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losthelm

wraping the grill will also help. use a spray adheasive or contact cement. haning off a camail will also help. I have heard that vendels or rivest left just a little loose will help a lot to.

losthelm

if you can try tig lot less clean up and a lot pretty weld.
althoguth the welding process in the sca marshals hand book is aimed toward some one new to welding any one that has much experiance would rather do it in a single pass.

losthelm

I can get some in blue with the same texture at the local target.
comes in a roll just like the stuff at walmart but a whole lot softer but jsut as resliant.
there was a guy at pennsic that was selling it in various thicknesses I think at the end of the row down form triplet.

losthelm

check half.com also
usualy not a cheep as ebay but more reliable.

losthelm

I would guess very early stage and screen piece.

losthelm

you might want to chang yoru wording on a quick read through it almost sounded like there was a problem with sir logan. but on reading through the second time it was a lot clearer

losthelm

find some one that makes them and beg time so you can get a walk throught and make them your self. except for the thumb mitten gauntlets are not difacult just time consuming.
and will end up being safer and lighter.

losthelm

I think that it is easyer to get new fencing ideas in play are based soly on the fact that it is a smaller camunity and a hell of a lot easyer to get the ok to test new weapons band guns styles ans as far as armour restrictions the exceptable matereals or testing for other matereals is clearly liste...

losthelm

I beleave the boundry question is in referance to homgan or simalar turnies. where forcing your aponent counts as a kill. probibly because in some list some one was either over sized and used the size to there advantage or some one fell on a list pole or simalar item. as to lanyards its a good thing...

losthelm

mine is a little different.shaving the rattan is murder on your tools. instead put on a lace of leather and tape it down. up to where the blade starts. start with a lowprofile style trusting tip made with an inch wide piece of foam cutting it just a little over sized use contact cement or spra adhea...

losthelm

missed them did they sell?

losthelm

looking for diagrams for the above I have a lot of surgical tubing and about a two weeks to call my own. Hoping to get one done.
also any help on building a cannon would not hurt either.

note I am adapting designs for sca combat right now the fireing system it the trickey part.

losthelm

find some tie down straps and an sutibley shaped object ie a 50 gallon barle or simalar. start with it tight and then start clamping everything down slowly use wedges on the edges of the blank to keep the straps form rubbing aginst the shield edge. you will want to bend it a little more then your fi...

losthelm

belt sander is probibly the fastest if you can get a decent size. most angle grinders take stock off tow quickley to leave a good finished edge. the best think about the bet sander is you can get a few set up and run higer and higher grits. althougth probily for the quickest is to find one that will...

losthelm

do you have a preferance on style?
my brother should be able to get them cut if you already have a templet.
as for the axe it depends on where you are some kingdomes rathbone or keystone are the only legal designs.
I will check with my brother and see if he has the time.

losthelm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1922426425

its not in my budget other wise I would pick it up in a heart beat

losthelm

it may be tied up in shipping.
I have to wait usualy 3-5 weeks for stuff.
other then that hope everythign works out

losthelm

your in seatal there are a lot of places to get steel check the yellow pages the west cost archive people are well networked so haveing some one pick up steel and meating them at a halfway point works. also the majoity of steel in the us is maked in asia so its probibly cheeper to pick it up at the ...

losthelm

if I rember right butted rings were a lot bigger in china and japan and also inclued the use of punched rings theata mail I think it the proper term but I could be wrong. as maile was a round a lot longer in asia it is posible that as the information travled the tecneak can and has changed witch aco...

losthelm

rember thought becsues of the torshion in the coil you will have to counter act the effect other wise the coil will want to twist in the hand causing the coil only to half cut half slip between the blades.

losthelm

mig is metal inert gas welding mag I asume is flux core welding both wire feed but the mig is easyer to learn and cheeper to operate but you have to lug around the bottle of gas also and it can be greatly effected by the wind conditions and metal perp. flux core is a little more expencive and requir...

losthelm

egg carton foam Ie the stuff sold to bedding is open cell. also the liquid nails can create hard spots. I have scars form that style helm. as for padding helms the most comon is to grab camp pads form wal mart. and fit them to cover the inside. some duck tape the shape others use spray adheasive or ...

losthelm

at that level it becomes simalar to japanies wood joints then any thing else. you need to work it out. with a good understanding of applying the math. your best bet it make armour and look at and handle every piece you can. also start looking at other hinge types. andexpecialy in diferances in artic...

losthelm

it all depends on the use. 1mm would not hold up very long unless you added compound curves or roled edged. hear any way. the odd thing about sca is that it varys how hard people strike quite a bit. as for other groups in combat it all depends I have run acrost groups that hit harder then I have bee...

losthelm

depending on the horse power you can get a lot of use out of it. first off check the brushes on the motor and the wear use. if not to bad and it has decent horse power you can easly change the tank and put on a larger cylindar. Actualy if you have the right welding equipment and a higher preshure co...

losthelm

also never acedalean onely noble gas co2 and oxigen.
althought i dont think hydrogen is absorbed in the funny looking sponge its just not a good idea to tempt the faits

losthelm

the minamum joint protection on the shield arm is comon just not hear. to many leftys and we like to mix it up a litte bit.
home of a 9 foot plunger

losthelm

check the gauntles. 16 is not always 16. it may also be the design. some are better then others. althought it sounds like bad math and a little agreshion on both parts. I have been to pratices where the forarms where targeted. and once in a while the wrist place would get hit and posible move the ha...

losthelm

we will let any one play just look at the vampire in the corner. we will only let serious people play it cost thousands just to keep the horse fead. we like to sit back talk and then hit each other with baseball bats. if it's not scotch its crap. I can kill you with a dirty look. I dont care as long...

losthelm

i have sceen several break three last year at pennsic only one was sunbleached. I feel leavering is exceptable to a point. I personaly would rather kill the spearman then the spear either with the asist ie hold on to the spear or trape it so some one else get the kill or drag them throught the line....

losthelm

now for the real reason. People block with there hands. its instint. the cost of learning not to block with your hands is expencive IE emergency room visite and 4-6 weeks out of pratice. each and every time. so hocky gloves witch work most of the time but not always and encumber finer hand movements...

losthelm

vary the type of pell you use. some of the oddes looking ones work quite well and point out a lot of different movements. two tenis balls strung together one weighted haning about 20 inches apart. hit one and the other moves. a five gallon bucket hung throught the botom and weighted on top with pann...

losthelm

I saw a pair with every othere eye cut out and the tung removed. to give them a more sandle look worked quite well althought removeing the black with a dremil was a little time consuming to say the least. I think that yamakama nary has instructions on how to cover the shoes with fur. I have sceen le...

losthelm

steffan's leather or any other large leather supply will cary compresed neoprean or some othere boot sole matereal retails for abut 35+ for a 2*3 foot piece. it should be enuff to make two or three. There where a few different booths at pennsic that sold them for 10-15 as just the cutouts althought ...

losthelm

end tp maces. go strait with closed cell foam. with or with out clackers. the extra large pool noodles walmart stocks also work well. if you can find the foam hockey pucks they work like a dream. neoprean like the varity used in wet suits or mousepads. althougth if you know some one get one of the s...

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