Some of you may have already know this, but Armour Archivist Dierick Invited me down to Corpus Christi, Tx. to pick up a few tools. He mentioned a Railroad Anvil and Bench Vice for certain. Well I took him up on his offer and Went down there (from Houston) to meet him and pick up the stuff. But as we talked about me coming down he offered in addition to the tools he would show me a thing or two about armouring, as I am trying to learn whatever I can. Well to say I hit a gold mine would be a complete understatement. He took me out to his shop and was able to answer all my questions, and I had alot. His patience is rare to say the least. He showed me how to roll an edge, flute, dish, chisel, and use a variety of tools. He also gave me a staniless shoulder peice to use for refernce aswell as let me help him make an entire shoulder piece with him from scratch. I have only done one great helm so far so all these things were completly new to me. It will be a huge help when I have to dish on my own. Just the technique involed will help. All that and some other things I can't think of right now, but when I run into it in the shop I will recall. Ohh and also polishing he showed me polishing from start to finish. From black steel all the way to mirror. He also touched on hot working with his homemade charcol. There is alot lore but as I type one thing comes in my mind and I forget the next thought.
Now, on to the tools he dilivered on the Railroad Anvil and Bench Vice but then he went the extra step!!! He gave mt hammer and poliching tools Roloc pads and shears and a stump and bowling ball. and Cool decorative rivits. I am posting the pics of eveything he gave me in my driveway.
I can't thank him enough. I tried to offer him a little money and he even turned that down. He is a true gentleman and I am a far better armour now then I was yesterday at this time. I will try to turn what he has taught me into somthing soon.
So in closing if you ever get a chance to buy one of his awesome pieces or meet him should!! He is going to be on the move it looks like throughout the U.S. San Antonio is up next in the not to distant future. Any shop would benifit having him drop in. So, agian Dierick thanks for inviting me down and giving me all this gear!!
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heh, awesome man, I appreciate the thanks and recommendation. It was a pleasure teaching someone who wanted to learn and picked up things very quickly.
For everyone else, I was blown away by a newbie with almost no hammer experience cranking out a nice medium sized roll on 16g stainless after only one demonstration. If we would have taken the time(didnt have a whole lot of time that day) to file the edge of the role before closing it, and spent a few seconds with some light hammering on the edge, it would have been perfect.
And, my appologies to Trent for me having such a messy shop and no ear plugs.
For everyone else, I was blown away by a newbie with almost no hammer experience cranking out a nice medium sized roll on 16g stainless after only one demonstration. If we would have taken the time(didnt have a whole lot of time that day) to file the edge of the role before closing it, and spent a few seconds with some light hammering on the edge, it would have been perfect.
And, my appologies to Trent for me having such a messy shop and no ear plugs.
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Johann Lederer
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Ok. This is how I grind and polish a tool.
First I like to remove any loose rust with the wire wheel on the grinder motor.
Now check what face you want finished.
No need to polish the whole thing right?
Ok... clamp it in the vice and use the tiger wheel (flap sanding disk) on your right angle grinder.
Dress up the edges or faces to a rough 80 grit.
Go to the slack belt 2" by 72" sander and sand out the nice edge or radius with a 120 grit belt.
Go to the flapwheel 320 on the grinder motor to smooth everything out.
Now buff with black rouge on the cloth buffing wheel.
Just like Dierick showed you on his pieces of metal.
Happy tool cleaning and polishing.
Hal
Ps: The mark of a good armourer is how nice he keeps his hammer faces.
Ps Ps: Your RR rail anvil shaped object is just like mine.
First I like to remove any loose rust with the wire wheel on the grinder motor.
Now check what face you want finished.
No need to polish the whole thing right?
Ok... clamp it in the vice and use the tiger wheel (flap sanding disk) on your right angle grinder.
Dress up the edges or faces to a rough 80 grit.
Go to the slack belt 2" by 72" sander and sand out the nice edge or radius with a 120 grit belt.
Go to the flapwheel 320 on the grinder motor to smooth everything out.
Now buff with black rouge on the cloth buffing wheel.
Just like Dierick showed you on his pieces of metal.
Happy tool cleaning and polishing.
Hal
Ps: The mark of a good armourer is how nice he keeps his hammer faces.
Ps Ps: Your RR rail anvil shaped object is just like mine.
Awesome, Thanks for taking the time. I will do my best with what I have as far as grinders go I have the bench grinder in the picture with a grinding wheel but HomeDepot didn't carrie the buffing wheels. I also have the wire wheel but only on the drill. The bench grinder Dierick gave me has a wheel but I thought i would try to buy a new one. Can't find one yet I will order both the buffer and wire wheels online. but other than that I think I am ready to go. I am kinda waiting to start my next helm (Your Spangen Helm) so I will work on these tools. Thanks agian for the help. I will start tonight!!!!
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PS: Dierick did fantastic work with these tools, I just wanna try somthing new by cleaning them, Also if you have a similar anvil It must be good.
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PS: Dierick did fantastic work with these tools, I just wanna try somthing new by cleaning them, Also if you have a similar anvil It must be good.