The Armour Archive

Kristoffer

Wait a second..

I have a sander where the belt wanders back and forth a lot. Should i just rotate the arm so the wheel not connected to the motor is below the other wheel?

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I have an old and a new and the old is better quality, higher precision fitted parts and all over a lot nicer. Get a used one if possible and buy some extra dies. You will loose or break some along the way.

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On this side of the pond we have dense gypsym boards used in construction for improved fire protection. They are usually called "protect" but I believe that is a brand name. It can be used by itself since it is very strong and dense, or you can just screw it to boards or plywood.

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Curse you for bumping this thread and make me all happy in my pants believing that Mac was back posting updates!

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http://www.hybridburners.com

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Most of the ones for sale has a "temperature regulator".

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Mac, that page claims the date to be 1420. I would place it in the last half of the 15th century based on the armour style..

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So, I am about to invest in a kiln for hardening and tempering spring steel armour and I have found several used ones that are ment for pottery. Would something like that work for armour? What should I think of and make sure it has? Any help on the matter is appreciated.

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This is something everybody should read about linen:

https://indemejarecristi.wordpress.com/ ... r-linen-2/

Do not as mentioned earlier in this thread wash the crap out of it. Read the blog post, it will teach you

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I would love to if I would have been on the same continent.

Stop slacking people and get a gathering together!

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This is the picture with most visible details. The rivet heads are very large and flat. Reminds me of modern leather rivets.

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It looks as there is a plate on the inside of the wrist underlapping the two outer plates. Would be interesting to see closeups from different angles. The outer plates have rivets probably going all the way around. These could perhaps be for articulating leathers? Problem with that is that they woul...

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I assume you are Swedish based on your name. Where are you located? You would be welcome to my workshop if you need assistance. We arrange some armouring events every now and then that could be a good opportunity to meet people and get help and advice.

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Lets narrow it down to the holy roman empire, italy and germany.

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Italian and just a bit later..

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I am working on improving my clothes, armour and well, everything. I am aiming for about 1510 - 1530 and wonder if there are any good sources for how belts, bags and general cool stuff that is not clothes or armour looked. I would love to see original pieces or detailed artwork I could make copies f...

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The weapon you are thinking of is not a naginata but a nagamaki.

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The problem with this type of fantasy armour is that it is not designed to fit and work on a human body. One big problem is that the waist is way too low and will be both uncomfortable to wear and limit your mobility a lot. (Check out this thread as reference: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/...

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Noooooooooooo! How can we now get our fixes?! Need.... more... armour... porn...

Good luck in the pewter world Mac! Dont burn yourself.

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I feel that I am missing a few things. The medial side view would be awesome to have so I can place the views on top of each other and that way see the difference of the two sides. I am also missing the slots. The way I understand Macs drawing is that it is pivoted without slots? If not, I assume th...

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Wow, fantastic Mac.

Would it be too much to ask you to do the medial side view as well? It would help with the perspective of the spacing of the rivets and how far back on the leg each side is supposed to go. If you have nothing better to do that is..

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I believe the lames arent in the original position on the picture but perhaps more in their extended state? It looks like the rivet positions should be closer to eachother for optimal movement of the joint.

Dont trust my word for it though..

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Getting back to what James said about the difference in spacing of the rivets of the inside vs outside of the leg.. This picture shows why there is a curve happening between the greave and cuisse: http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/gsage/Skeleton/knee-skeleton.jpg So, knee cops should be made wide...

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Ehm, nevermind. Its my late night brain playing tricks on me. The knees being bent the way they are with the top lame still inside the cop got me confused. I withdraw my previous ramblings.

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I need to see a picture of what you mean. I think we're talking about the same thing... but I can't be sure. Mac https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8RcMYXaHO9U/VGtrbNd5cKI/AAAAAAAAns8/4AjvD7JXAvw/w800-h533-no/ref_arm_3020_003.jpeg Take this knee as an example, the rivets on the first lame on each s...

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Are you sure Mac? On the pictures posted earlier in the thread it appears the cuisse side rivets on the lame closest to the knee are further in then the greave side ones..

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Hey, I am planning just this for a patron. I want to build an external plate neck defence with the bascinet I am building for him and the plan is to have it as a separate piece that can be used or removed for different occasions. I believe I will build mine pretty short like the two lame ones in one...

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On fabric, wash it in your washing machine with essence of vinegar.

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Very nice! This is something that should catch on, I am going to have to make something similar myself.

Only thing I can comment is that it perhaps should get some light hammering all over to add strength and make it look less machine flat.

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Would dry-ice blasting be an option for this purpose?

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I believe this is moose buff. My inquiries has led me to this commercial supplier that seem to make buff for Carolean coats.

Antlers I have an unlimited supply of.

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Keegan Ingrassia wrote:I accidentally over-peened one of the articulation rivets, so I freed it up a hair by tapping on the peened head with a center punch.

This should go in The Little Book Of Tricks for armourers.

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I have found a supplier that has real buff I believe. It is called "Caroleans buff-tanned leather" (my rough translation from swedish). It is between 4-5mm thick. I will order some and see what quality it has.

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Start a kickstarter, make a printed pattern book and get paid doing it.

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