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by sha-ul
Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:29 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking for an Armourer
Replies: 9
Views: 599

sorry I've not gotten back sooner, for the story look here...
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1053863#1053863
by sha-ul
Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:34 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking for an Armourer
Replies: 9
Views: 599

oh btw I forgot to mention Glenn Wisdom known by armormonger here he is a fair armorer and lives not too far from Uldin
by sha-ul
Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:10 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 14th C. Armour Projects
Replies: 81
Views: 7365

Re: 14th C. Armour Projects

Giles de Bois Guilbert wrote:The gauntlets are 18ga. cold worked spring - unheatreated


is there a reason you didn't heat-treat the gauntlets?
by sha-ul
Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:41 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking for an Armourer
Replies: 9
Views: 599

saith I might be willing to try these. I live west of Kingman& work @ 47th st south& hydraulic
I am on lunch break now but give me a call on my cell at 258 7192



Russ
by sha-ul
Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:38 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for drive belt for power hammer
Replies: 13
Views: 344

holler at your local oilfield supply they frequently stock adjustable v belts. on many oilfield engines if a fan belt breaks you have to remove the clutch and many other heavy & greasy parts
by sha-ul
Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New armor VIDEO! my contribution the the archive!
Replies: 14
Views: 657

Domnall wrote:JT WE NEED A VIDEO SECTION IN THE ARCHIVE. (I bow to your advanced skill set)


I second the motion :wink:
by sha-ul
Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:49 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for drive belt for power hammer
Replies: 13
Views: 344

have you hollered at the local blacksmiths?
okies.....http://saltforkcraftsmen.org some probably from Muskogee
they are the abana chapter for Ok.
by sha-ul
Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:52 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New armor VIDEO! my contribution the the archive!
Replies: 14
Views: 657

firstly, do you have a place where it can be downloaded from to watch it later?
secondly did you realize your website when you click "english" is still in French?
by sha-ul
Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Bruises
Replies: 23
Views: 861

Image
I spy with my little eye, a Glumpie
by sha-ul
Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:50 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Wanted: Chasing Tools
Replies: 3
Views: 131

you can do like I did, make your own, pick up some high carbon drill rod between 6&10 mm, cut into comfortable lengths 6" for example. fire up the bench grinder& shape. put a polishing mop on the bench grinder& polish the tools.
by sha-ul
Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:31 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Dumbest armouring....moment
Replies: 11
Views: 440

Umm, that would be this time this friend of mine was hammering for hours on this piece of 20 ga spring steel, and using all sorts of heat stuff, and then coming out to complain that he couldn't move it (it had been dented just a little bit), and asking if spring took something special to work it. I...
by sha-ul
Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:26 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: amateur attempt at ball stakes. with pics!!
Replies: 14
Views: 987

here is a quickie update. I have since cut off the extra round stock on the "t"stake and welded it to the stem this was done with 7018 with 2 root passes and I had some 7024 in 5/32 rod that I used for the the top weld. I had the amperage turn up a bit high to try for as much penetration a...
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:59 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Hot Raising Videos?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

Also (sorry off topic) what would you think would be a good raising set up? Because I can't find any ball bearings, I'm thinking a steel pipe with one of those round end caps would fit the bill. here is what I did m here is where I got the balls http://www.grhcompany.com give them a call they curre...
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:53 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: At what point do you polish?
Replies: 11
Views: 226

now might be a good time to toss those parts into some vinegar for overnight to take off the mill scale(dark stuff) and save your tools some wear& tear. :wink:
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:07 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Hot Raising Videos?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

look here
http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/books/metalwork.html
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:03 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Hot Raising Videos?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

Re: Hot Raising Videos?

Xavier Der Adler wrote:Does anyone know where to get a video on the hot raising of a bascinet or a sallet?

talbot has the raising video of Patrick Thaden raising a sallet.
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:36 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Mauls in Camp?
Replies: 31
Views: 675

were they known as "sledge o matic" in period?
don't they still use these for big-top-circus tent stakes?
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: New product added- PRICE REDUCED!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 386

matt was this the image you were trying to get?
Image
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:17 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Hosen Alternatives.....
Replies: 45
Views: 775

MJBlazek wrote:Thanks everybody for your input!

I'll probably go the sweatpant route,
Target down the road from me has a gray lounge-pant that might work.

which sweatpants route would that be?
would that be under sized&stretched to fit, or over sized&tailored down to fit?
or a different method
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:06 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Why flat vs. round ring maile
Replies: 29
Views: 649

I remember reading that some wire was sheared from large plates resulting in a square/rectangular profile that was then wound into coils.
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:48 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Pre-made Rattan Sword, what's it worth to you?
Replies: 12
Views: 430

kewl a count Duku sword. :P
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:24 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Another german gauntlets
Replies: 34
Views: 2039

Mac wrote:Jiri,
Those are good looking gauntlets.
Mac

^
|
now THAT is a most qualified compliment, from one of the true masters of the craft.


may I someday earn a compliment such as this
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:04 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Hosen Alternatives.....
Replies: 45
Views: 775

Tell ya what, sha-ul, I'll be down your way for the Great Plains Renaissance Festival in a few weeks. You can have a look at them then. As for photos, well... Like Matt Blazek, I don't like to tear up my Historic Enterprises hosen just for weekly SCA practice, so I usually wear the altered sweatpan...
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:50 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Hosen Alternatives.....
Replies: 45
Views: 775

Of all the options presented here, Matt, let me throw in another recommendation for Peder's idea about altering a pair of sweatpants. Peder showed me how to do it, and now I have a couple of pairs of them. At a casual glance, they look just like hosen. In at least a few photos of me in my harness, ...
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:39 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Dumbest armouring injury
Replies: 174
Views: 6347

...such as the molten blob of aluminum that dripped down onto my loafers, causing third degree burns on the instep of my foot. I once did something similar, I was using a thermite charge(cadweld) on a gas main in a narrow trench, when a bit shot out of the mold& passed through the leg of the po...
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: To Block, or Not to Block...that is the Question!
Replies: 55
Views: 897

Asbrand, what about fabricating& welding a cross hilt as as part of the basket hilt, so that you actually block with the cross and any other contact with the basket would be incidental, & hopefully unintentional. http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/smilies/twocents.gif
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:59 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Dumbest armouring injury
Replies: 174
Views: 6347

Milos N. wrote:OK, not armouring, not me, but here it goes...

A carpenter that I know, managed to sit down on a bench saw (not sute about the word, it's the rotary saw mounted on a bench along lith some other lethal tools), and make a 5-6'' long cut in his but.

are you referring to a table saw, or a shopsmith
by sha-ul
Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:45 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Hosen Alternatives.....
Replies: 45
Views: 775

Jodhpurs! penicillin? please translate or explain in english " Jodhpurs " is a perfectly good word for a perfectly common object. And it's just as much English as "telephone" or "pariah." Effingham it may be common if you ride dressage, but for the average Jose it elic...
by sha-ul
Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:01 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: bronze cauldron set for sale
Replies: 21
Views: 929

Crimthann mac Ceadda wrote:I've got a sister I can bid. She's a great cook and doesn't just stick to the 'healthy' stuff. I think you'd find it a reasonable trade.

any idea what you would have to have for her, we could use a little more help 'round here :wink:
by sha-ul
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:31 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Hosen Alternatives.....
Replies: 45
Views: 775

Thomas H wrote:Jodhpurs!

penicillin?




please translate or explain in english :wink:
by sha-ul
Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: How do you shape a vambrace?
Replies: 20
Views: 589

Sir Gaston, thank you for the description of the process. Hopefully I can actually translate it into something tangible.
by sha-ul
Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:57 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Makeing an SS bra - help needed.
Replies: 13
Views: 784

the whiff has been after me to male her a metallic bra for a little while, but this thread does bring to mind some interesting quandaries. here are a couple that the Ugo has worked on. http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s294/russell_smith93/forum%20source%20pics/f54.jpg http://i155.photobucket.com/a...
by sha-ul
Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:38 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Nad Tassets or DPUs. When do they first appear.
Replies: 46
Views: 1019

so, um do we have any historical evidence of the first armourer asking "how's it hanging?"




ducks& runs ....
by sha-ul
Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:44 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: hat raising video questions/answers
Replies: 13
Views: 639

The 8" ball is mine. It is 27" around and weighs about 1000 pounds It was once a rock crushing ball. ok dont laugh too much, but I think I figured out about how much that ball would weigh. (I am an amateur) figures gleaned from "Machinery's handbook 21st ed" assuming an 8" ...
by sha-ul
Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:05 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Finger gauntlet padding
Replies: 27
Views: 731

I gave up; some of the marshals in this kingdom are evil and want to fail your gaunts if you don't have street hockey gloves in them. I can very much believe what Josh is saying, some of these same marshals swear it is near felonious to use the haft of a pole arm to foul the pommel of a sword.

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