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[bump] Well, it's the weekend before that, but hey...bring the whole family! If your wife wants to come, she can have the bedspace in my parent's trailer. I'll have my 2 yr old with me and maybe my wife. Grandma will hopefully be there to babysit a bit. Anyone remotely interested, let me know so I c...

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What's with the bars? Why is the fifth one from the top about 1/2" farther in than the rest, then the bottom three jut out again? The whole helm looks kind of long to me. Seems like it's meant to ride high on your head, or the fron cheek panels are to ride low in front. It just looks "off" somehow. ...

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Nice work! I think we'll have to try something like this at the armour-in!Well...maybe not an entire helm, but some form of raising work. If you carpooled with Mad Matt and came down to the southern armour-in, you'd only have to drive about 20 hrs each! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ---...

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Friday night the 19th through Sunday the 21st. I'm not exactly sure where Cleburne is other than near DFW, but I'd guess it's about 4 hrs from you. It's 3.5 hrs from College Station, 4-4.5 from Houston area, 1.5 from Austin...etc.

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You are most likely using type 304 or 316 stainless. Neither are hardenable with heat/quench, but can be annealed/stress relieved with heat. Both readily work harden, though. Both will "decompose" if heated too hot. I did some hot work with type 316. I heated it to a cherry and continued working unt...

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I use a thick spun-top as a form for the bands. I dish them using a shotput, then planish them on the form. I make the fram of the helm, then dish the panels. I dish the entire panel, then flatten the side sections a hair until it fits like I want it to. Come on down to the hammer-in and I can show ...

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OK, the official date is now set for October 19-21. Here's what you need: Tent and whatever camping gear you think you need. Pad for under sleeping bag since most of the ground is limestone. Off (chiggers are bad in Fall) Safety glasses/goggles if you have them, I have about 4 pair. Gloves, Metal, r...

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I should have a lot of 20-18 ga stainless scrap left from my COP. When the shop gets moved set what you want aside, because I'm not packing/moving scrap...it's getting tossed.

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Man...I've gotta work on the gut!

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Verminaard,
I didn't notice you were in Austin until now. You could pretty much much pick a weekend whenever you want and bring a few people over.

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Ha!...I'm picturing you at the border with armour and such getting interrogated by the border patrol! Rev, Well, there's no sheep left, but there's a couple emu running around periodically and a large european black stag. I'm hoping the stag makes it through another hunting season and reproduces. At...

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OK, here are some dates.... Oct 19-21 This is best for me. No events I wanted to go to, and should still be warm out with decent weather. Oct 26-28 Empty weekend other than halloween parties which myself and at leats one other are pretty big into. Nov 2-4 Nope, we're hosting Kingdom A&S Nov 9-11 Thr...

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Several others have replied via email. Weather-wise, early spring is the best time out there. In fall, you never know if it will sleet, rain, etc from day to day. It's my parent's property, so I'd have to see what my dad's schedule was for out there. There's no construction scheduled for the near fu...

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How much interest is there in a southern Armour-in? This would be held in Kerrville, TX (About 1 hr north/north west of San Antonio...kind of). The weather is kind of odd down here and there's a lot of hunting going on in the general area during November. Mid/late October would be good. Late Feb or ...

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Latigo is a special type of oil tanned with waxes and such in it. It's great for straps, lacing and any outdoor (saddles) leather. It is very stout in thicker weights. If you had 7 oz latigo as a base material for a COP, you wouldn't be moving too well! If you look at full grain utility hides, these...

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Wouldn't a baffle/mixing stage make the burner more efficient? My dad has a burner, but the flame seems awfully fuel rich as it comes out. It looks like it would work better if it was turned into a giganto Bunsen Burner, with a baffled/rosebud style tip. Also, I would add some sort of "trigger" mech...

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Matt, Most raisin stuff can be done in a conventional oven. I'd suggest adding some figs, dates, cinnamon and nutmeg as well. Perhaps some almonds too. Make a paste, spread on pastry dough, roll, dab with butter and bake at 350 until golden brown. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ---------...

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Patrick: If you want to take it to a serious level, you do the same thing all the armorers on the board did when they wanted to take that to a serious level. You make a lot. Gi...

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Jim, Hey...we're all moved in now...kind of. A few boxes left. We flooded the other day (just one room, but it's amazing what a mess just a couple inches of water can make!), though so I haven't had time to mess with much in the last week or so since we've been moving and drying out everything from ...

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I used the aluminum black way back on some 6061 aluminum. It sucked. It left a rough finish and the color wasn't even. The stuff that was black, rubbed the black off onto whatever it touched.

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I have a Grizzly knifemaking belt grinder. It is a very strong rugged motor. I use it very often for armour parts and knives, but it has several drawbacks as well. Pluses: less expensive than most other grinders. Very easy to change out belts. Durable motor. I've been using it for 5 yrs now with no ...

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http://www.supergrit.com

K&G(knife and gun) Finishing Supplies is another good one for compounds and such.You'll have to search for their url, though.

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I think the Leather Factory had some sort of belt buckle stud that some one was using once. You had to drill out the hole yourself.

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How thick of metal did you start with? What's your heat source? Hoiw big of an area do you generally heat/work at once? How many hours are you at at this point? You could always just do like Hannibal and cut a 1/2" section out of his cranium. It should fit fine then http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/...

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Are you looking for the early stuff where they are tied on, or the later stuff in illuminations where they are rigidly affixed to the elbows/knees?

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I'm on a T-1 as well, and it still is a pain to load. If you're saving them as .jpeg, save them as a quality of 1 or 2. There is no noticeable difference on pics this size and the file size drops to only 10-20kb.

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Brodir,
No prob! I think that's one I have a pic of already. I can probably find more on it on-line since it seems to be awell known item.

Thanks

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Well, I spent a semester translating German scientific/technical documents and have had about 5 yrs of language classes...but that was about a decade ago so I'm a bit rusty. It's usually easier to say "hey...who speaks/reads xxxxx?", than to try and set up some sort of file of who can translate what...

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Bran, I do it both ways depending on what I'm making. Some pieces of armour don't lend themselves well to one way over the other and sometimes it's convenient to start in the middle of something as opposed to edges or vise versa (easier to hold, etc). Especially for smaller parts. I use a 12 lb shot...

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Halvgrim,
Send it on over. It's been a while, but I should still be able to read most of it.
Buran,
I'll check them out.
thanks

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Brodir, Thanks. Alcyoneus, I was wanting the larger langsaex rather than the smaller ones. Yes...the shape is still the typical brokenback style,though. Having looked at the smaller ones, they were typically not hilted with a crossgaurd, while the larger ones had a small one. I'm looking for fairly ...

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Gosh...guess I mispelled it. I meant to say seax, more specifically langseax http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . But now that I have your attention.... I'm looking for some pics of some langsaex blades. Preferably something in the 15-20" blade length. If you have any and could scan them, or...

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The place I used to get them from was in Fort Worth, TX. They used to be $0.50 per horn for up to 10" horns. They went up to $1 last year at the Houston rodeo. I got a bag of them, but lost the merchant info. I'm sure they'll be back out this Feb. I can probably find out who they are before then, bu...

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How big?

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Well, I'm sitting here bored...so I'm going to pick on you a bit http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . What exactly is T-100 aluminum? T-... is just a tempering designation and has nothing to do with the actual physical makeup of the aluminum. The choices are T1-10, with aditional digits desi...

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