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knitebee

whats the draw weight?

knitebee

I've been looking at this basic idea for a couple of years now. I've got designs made up. I've one design for a house, and one for a castle tower. A decent thatched roof is expensive to replicate, especially when you take in to consideration fire codes. Over all cost are very high for anything that ...

knitebee

not video but photos of the same type of shaping

http://www.armurerieduduche.com/Fabrica ... de%202.htm

knitebee

I have three peddinghaus hammers and love them. Some times you can make up for weight with a longer handle. My 200g raising hammers sucked tell I put a 16in handle on it now I use it all the time and for the most part woudln't want it much heavier.

Brian

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Tim, other than its an oval not a round its not that unusual. I based the high roof line off the 16c swiss round that is in a museum. It's awsome at night with candle filled chandeliers hanging fromt he ridge rope. I do need to reattach the walls around the ends as thats where the eaves line is way ...

knitebee

Working on a lot of upgrades at the moment. Including a 5ft round arming pavilion for use as a shower, and two rounds for my kids or guest to use. also about to resew the walls onto the tent pictured as the eaves aren't very level and that change will make the whole thing look far better. [img]http:...

knitebee

Thigh high riding boots where in use, BUT they where pretty much exclusivy worn while riding only. (doesn't keep me from wearing mine around though.

Brian

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So, the question is, do we want the SCA to be a romantic medievalist organization, or would we rather have it more strictly historical? Should the governing documents be changed to reflect the reality, or should the reality be changed to agree with the governing documents? Should the vampire/elf/pi...

knitebee

umm paper mache cover a ballon or kids soccer ball then fill with plaster. Just and idea.

Brian

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for the diamond breath holes, I punched them. I did first drill small holes at each location as to keep everything in its place (would have sucked to slip with a punch). I took a larger cold chisel and ground it to a tapered diamond shape. I had to regrind it once part way through punching all the h...

knitebee

Welcome to the madness, er I mean family.

Its about showing and teaching history to me not winning or loosing on the field. Thats why I'm at the same point as you.

Brian

knitebee

When I made mine I rolled the top of the lower ring in slightly, it takes less than what you might think. Once I was ready to rivit them together I set on rivit next to each eye slot and on in the middle of the back then worked the pieces over to get them perfectly matched up before drilling and riv...

knitebee

Which visor do I want to wear today??????hummm

beautifull work, got to go get a paper towel to clean the drool of the keyboard now.

Brian

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justus wrote: Sheet steel = $5.00 Three hours of hammer time = $100 Having your boy off the computer and in the shop with you.. Priceless. Fantasy or otherwise, if it sparks some interest in the next generation stick all the spike you need to on it! -Justus HERE HERE!!! Amen to that, especially wit...

knitebee

SWEET.................. I so want a comb with case like your working on.

Brian

knitebee

the best sounding of the smaller speakers out there is the Polk audio RM series, excelent sound and dont sound like small speakers Polk also has towers though I have no personal experiance with them. For anything bigger I'd have to argue MB Quart, without going to high end B&W or plannulars they...

knitebee

Thanks for all the teasing guys you all sound like me when he showed me the design. Actually he knew when he first drew his design that it wasn't practicle but hes a video game geeration kid and wanted what would look cool. RenJunkie, other the the bowl for the shoulder it was all worked cold, the b...

knitebee

good luck.

Let us know how it goes, I get to do a presentation later this year to my daughters 8th grade class. So any hints for me?

brian

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My son (The teenage artist) decided he wanted to design and make some fantasy armour. i told him to design a piece and I'd help him make it. Well he designed it http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/drawing.jpg But his design was a bit beyond his ability to hammer out so I wound up getting sweet...

knitebee

Here is the article about a recent archaeological excavation near Fuessen, Austria. I wish my German was better!

Thats what babelfish is for http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Brian

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Can i get one in a golf ball and club please!??? I could soooo whip Tigers butt stuff like that Twisted Evil Actually this stuff was in an article in Popular Mechanics a couple of years ago with there demonstration piece being the head of a driver. The stuff is actually a metal ceramic. with the go...

knitebee

I wait tell the lame is curved to fit before I dish mine, then I dish it according to the gap presented during articulation.

Brian

knitebee

Based off how well the buckle held up when grabbed by the buffing wheel and flung across the garage I dont thing there will be much issue with streangth. While something out of PMC may not be as strong as a cast piece do to the micro porisity, I would rate it well over 80% of the strength of a solid...

knitebee

PMC starts to dry out quicker than I'd like, I dont have a mister to keep it moist while sculpting it, and probably should. I've been firing mine with a little propane torch, I've had a few issues doing it that way that I finally came up with a solution to. When firing with a torch and its lack of t...

knitebee

Thats hillarious :lol:

knitebee

of course there is some interest, gives us details and a price and we will fight over the oppertunity to relieve you of this burden

Brian

knitebee

just finished this up (well kinda thinking about adding flap weights to it but not certain of what yet) Hand stitched and the silver buckle and strap end sculpted out of PMC http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/pouch.jpg http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/silver%20buckle.jpg One thing I ...

knitebee

How close is King Henrys walking staff to what you define a crudgel?

http://ningerso.atmos.org/imgs/london_2 ... age59.html

Brian

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Is it possible that such shoulders where done in hardened leather? The ornate detailing, the shapes and the lack of any surviving piece IMHO all lead my thoughts towards the idea of them having been leather.

knitebee

Just expanding on Brents last post. I made my round end marque last year with a extra tall top. Two upright poles and nothing else but ropes hold it up. Due to the extreem slope of the top I've been able to set it up with all the ropes (wall and highwind ropes) all within 3ft of the tent walls. Brian

knitebee

i dont know about historical techniques but for play, I made one out of a Nerf ball with three ropes tied around it and braided which are attached to the handle. the power than can be generated is phenominal, just a stupid Nerf ball but it will hit hard enough that you can feel it through armour, it...

knitebee

have you looked into making the pattern yourself, I had looked into custom castings when there was a foundery here (unfortunatly it closed up before I could utilize there services) they quoted me equally high prices for making a pattern but with a little research and talking with them found that I c...

knitebee

Thank you gents. Now I at least have some more direction for my quest. Now to hit the library up for ILL of a few books.

Brian

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After some rescent reeding, I've thought of a detail to add to my protrayal. That being the proper visas and other travel documents. Does anyone have any links to any existing documents? What language would they be writen in? I would wager a guess they would be in Latin as it was farely universal. A...

knitebee

I've done a set of arms in that scale once. I had to do what many people do with nuckle gauldings and dish them out from an oversized piece of metal then trim it to size after shaping. I used a hole in a stump and ground the end of a grade-8 bolt to the shape I needed and used it to dish with. Brian

fantasy piece

my new kidney pouch

travel documents