The Armour Archive

mrks

hi there I reccomend reinforcing the edge by riveting on a 1 to 1 1/2 inch strip of scrap shield alum on the edge. the leading corner gets a L shaped piece that starts 10 inches below the corner and ends about 6 inches below the opposite corner. the lead corner is also not cut at 1 1/2 inches wide b...

mrks

hi

my 8" jet bench grinder worked throughout 12 years of armouring...
five of which were production armouring.

aafter 55pairs of Ti legs and countless other smaller pieces its still running just like the day I bought it.

built tough to last your entire career.

mrks

mrks

hi there way back I forged some Ti. it took about 13- 18 heats to white hot until I could break it with my fingers. it does lose strength but not that much if you are careful. it loves to be worked warm... under 400 degrees or so it wont pick up any contaminants thatw ill weaken it. very fun stuff t...

mrks

fantastic story.
makes me chuckle.
a long time ago I tried to make a cased grieve out of ti and had a similiar experience.
mrks

mrks

very very sweet morgan.
still havent seen sir dans new mittens yet but will soon.
mrks

mrks

I made a couple shields out of TI way back when. I have the .050 back and going to cut it up for metal. it was 9 1/2lbs with the lightest edging I could use. 10 1/2 with good rubber hose. the .040 one is 8 3/4 lbs at 22 by 33 and super light edging and handle. you might be able to use aluminum and e...

mrks

hi knutt and gang I have a 10 tom punch press and looked into making dies for scales at one point. the costs wer much too expensive to consider it done professioinally. I have a few knight friends who work in machine shops who looked at making dies for me. turned out to be too much time and expense ...

mrks

Hi I did a little 14ga stainless dishing before I started buying machines. to dish 14ga SS you need a lot of pressure concentrated on a small area. I used a brass tube and a heavy hammer with a ball bearing welded to it. using the golfball description will work. you need to move the metal so if it d...

mrks

my full kit weighs around 43 lbs

I am 155lbs

will post exact weightsnext time i am in the shop.

if you are going to eigh your armour the best way is piece by piece. very instructional

mrks

mrks

mrks

hmm I will post something classifieds related when I get down to my shop today...

mrks

mrks

hi folks

yes please help my squire.

I would be more than appreciative.

maybe I will make you a little something

mrks

hope you having a ball avery...

mrks

thanks man

I might make some more stuff when I get my mundane life back to being semi retired...

went to boeing surplus yesterday and saw they raised their titanium prices to $22 a pound...

makes titanium joe competative...

mrks

mrks

duke davin shot some video that looked great on camera.

we will have to see how it turns out.

last years RoF is here: http://antirfighters.com/AAF%20VIDS/Rag ... I%20HQ.WMV

I will put a higher definition version... up soon

mrks

mrks

hmmm

if Ti gets cheap again I might go back into production?

mrks

mrks

hi

I glue my elbow pads in with dap contact cement... in the red can.

never lost one and I dont have a strap where my arm bends...

mrks

mrks

pretty pretty

nice sir dan

mrks

mrks

Ties..

hey that looks great...

wow

see you at crown

mrks

mrks

bah if you want a mirror dont use sand you will be very dissapointed. maybe some kind of powdered white polish might work? takes some heavy pressure to get the grey xide coating they put on the sheets of Ti off. chain is dangerous to polish with a wheel. probably the best/worst way to get it to mirr...

mrks

hi there

I use used floor buffing wheels cut into fourths.

works great. they are looser and need to have black added to the wheel.

since they are used they are usually free

mrks

mrks

hi

I use a light switches for my vac box.

[img]http://tiarmour.com/grinder%20box1.jpg[/img]

mrks

mrks

hi there

I received the helmet today in the mail and am very happy with it.

some newbie will be overjoyed.

might also keep it as a loaner for one of my kits as its pretty big which I wanted.

thank you very much

mrks

mrks

hi there

I will buy that

paypal to who?

shipping is to antir(seattle)

let me know the total and I will paypal you.

mrks

mrks

I am amazed those andy wards have not sold. is anyone making comparable ones besides performance armour? I have some in the works. may or may not happen as I am retired from armouriing at the moment. some of my last stuff will be at icefalcons booth at estrella. I will also have a demo Titanium mitt...

mrks

thank you so much for sharing with us.

one can only dream about making such a fine piece.

mrks

mrks

helmet presswork is easy and works fine.

most high production armourers use them.

I hate making helms.

would be cool to see your setup and theories.

theories are fun. application is a b*tch.

mrks

mrks

hmmm there are many who get a kick out of jacking the system. the "I saw it once so its period crowd" . the worse are the flourescent color folks who say its documentable. most of this kind of mentality comes from the artsy crowd and the fighters just pick it by exposure. might be a little off topic...

mrks

[img]http://tiarmour.com/mrks%20close%20helm%20small%2011%2004%2005.jpg[/img] its a true "SCA" close... I can barely get my head into my helmet. the 12ga SS construction is bomb proof. its very protective... I was lifted into the air with a shield hook... a huge duke caught his shield under my chin ...

mrks

Hi I am using some hot-forming these days. the problem with hydroforming or any other advanced forming technique is their setup expense and expense per piece. I would think that stamping or press work is advanced as we are probably going to get armour wise. its possible that someone with acess to in...

mrks

hi there a bunch of questions. the link to the working info is here: m pure cp Ti: has no alloys and is mostly benign... except as mentioned above. any dust in your lungs is bad for you in the long term. the grit of the grinding wheel is also very bad for you. it will also cause siliconosis. Alloyed...

mrks

after you have spent some time working 12ga stainless 14 ga seems soft.

same goes for Ti. lighter gauges are easy to shape until you hit 22 ga.

mrks

mrks

hi there

for hard core fighting there are some thoughts posted in a photo essay here: http://tiarmour.com/help_strapping_your_new.htm

mrks

mrks

hehe

if you like it so much aythan one can be arranged for you this weekend so you too can be part of the club.

I will have my camera.

avery or luther will happily light you up.

mrks

mrks

hi

this last estrella war I blocked a head shot and it snapped my fiberglass spear like a tooth pick.

if you block a hard shot with them they will break. I have broken about five+ over time.

I would asume the cold makes them more prone to being brittle?

mrks

mrks

I am in seattle.

mrks