The Armour Archive

Garridan

Unfortunately, in my experience, a small can be anything less than 24", and a large can be anything more than 22". Some of us have pretty large/small noggins, and don't compensate for that...
--tom

Garridan

I know a few local to Seattle and Salt Lake City... that wouldn't help you much, tho...
Look for bargain camping equipment places. I get a roll for $5 or $6...

Garridan

Sorry I don't have your helm ready yet Jake... Guess Jake Stallion is going to lose the Jake half of his name... Hope you've got a cup, or you'll lose the Stallion half, too... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif Seriously, tho... I suggest an AUCT header for auctions. Anybody with me? --tom

Garridan

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1125305487

Garridan

That's a good lookin' coif... Think I'll make one for myself...
--tom

Garridan

*starts drooling all over the place*
Um... you're going to document raising that barbute, right?
That'd really kick ass... Can't wait to see it.
--tom

Garridan

lol, Gaston, that sux... Yeah, Galon, keeping up with the latest security patches is really important... I knew a guy that would, any time a patch came out for a webserver, he'd find a site using the server, and test if they'd patched or not. If not, he'd screw with their pages... He very nearly got...

Garridan

The Leather Factory sells rawhide by the side... Can't currently find my price list for them, tho..

Garridan

Christ, this is worse than slashdot... Mention that I'm going to set up a server, and all anybody cares about is the OS. I don't know BSD. Yes, it may be more secure than Linux, but I know Linux. Fine. Y'all asked for it. The BeOS runs everything I need. That's what I'll use. http://www.armourarchiv...

Garridan

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by schreiber: I'm inclined to believe the "elbow cup" theory, but then why not "shoulder cup"? </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Some of the larger fighters' elbow cops can fit my knees, a...

Garridan

Ok, I admit, I haven't touched 7.0 yet, so I didn't know... Hell, if I learn to use Slack well in time, I'd rather use that... we'll see...
--tom

Garridan

Hmm... that's a 15-month break-even point, supposing I get 10 armouries in the first month and keep them... Also, forgot to mention... each armoury would get their own domain name (just buy it, and point it to my dns server), or they could use a subdomain. (yeoldearmoury.darkerhalf.com, or somesuch)...

Garridan

I've been tossing this idea around for a while now... For $199.95/month with a $200 setup fee (+the cost of the server, about $800), I can get a server hosted at the ISP my company uses. Prices go down if paid quarterly, or annually. This server would have pretty much everything anybody here would w...

Garridan

http://communities.msn.com/ScaMachineArmorors
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Garridan

In seattle, in response to the WTO riots, it was declared illegal to buy, sell, transport, own or wear gas masks. That law is still in effect.

Garridan

How many ft/lb on the stainless?

Garridan

You can mount a countersinking bit in a screwdriver handle... That's what we used at Boeing.
--tom

Garridan

Lookin good...
I'd suggest dishing the helm top, and the elbow cops and lames. Get some street signs and a stump, and experiment with dishing for a bit.

Garridan

That middle one looks pretty cool... be scary as hell to cut into a piece of leather after you spend so much time tooling it... oh well, I guess that's what strapmakers are for

--tom

Garridan

Dremel tool users go here: http://www.widgetsupply.com/html/d-cutting-other.html The item on the bottom of the page is a 7/8" cutoff wheel .009" thick. You can get a 25 pack for $9.99 I forget if I got some of those in my last order (which should be in my mailbox when I get back to SLC)... if I did,...

Garridan

force him to make it riveted. King's maille is a bitch for upkeep I've heard... a lot harder to see a missing link.
--tom

Garridan

banzaimf, you don't know its an underwear drawer until you open it...
Sasha, privacy is what email is for. um, I should say, that's what encrypted email is for. (leafing through Sasha's email box right now)
--tom

Garridan

That kicks ASS. I want it so bad... I love spangenhelms...
I'd ask how much you want for it, but I'm FAR too broke...
--tom

Garridan

Is it SCA legal? I'd pay $150 or so... but I'm a tightwad.

Garridan

Bela, what style of scales are they? And if you don't mind my asking, how much did they cost?

Garridan

Send me a set, and I'll write a review... or, I'll pay like the rest of us if I must... probably write a review anyway.
--tom

Garridan

lookin good... if she has lower-back pains, you can always add shoulder straps (read: suspenders) to distribute the weight more.

Garridan

Speaking of, I'll be in Seattle from the 12th-17th... I'll email you, and try and drop by. I haven't had any problem with the rivets bending... I'm using brass rivets, not copper. I'm using a block of Ti to peen my rivets on, its just that if I clip the rivets down, it provides too much of a glancin...

Garridan

RJ Leahy sells stainless rivets. Has anybody used these? Is it too difficult to peen these down? It'd be nice to use stainless rivets on the stainless helm I'm making...
--tom

Garridan

I'll be damned... guess I'll shut my fat trap then...

Garridan

Not often that I have these.... I'm making some articulated elbows (yes, pics will come if I get this dag-blasted camera to work), and I got one pair to work very nicely, smooth, with no gaps, but I had a problem. Typically when I peen a rivet, I use nippers to clip the excess off, and smash the thi...

Garridan

http://www.bassviolins.com/

They've got 2 pounds of old black horsehair that they'll sell for $40/lb
They sell the new stuff for $120/lb!!! Quoth my mother: "go to a stable!!"

--tom

Garridan

Violin shops carry horse hair in lengths up to a few feet. They've got lots of it. Look up a local violin repair shop, and ask them for unbleached hair. BTW, when I say violin shop, I don't mean musical instrument store. They've gotta specialize in violins/violas/celli/basses, or they'll either not ...

Garridan

material/gague?

Garridan

Good idea with the towels... I'm headed to value village right now... Wool, on the other hand, would be TERRIBLE! Wool is one of my favorite fabrics because it breaths, but keeps in all heat, even when wet, and doesn't take moisture well at all. But that's when I'm camping. When I'm fighting, I want...

AUCT: Hardie tools!

Business proposal to all armouries

Stainless rivets?

Time for a stupid newbie question...