The Armour Archive

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I have a GLOCK pistol tucked in my waistband for about 90% of my awake hours. I'm pissed enough that this requires a permit. Just like with the tanks, the real danger isn't what we're told it is: the danger is in getting caught. Does anyone know if using Propane in a Acetylene economiser can cause p...

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Wait... you need a license to run oxy/propane in Czech? That's messed up. I mean, if my tanks blew I would be totally out of luck because my homeowner's insurance probably wouldn't cover it, but the law has nothing to say about it. What's the situation in the UK? I don't do a lot of raising but when...

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I've always used petrobond casting sand---transferred fingerprints with it too! You know when you post something on a forum like this you should wait at least a day or two before feeling it's been ignored. It isn't a chatroom. Thomas Yeah I've used petrobond style sand as well to great effect. I wa...

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Well, we might as well learn something here.... like what's making that noise...

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In my experience the chinese diesets are just off and won't work. roperwhitney.com lists the price of a new punch/die combo as $11USD. If you can find one to fit in it for that much, even if it is more than you paid for the punch, it's worth it. On the other hand, you've already figured out that you...

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Anyone use anything other than sand in the past? I read today that it's possible to mix plaster with short fiber asbestos, and that the asbestos lends heat resistance and also resilience to the plaster, so it doesn't crack under the initial shock. Not something I want to pursue, though. Anyone use a...

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Hi and welcome, serferdude. Basically what you're trying to do is raising, which is an advanced technique. If you want to get it done without raising, and want to use the tab method, then I'd suggest thinking about going with a later style helm, where you could put the tabs on the INSIDE of the skul...

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I'm also a former longhair who implemented the common solution.

I have never looked back.

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It's gotta be 3-phase... how are you coping with that?

Any possibility of Zweihammer lammelar plates on the horizon?

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I'd love to know what the situation on antiques is over there. I was talking to the owner of Ironmonger one summer and he was saying he goes to a lot of auctions where old Amish barns are being dismantled. Is there anything like that in Ukraine? Where an old shop is finally getting sold off? Also, w...

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Load your own buck-shot ammo? PLEASE don't do this! Not only will it f*** up your barrel in no time, but the aerodynamics of punchouts have GOT to be significantly worse than balls. You're going to get a crappy pattern and destroy your shotgun in the process! As far as what to do with them.... chuc...

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audax wrote:Go ahead and post pics of what you have. It will help us see what needs adjusting.

I promise we won't point and laugh.

Ditto.
We might offer suggestions on stuff other than how to get the articulation working, as well.

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It might have been me. I do barwork with my torch, which is the henrob that losthelm already posted. I find that if I have a piece ready to go, and I have the means to keep it in place, then torch is the way to go for barwork, whether it's the henrob or just a regular O/A. But then again I much pref...

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I think it would be helpful if this young gent was to hear that there are others out there who were this young and stupid at one point, who couldn't see tonka trucks without picturing finger gauntlets, and who stole ashtrays from hotel lobbys for the nice dome they had. If he's young, he thinks he h...

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Yeah, Windrose seems pretty fond of doing the 4-rivet attachment. It's strong and probably really expedient. It also means that if you redo the grill there is a minimum of monkey work. You know, I can't really tell what's going on with the nasal, but... if it were mine, I'd be really tempted to dril...

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elden wrote:I only wish there was a comparable DIY method for keep a shop cool. (well, one that doesn't involve running down the shops for a fresh 5kg of ice every 2 hours...)

There has to be some way to use this idea.

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Huh, a trend. I'm not Jewish but my honker sticks out more than most. And my Windrose helm was a problem from day 1. Initially, I took it back to Johannes the next Pennsic, and said it was too close to my nose. He put it on the ground on its side, put his foot inside of it, and used his other foot t...

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My shop is basically outdoors. I have transmission fluid soaked rags all over the place which I use to wipe down tools and steel. HR steel with a thin coat of trans fluid on it will not rust (until you disturb it). I just got some CR and it has Fluid Film on it - it's been a couple months and only t...

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A piece of the disks farmers use to disk the fields make good forms when welded to a section of pipe. These disks are available cheaply in agricultural areas. A harrow? Are they dish shaped? If you're going to use tanks be aware that many of them aren't thick enough. My first dish was the bottom of...

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You mean as opposed to Perseus in ... "Mad Max" armour ? Yeah, and who is the actor? I mean, Harry Hamlin could pass for Greek, but this guy has northern Europe stamped on his eyebrows. At least they could have had him grow some hair and curl it. I guess it's not just the armor they ignor...

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You got a really sweet, subtle flare going on there. Nice.
When you do a bargrill, make sure that it's diesel. The 16g sides would worry me a bit, but the flaring sides of the helm mean that the bargrill is probably going to take most of the punishment.
Really well done!

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You do realize it's vacuum formed styrene, right?

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outlet B&D store in the Lancaster Mall area Huh, didn't notice where you were before this... There's also a store in the Vanity Fair outlets in Reading that sells B&D. I don't remember whether they have dewalt or not, since every reason I had to go to Reading has died or moved away at this ...

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Dewalt 18v. I got the drill/ circular saw combo years back and don't regret it. I would also get a corded drill. Actually, I did - I've been wanting one for a while and found one at the Habitat for Humanity store with the cord snipped. $2 and one of my previously junked cords and 10 minutes later, a...

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You might as well ask him his opinion on spaghetti sauces, since it has absolutely nothing to do with late medieval metallurgy. Steve Aye, you can't even make the analogy that he's improperly ruling on the superiority of one military arm over another, since the M16 and the AK, despite what both set...

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I really like that show on "Connecctions" where an out of shape late middle aged scholar takes a european sword and cleaves a side of beef---not some highly trained expert; but an out of shape late middle aged scholar. They were hogs, if I remember correctly... which makes sense since the...

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[quote]The swordsmiths will carefully break the kera apart, and separate the various carbon steels. The lowest carbon steel is called hocho-tetsu, which is used for the shingane, (translated as â€œcore-steelâ€

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I wondered about that, and then I remembered that I don't even use BreakFree on my guns because the smell is repellent. Not something I'd want to wear. I second the wire wheel idea. I've also used steel wool (NOT brillo) and scotchbrite works too. If it started life with a mirror finish, then you've...

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The cone would be wider on top, right?[/quote] Yes, and you're going to need a slight taper from top to bottom on the edges, instead of the parallel lines you've drawn. Put another way, the measured distance between the top points should be greater than the measured distance between the bottom poin...

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Very nice!!! How did you do the finish? I do not know what Jiri put on the metal to get this finish but he said something about 2 month to get it done to look like this. Sounds like it may have been a controlled rust, then. Rub it with vinegar and let it pit, maybe? Then some scotchbrite and a chem...

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I don't know, I have more wish-I-hadn'ts than wish-I-hads. One thing I'll tell you is that you might end up completely rearranging things frequently. I set up my workspace for metal for the first time in 2002. Today it's the same physical location but bears little resemblance to what it was back the...

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I don't know how you do it, Norman.... I think now I can see why you abandoned this sideshow for those few years.

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I play with the SCA only insofar as I show up and fight once in a while. I like the fighting but generally detest everything else about the SCA. I heard the best description from a friend at last Pennsic. "It's a bunch of people who got picked on by Jocks in high school, and formed a group that...

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Helmut's got one for sale... m Hufffff.... hufff.... huff... phew.... All I could think was "I most certainly do not!!!" Glad to find out it's a different Helmut and a different Helmet. All I can say is I hope one of my daughters has a 23 3/4" head because my sallet is NEVER leaving ...

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Isabella E wrote:Americans fling the word Nazi around too casually sometimes I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4lJ9vsZjMU

Brass casters - mold material?