The Armour Archive

Galileo

Oh, how I wish I had the cash to throw at you!

Galileo

Hal uses a 1 inch stake -- at least, that's the size of my Halberds tool holder

Galileo

Over in Manhattan, the group has a decent small shop in one of the guys' garage. Belt sander, drill press, RW punch, grinders, dishing, a throatless bench shear, etc. I have both of Llewellen's dishing forms - he has a thread up taking orders for them right now on this board. They're pretty nice. I ...

Galileo

What part of Kansas?

Farm auctions yield all sorts of fun stuff if you can get to one. The local flea markets can occasionally turn up useful things too.

I'm in North Central Kansas, myself.

Galileo

schreiber wrote:*snip*

I suspect what's going on is that this site is currently on a legacy contract of some sort and needs to be moved somewhere that offers modern value.*snip*

It's at JT's house, on his own custom-built server. He handles all the day to day maintenance and such, on his own time and dime.

G--

Galileo

(and with even the poorest of us having internet-connected cameras in our pockets) I don't. I have to remove a SD chip from my camera and put it in my computer to download pictures. But I don't put pictures directly on the forum either - I upload to facebook and photobucket, then link to whatever. ...

Galileo

I only mentioned the plate and stakes because the OP said Pexto.

I use trailer hitch balls until I can get other stuff

Galileo

Slick!

Galileo

Pexto plates and stakes can be purchased from Roper Whitney directly - they bought out Pexto quite a while back.

Galileo

Yowzer, you're in Bremerton area, WA then (my old stomping grounds) --- for those archivers who may have a helm to spare.

Helm measurement - take a cloth tape (as in, used for clothing - they're mostly plastic/fiberglass now) -- measure around your head at your temple level.

Galileo

Joseph D *did* say "recently" -- Galon (or whatever name he's posting as now) and Hammered Wombat are not recent, to my knowledge.

Galileo

There's also powder coating. Icefalcon does that, I believe.

Galileo

Mike F's double plywood table is what I use - it's 2 feet square, and I can stand on mine. Being able to walk all around it is nice.

Steve's bomb-proof table will go in when I'm not in a rental

Galileo

Copper belt rivets would be more expensive than you'd need. Some roofing nails (they're 1/8" shank usually) are very inexpensive, steel, and have a large head to hold the felt and canvas.

If you really want the copper, they'd probably be fine. I suspect your shell will fail before the rivets will.

Galileo

Mike F posted over on Off-Topics a few months back - both a work bench and a work table. I built the work table in an afternoon. I can stand on it and jump without any issue. I've pounded metal on it and it doesn't move. It cost me $50 in wood and hardware - only because I didn't have any. Used a ro...

Galileo

http://www.neymetals.com/

Galileo

Are you on Facebook? You might try the "Fans of Hirst Arts" group. Lot of gamers there. I just build scenery

Galileo

The prince biscuit on page 13 sounds good.

Galileo

Any reason it needs to fit in a tool holder? that kind of weight can sit on a table all by itself

Galileo

How much does it weigh?

Galileo

Mac.

Please start a new thread for your casting projects. We'd all like to see the process and design work

Galileo

Getting the rivet hot enough - do you put the cap on after peining the rivet?

If so, does enough heat transfer to the helm (like a heat sink)? Does it "cook" the leather inside, or does it not get hot enough?

I'm showing my lack of soldering knowledge

G--

Galileo

I prefer this style of sallet, myself - http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the ... arch/23213

Though it's mainly because of the pierced visor

Galileo

Speed makes fast (speed on the belt sander, for example). Speed also maims or royally screws up the piece if it happens to grab. Biggest thing to help with deburring is looking at how you're cutting the piece initially. If you're using a hammer/chisel, plasma, teeth, etc. - there's a lot of clean up...

Galileo

So. Let's get to the brass tacks. If I were going to make some of my templates available, how would I do that? I'm a 20th C sort of guy, who thinks in terms of cardboard cutouts that the postman delivers. That's obviously out of the question, so tell me what the options are. Please describe any com...

Galileo

What he was saying is a magnet WILL stick to SOME stainless alloys. You can't use a magnet to rule out stainless.

Galileo

Yes - finish what you have - use what is finished to adapt the pattern to how you move the metal. It'll be different from how Sinric moves the metal (most likely). Then you have a pattern you made that matches you. Then you have an idea how most patterns will need to be adjusted for your tooling and...

Galileo

I like seeing other people's patterns to show what the metal will look like before it's shaped. Trying to look at historical pieces and imagine them flat is difficult sometimes. I've never used a pattern as given, presuming they'll need a bit of tweaking and adjusting (the pattern) for my personal u...

Galileo

Preference and time period, methinks.

If you catch a sword enough to tear a plate out of the leather, you've probably got bigger issues to worry about than losing a plate.

Galileo

Too small for my gunboats.

Galileo

Bigjon - they're adjustable to your head size, up to a certain bit. I'm making mine for my 25" noggin and there was a decent chunk of the brow band I had to chop off.

Galileo

Ask Kass on Facebook - the posts there daily, if not more often

Galileo

Unlikely - you lay the metal on them and pound away - just like a fluting stake or a ball stake.

Galileo

"So talk to me about period liners"

I tried. I can't pass up the straight line -- You can buy them in grocery stores or drug stores. "Always" seems to be a popular brand.

Galileo

Check out Draven here on the board - here's a recent post - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=176957

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