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Gundo

If you're going to punch without a forge [with heat you can punch over a hollow space, and probably make the punch in the same forge], you'll need a matching die. If you're a machinist, and you can get away with using the equipment for private projects, you can make them yourself. You'll need to use...

Gundo

Awesome, Ned! and, http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/bump.gif ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is worth ...

Gundo

Oh yeah...in case I don't get my page edits done soon enough: I'm offering stainless at the same price as spring steel [the prices listed on the page], and mild steel at half the listed prices. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more...

Gundo

Due to the loss of my fingertip [it's okay now, I'm working again] and being on disability [2/3 of a no-overime paycheck, no armor income at all] for two months, I'm seriously broke. So I'm offering a deal to folks prepared to wait even longer than usual. I'm offering 25% off the list prices on my p...

Gundo

I weld great helm tops. From the inside, and I bend the top down as I go, while the area is still nice and hot. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madnes...

Gundo

Could be titanium...is a really dull gray color? If it's a relatively bright and silvery color it's probably some alloy of aluminum, heat-treated to T6 or T7. Most of the newer road signs seem to be T6. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shir...

Gundo

Yup, used B-2. Somebody posted about these recently, and they show up on ebay fairly often. Be aware that an angle grinder and/or electric shear will be just as loud as your jigsaw. Also...unless there is an unusually restrictive noise ordinance, you can probably get away [legally] with quite a bit ...

Gundo

Depends on your results, eh? How's your finished surface look? if you're going to lose half your thickness to polishing out dings, or spend 4 hour planishing same, then you erred in using a hard tool[hammer] and die[dishing form]. If your dishing form has a nice polish, and it can take the stress, g...

Gundo

If you're going to be pressing out pieces, your raw material had damn well better not be tempered. In fact, if isn't annealed or at least normalized, you might as just throw your die off a cliff as put it in a 250-ton press. You'd get about the same amount of use out of it. Heat treatment is somethi...

Gundo

Erik's is handmade. Steve's is a factory product. I'm not making any sort of judgement one way or the other, just pointing out a difference. And for anybody, who doesn't like anybody else's price, buy elsewhere rather than bitch about it. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pi...

Gundo

Well, since I run about 500 tons worth of presses in my production line [at my day job], I think I know enough to answer this. It depends. If you want to form a cop or helm half ina single stroke, you're going to need at least a 200 ton press, and if you pay the going rate, the die will run you at t...

Gundo

Ugh. I busted a locking hub on my truck day before yesterday, and I *have* to replace that. It's going to put a dent in my budget for a couple months. I won't be able to come up with the $50 until end of October. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/frown.gif if you want to cancel, it's okay. ----------...

Gundo

I'd avoid cutting the face opening until the top is shaped. It'll likely cause weak spots around the opening otherwise. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash o...

Gundo

You won't absolutely need heat, but it would help a lot to have a forming block [shaped like the "inside" of the knuckles]. Make one in steel if you can, carve it from hardwood as an alternate. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more...

Gundo

Is it a wire-feed welder? In other words, does it have a spool of wire that feeds out through a nozzle, and the gas shoots out the same nozzle? That's a mig welder. Or is it a combined stick and tig welder? That would have a regular stick clamp, as well as a gas nozzle with a tungsten electrode to m...

Gundo

To clarify: the FAQ on the main page, not the UBB faq linked above. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is...

Gundo

Nope. The Archive favor is a statement you make to the Known World, that you are affiliated with this site. It is not an endorsement of you, by the site. You can even make your own favor, if you like. I do, however, have one of the Rev's make, and it is superlative , complete with a small hid...

Gundo

So tell us about your relatively easy procedure? ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

Don't polish it. Clean it with rubbing alcohol. Prime it with a primer color as close to your finish coat as you possibly can. Use automotive paint, it's meant to be on metal. Or powder-coat it. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & mor...

Gundo

The copper ball should work fine. It'll deform but not so radically with each shot as to prevent it from working. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madn...

Gundo

Note that this is MY answer, not Alan's. A restocking fee is when you order armor, get armor, and there's nothing wrong with it, but you decide you don't want it anyway, and send it back. The 25% fee is what you lose for being a dick. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of...

Gundo

I'd like to second that. If you're going to take it down at some point, let us know so I can save the pages to my harddrive first. Beautiful, beautiful work. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man...

Gundo

Maybe because you don't need to be a blacksmith to be an armorer. It helps, obviously, but basic armoring is far more like silver or tinsmithing, in that the work is done cold [aside from welding]. You also don't need a heavy anvil, at all, to work sheet, even if you do heat it up. -----------------...

Gundo

http://www.armourarchive.org/chat2.html I'm there. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

Nope. It'll dent, but it's certainly not dangerous. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

Odd...I'm actually also an Andy S.[a lot more people call me Gundo than Andy], but not an armor newbie. Anyway, see the essays page, there's an article on making your own tools. While you're at the main page, see the link for the FAQ, and read that as well. That should put you a good long ways towar...

Gundo

How small? How basic? How about a small chunk of railroad track? ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is wo...

Gundo

Make a fat triangle [like a wide V], then bend it so that the two longer legs lay flat against the helm with a tapering bulge at the center [either rounded or with a sharp corner sticking out]. Rivet down the sections that lay flat, so that your holder opens to the top. insert the quill ends of your...

Gundo

There really is no inherent difference or advantage. My PEXTO mushroom stakes have much larger radii than my ball-stakes, but there's no reason they had to be made that way. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very...

Gundo

I'd use 1/8" x 1" bar stock for inside splints, 16ga for the segmented breast and pauldron caps, and 18ga for the COP, the skirt plates, and the lames on the pauldrons. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare...

Gundo

Oh yeah...I make sure the edges can meet without gapping too much, then line up the ends, then tack weld the mid-point and ends, then match the edges. This gives me the quickest, and best, results. If you try to weld from one end to the other, unless you have done some serious clamping, the halves w...

Gundo

Accdnt's assessment is more applicable to the flux-core, less so to traditional stick, and not really valid with mig, tig or o/a welding. This is because the filler metal itself is in no way inferior to the sheet metal of the top, but flux-core, and to a lesser degree stick, welding will have a far ...

Gundo

Note that your rivet cracked on the peened side. This is not merely cosmetic, as the crack is a significant structural flaw. Perhaps you should re-evaluate your technique. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very r...

Gundo

Jake, aren't there any horse farms around your area? They're thick as flies up here, and I thought that was common to SC. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash...

Gundo

Look again. Find DARIVS ARCHITECTUS' site, there's a gothic elbow pattern on it. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position wor...

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