my test model th...

Louis de Leon

Wow, I'm really surprised by all the interest. Looks like I'm going to be building some yurts. What does one this size weigh, and how small does all the pieces pack up? I have seen the websites on how some people pack them, but I wanted it straight from a guy who uses one. Especially one I hold in h...

Louis de Leon

Glad you're feeling better.

Louis de Leon

6' wall, 25 degree pitch, 14' diameter. Beautiful, and big enough that you can stand up and put a shirt on over your head without running into stuff. Yeah, that was what made me build my first one. My wife is 6'. Getting her dressed in a regular tent was a serious pain. What will pricing be, roughl...

Louis de Leon

Do they all come in those bright colors, though? I think red, yellow, and green like that are a bit garish... Well of course not - that would look awful. The finished product will be a tasteful turquoise, tartan, and zebra print. Thanks for the advice everyone, and keep it coming. The yurt in the p...

Louis de Leon

Hey everyone, I'm thinking about making and selling yurts on the side. Made a couple already and I like mine a lot, so why not make them and sell them? Anyways, I'm making design decisions and I'd like opinions on what are the most pleasing dimensions. I'm thinking either a 5 or 6 foot khana (wall),...

Louis de Leon

The worst possible thing, but in the best possible way. I'm saddened by his loss. Also, first thing I thought of was that sometimes a hit in the chest will stop a heart. Baseball players get killed from taking a baseball in the chest fairly often. Often enough to where they now sell a heart shield t...

Louis de Leon

I actually bought a pair of tongs from Ironmonger last Pennsic. When I did my test fire earlier in the day I fiddled around with them while the kiln was going. I couldn't get near enough to the kiln to work them properly. This sucker is HOT. Using the wire to tug out the cop I still had to have on w...

Louis de Leon

I couldn't tell you. I don't do a lot of armouring, although that is likely to change in the near future. I've only bought one and used it very little.

IIRC, Halberds is the man to ask - I think he uses them a lot.

Louis de Leon

where do you get flap wheels like the one in your pic? thinkning of trying those... McMaster Carr . Do a search for "flap wheel arbors", and that should take you to the right page. Edit: Found it! I went through my old archive or AA posts and found where I heard of these. Halberds told me...

Louis de Leon

More pics! A quick soak in some white vinegar took the scale off: http://members.armourarchive.org/louis/kiln2/IMG_2628.JPG It's a little uneven, and it didn't get it all. http://members.armourarchive.org/louis/kiln2/IMG_2629.JPG And I only had a little white vinegar handy, and not enough to immerse...

Louis de Leon

A good starting point is Sinric. He works in 1050.

http://www.eskimo.com/~cwn/hardening.html

I just started working in 4130. Had my first successful kiln run here:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=75331

Before the quench, I got my piece to an orange heat, probably around 1800 F.

Louis de Leon

You kidding? That was the first stuff I got for this project!

Louis de Leon

How much to case harden my entire harness? I'm a complete and total newbie, and I've seen your gear. No way I'd want to be responsible for screwing that up. Plus I don't think it'd fit your breastplate. But I'll make you a deal - if you'd care to, come to Akron and I'll give you access to the propa...

Louis de Leon

My first kiln thread was lost in the Great Purge of 07, so I'll do a quick recap. Made me a propane kiln, for the purpose of heating 4130 up to an orange heat for quenching. Made it out of a $100 smoker from Lowes, some insulation wool, kaoboard and stainless steel. The Mark 1 had design problems. T...

Louis de Leon

In a pinch you can use a cobalt drill bit. It'll work just fine on mild, and drill a couple dozen holes in stainless before it dies.

Louis de Leon

I started doing some oxy welding once and I forgot I was wearing sandals.

Don't ever do that.

Yurt Pricing

Yurt construction - most pleasing dimensions

Kiln 2 - success! (picture heavy)