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knitebee

to heat the acid you can try what I have done a few times. Take a cake pan or other dish that is shallower but otherwise larger than your acid container and put it in the sink. Adjust your faucet so that a slow but steady flow of warm water runs into the pan at a rate that doesn't cause splashing. N...

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It could have been a coat of plates without any shoulder straps. That would leave the gap as misporportioning. Brian And new this season from our Parisian collection, is this fabulous strapless coat of plates, perfect for eveningware, or a night out on the town. Its accompanied by a cute HermÃ¨s pu...

knitebee

It could have been a coat of plates without any shoulder straps. That would leave the gap as misporportioning.

Brian

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if you streach the boss the direction your shield is flat (typically top to bottom) it will pull the sides in curving it. This should at least get the boss closer to fitting and bolts can potentially pull it down the rest of the way.

brian

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I don't have the ability to anneal this, so am I screwed? I was gonna etch it, but am not looking foward to all of the duct tape cut out work. there are other options to masking for etching. finger nail polish makes a great resist and you can paint it on in intricate patterns. Option #2 is to coat ...

knitebee

Hey Brian, Depending on what you already have and what your focus is going to be production/custom. I would suggest male/female dishing forms. After making those sweet gauntlets of yours just think how much faster it would've gone with a fingertip or gadling forms. We really need to get together so...

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I've done one this way so far (weld up the back) m finished pictures of it m by shape allone i would conjecture that many of the tall back pointed bascinets could have quickly and easly been made from a welded cone, the ammount of work rewuired to move the point area with a low pointed bascinet my p...

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as soon as i have the pictures in my hands i'll get them online for you guys, right now my spare hard drive is out of town with them to tranfer the multiple gigs of photos they took that I'll be enterested in. It will be two weeks from now tell I see them and get the drive back full of photos. Tell ...

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All my forms are attached to 2in stock and fint into reciever tubing like you've contimplated. I have a free standing from stand made of steel, a wooden stand made of 2x6 that holds 2 froms and the front two corners of my 4x8ft table are done exactly as you are contemplating. One issue is how you mo...

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http://aiden-groundpounder.smugmug.com/photos/295843828_z6nAx-M.jpg Yeah, it SEEMS simple enough, but I think there are A LOT of hidden "issues" with this style of bed. Plus, packed away it would be SUPER heavy to move. It will be a couple of weeks tell my copies, but a friend just took s...

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WOW those are awsome

brian

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So a friend grabbed some steel from the scrap pile at his work. What he gave me is a 36in long section of 1018 round bar 5"diam. I have another friend with a machine shop, so what forms should I have made? current thought is a cone mandral and a couple of mushroom stakes, that will take about h...

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for the pin itself I've allways just chucked the head of the rivet up in the drill press then used a file to size down the bottom of it. That way the new smaller shank is bottomed out when setting the rivet.

For hole placement Sean covered exactly what I do

Brian

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I have not done what you are asking but am from a shire that only a few years ago was started that way. Biggest thing I can say is find on of the groups a few hours away and get them to comit to helping you. People to call when questions come up, fighters for demos and much other help can be garnere...

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From what I've seen in person and on multiple online discusions most dislike for CA comes from a view point that war is a place to demonstrate personal skill prowess. Is not a war a place to tactics and manuvers? Units and field movement typically win a war, not individual prowess. As to the argueme...

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What Chuck davis posted is basically a copy of what is used in some of the original Wisby gauntlets. If dished a little deeper where the thumb meets the gauntlet you dont need the slots. If alligned right the thumb doesn't need to move right /left when grasping and fighting with a weapon. and gettin...

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you could do simular to what I did for my great helm [img]http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/[/img] I made a fiberglass cap that fit the helm (yours would only cover the back half of the helm to clear your visor of course). There are plenty of historic crest that where flat in profile which w...

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So how well do the Wisby gaunts protect?? Have you been out fighting in them yet?? That particular pair are not padded for SCA combat. For SCA combat all that is needed is padding and I'd go with single plates over the finger bones instead of the multiple little ones. I haven't fought with them yet...

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still have some room for comisions to start imediatly.

Vitus will resend snail mail, should have knonw better than to trust my teenagers to get it in the mail

Brian

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properly built some of the Wisby gauntlets are very low profile and would allow mail mittens over the top of them.

Brian

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I wanted to get back into some repousse work and my son had just designed a wicked mempo and helm in art class. So with his help and drawings off to the shop I went. Couple days later here's the results. teeth and cresent through the eyes are brazed. Now to build the helm to put it on. [img]http://m...

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I fight in one of HE wedge riveted shirts and aventail, in 6months I've only lost one link between them both. I've heard of those with Von Sussen shirts having far more ring failures. One of those you get what you pay for deals I think.

Brian

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Finished pair, the slight color differance was due to not yet having oiled the right knee. Once oiled the color matches perfectly from knee to knee. I didn't put the green tassel on the right knee, as I think it represents a garter and you find more than one painting where there is only the left gar...

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Not that I know Knitebee's reasoning, but from experience, drilled holes in metal will wear the stitching more quickly, actually. One could allways deburr the holes, but that would still wear the stitching material rather quickly. Perhaps punching the holes would be better? I would love to see clos...

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need to pay bills will take $250

Brian

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Watch ebay for scalmandre silk velvet, its upholstery weight silk, extreemly tough and durable. On ebay it can be picked up for about $75 a yard but the feel and streangth of it is well worth it in my book (have 1 3/4yrd waiting for custom rivets to be cast to attach them to my breastplate)

Brian

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Saritor wrote:What size neck is it for?

without padding will just fit a 18in neck, less with padding. Can make different ones with different embossing and trim. Here's another one i did recently for my consort.

http://members.armourarchive.org/kniteb ... orget1.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/kniteb ... orget2.jpg
http://members.armourarchive.org/kniteb ... orget3.jpg

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The only minor detail I'd add or change is to make the aglette/arming point be a real point of attachment, rather than just decoration. But heck, that's just quibbling over nothing. Gordon Actually Gordon, Looking at the painting I think its a tassel to represent a garter not an arming point at all...

knitebee

Fresh from the work bench, solid 16g construction throughout, heat blued and finished with embossed work on the front and raised diamonds around the outer edge and neck lame. need to pay bills will take $250 http://members.armourarchive.org/knitebee/blue%20gorget1.JPG http://members.armourarchive.or...

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The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara by Cranach m close up of showing the knees better m When I first saw this painting in a book at a friends house I instantly feel in love with the knees on the exacutioner. So he printed me off scans from the book and I let them sit around the shop for months, finally l...

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if this was recent why is the cpyright at the end of the video listed as 1989?

Brian

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Russ the helm is 12g skull and 14g visor and chin, the gorget like pieces are only 18g. As for insperation for the set, the basic body, tassets and pauldrons are based loosely off the "armour for an infanrty or light calvary officer" pictured in book Imperial Austria on page 26. Went with ...

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Somre of the pieces I've posted (helm, breastplate and arm) as they where done or being worked on. The pauldrons still need some tweaking and all the file work, think I might remount the straps for the tassets so they hang a little better. But for not its out of the shop and heading to the list. sew...

Re: Chisel work - need advice

what forms to make????

my turn at a mempo

open production slot

blued articulated gorget for sale (price drop)

knees from the painting "The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

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