having started my splinted arms today
(made paterns and all that jazz)
but befor i mark them out on the leather, does it matter wich side of the leather i have face out? i wasthingking smooth side out, fuzzy/rough side in.
what else, oh yea, what are some ways of curving slpints, i was thinking brace a pipe and beat tehm with a rubber mallet.
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for curving splints, i've used the pipe and hammer you mentioned, and also...
a pipe cut in half lengthwise, and a dowl rod
a 2 by four with a channel cut into it, and a hammer,
and also 2 sets of vice grips with padded grips.
The pipe and dowl rod worked best for me, howver cutting the pipe if you don't have a plasma cutter is a pain.
I'd probably recomend the method you mentioned, the pipe and rubber hammer, however, one warning, your splints will probably try to twist on you, curving the splint with out it twisting takes a little bit of practice.
good luck with the project however you try it....
a pipe cut in half lengthwise, and a dowl rod
a 2 by four with a channel cut into it, and a hammer,
and also 2 sets of vice grips with padded grips.
The pipe and dowl rod worked best for me, howver cutting the pipe if you don't have a plasma cutter is a pain.
I'd probably recomend the method you mentioned, the pipe and rubber hammer, however, one warning, your splints will probably try to twist on you, curving the splint with out it twisting takes a little bit of practice.
good luck with the project however you try it....
Smooth side out, rough side in is correct
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I just recently curved all the splints for my splint arms (this isn't Dwarlock's pattern from the archive - these use 1" wide 14ga SS strips). I curved them over a cylyndircal stake (heavy walled pipe will do) with a mallet. I tries several kinds of mallets - heavy rubber deadblow, heavy rawhide, etc. - and found what worked best for me was a wooden mallet. It's lighter than the others I tried, but worked better (I think it's because the wooden face is harder than the rubber or rawhide).
As Dwarlock said, this does tend to cause them to twist, but untwisting was not a problem.
As Dwarlock said, this does tend to cause them to twist, but untwisting was not a problem.