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losthelm

actualy those peskie germans had a machine for making wire in late period I think around 1550 or so.

chances are steve of fourth castle will give you much better information

losthelm

try and get the ones with out the ruber gasket or any type of coating. they are cheeper that way. althought fiinding them with out the zinc can be a bit of a chalange.

losthelm

the guy that does the saw mill blades charges about 25.

losthelm

a little on the thin side so probily want to run with two layers or none important parts ie grives and dress armour. check out the prices on some of the larp stuff some time. use thin or shalvaged steel as dress pieces or larp can give you good experance and money to by tools and better matteal. old...

losthelm

depends on the style
the swiss varity tends to run near 6.5 -7+
whail other kept near 4.5 feet.
what time period?

losthelm

crall on knees or wait. I have sceen many a melee won by a leged fighter left off on his lone some. maybe noto the last one alive but usualy can cause a big problem when the enemy tryes to fall back on your position.

losthelm

call for a group and lead the charge before they know whats going on. break the line and punch throught. if you miss them on the charge you still three rows back in a target rich enviroment.

losthelm

what do you need one for?
you can get a hand crafted in the period style made for less.
japan sword starts at around 3000 us made to your design.
the more complicated the more the price.

losthelm

sorry about missing the dementions the first time my eyes were caught on the buckler.

losthelm

can you give us dementions? and sorces for more pictures of simalar bucklers?

losthelm

got an email. they are still in the planing phase. the event has not been registered yeat. might be resceduled and moved to the end of september so that there would be no snow when camping. thats about all I heard. any one that is intrested can email the exchecker lost the email adress but its on th...

losthelm

turns out he has moved out west. but at one ended up in the nationall geographic during the last year or so.
you should be able to get a list of metchants from the ren fest organizer.

losthelm

wanted to try round splints. also thought of doing an asian style mail where half the rings are disks punched every 90 degrees.

losthelm

there is a guy localy that makes wonderfull axes have to get his contact information thought.
you could also check for abana members in your area.

losthelm

wow thats so cool if thats a weekend I will be there. although I have not heard about it on the thescore bot could that have been on the last busness meeting? I usally deleat most of them. Do they need tools? Any idea on the cost? Will there be a lot of hands on stuff? need more information. why is ...

losthelm

check the local traade school some times they will do some small jobs for a lot less. if they teach machineing or lathe work they might even be willing to make some stakes for just a little over cost.
usualy causes a little more time spent waiting depending on the program.

losthelm

there are two options
1) get a chizle. note this works but can cause some warpage in the hole.
2)big ass nippers. also known as nail cutters look a lot like the tool used for punching riveted mail. pick these up out of a fariers supply.
used to trim the nails used to set horse shoes.

losthelm

trying to stay a way form any thing that may cause extra wear on the leather.

losthelm

hit and run. if your standing still your dead. if a shot is being thrown at you form one o clock chances are theres a shot coming in form 10 or two soon after. penants and back hooks are bad give the other guy more to hold on to if they start to graple the weapon give it one quick tug if they are st...

losthelm

should work. Its not a striking surface. So you should be able to do it. althought if it begins to show wear ie little bits sticking out repalce it.
I use leather on mine about a 4 ounce use contact cement or spray adheasive to hold it on. works well and has the nice look of leather.

losthelm

coper acts more to keep the rod clean or conduct an make shure there is a good eletrical conection copper does not create an artificial atmisfear. or remove oxcides form the weld. as far as heat sinks ceramic tile will work as a backing strip with good results. mig= metal inurt gas welding small wir...

losthelm

there are arc rods you can get to weld aluminum expect at most 2.5 inches. mig will work but it is not much fun ie dirty gray all over the joint. tig works well but very slow. aluminum wire is a little on the expencive side for ark mig is not to bad and tig if its a lap joint you can get a good fusi...

losthelm

actualy that would work out to I have a buch of projects I want to try with them. and starting with a small one would probibly save me form developing somthing that does not work.

losthelm

with welding make shure everything is cleen. take your time and make shure some one else is around just in case. you will probibly want around a 5 shade for oxy/fuel. welding aginst cinder blocks or concreat is bad,very very bad. good light can make a big differance.

losthelm

probibly start with two or three pounds.

losthelm

how much are you looking to get for them?

losthelm

scence all period writen resorces are not covered by copy wright. Is there a place to find them in word or pdf form on the web.
instead of paying large sums of money to by a book?

losthelm

sounds a lot like the scutums used by artilery and shiege units.

losthelm

as far as welding sheet just tig it set it up as a lap weld and fuse the pieces together.
you can get high carbon stuff for doing iron work but its an odd item so the price is probibly up there.

losthelm

that one sounds like a problem with circulation holding your arm in that position and holding it there is causing stress in the sholder or arm. so try a smaller shield and don't use it as a static shield move it around play play with it a little and rember the farther a way it is for your the bigger...

losthelm

I Acasionaly check home pages off of profiles from most every group that needs a special kind of armour.
Some larp decusion board have some very odd people even by the archive standards.
and some home brew sites have drinks I would not let rab lats drink.

losthelm

I had a realy cool thought tonight and need either quarter sized metal disks or coins from some foren country preferabley with out holes in them. about the thickness of a minamum sca helm and 25-30 mm acrost or roughly the size of a quarter and about as thick as a dime. cheeper is better. no mild st...

losthelm

armourarchive.org off and runing with the silly stick\ http://www.stormthewalls.dhs.org/Armour/armour.htm http://www.crosswinds.net/~ageofarmour/howto/howto.html http://www.tssinc.net/~daniel/patterns/char-aina_pics.jpg another good place to start it the pattern forum look at all the pages taht host...

losthelm

make shure its borax the powdereded acid not borax the soap. both will clean the steel but only one will work as flux. I find it at the dolar store labled as roach poision.

losthelm

sounds like the sheet is viberating quite a bit. you can saport the metal with a layer or two of card board. but still probibly go with the avation snips.

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