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jamesn_13

245 i'll bid on this

jamesn_13

Hey, is that still for sale? my head is 56 cm , do you think that would work for me with a bit more padding? Shipping to my address in my avatar

jamesn_13

HI, Does anyone know what quality the armour is at this link http://www.re-enactmentsupplies.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=50_55&product_id=155? I'm not really looking to fight in the armour, just seemed like a a reasonable deal. Does anyone know who the maker of this armour is? Is it s...

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Athanaric wrote:Quebec as well...although you may or may not consider that Canada....

I saw that team in the film from this year, and without trying to make this thread political, they seem to have a political slant to their team as shown on their website.

jamesn_13

Does anyone know if there is a team from Canada, or one being prepared? It's something I'd like to do one day.

jamesn_13

Who is making HRE coin reproductions these days? I got some a few years ago from someone on these boards but I cannot recall who.

Thanks,
James

jamesn_13

OK my flat ring round riveted shirt is brown with rust. I cannot use my dryer and do not have an old one to use. The 5 gallon bucket with sand may work but . lack hills near me and time to roll it around the backyard. I'm thinking of one of 2 processes: 1 rent cement mixer, throw mail in with dry sa...

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Today a found and old helium cylinder, it is supposed to be empty. How do I check it to make sure it is empty and how do I then cut off the valve and the top portion so i can turn the cylinder upside down and dish in it?

I will post pictures of it later when I get home from work

jamesn_13

I have a couple of orbital sanders used typically for auto-body work. You can get any grit you need at just about any hardware/home improvement place (Home Despot, anybody?) There are discs with either a velcro backing, or adhesive. The pads are soft, no marring the work surface there. Are your san...

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Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Today at work I picked up a few pieces of black metal skid banding, and cut it into tiny wedges that I hammered in between the cross and the blade which solved my problem. I then injected some epoxy and the whole thing is drying now. It now rings true again

jamesn_13

So I rigged this up today before work, it's blue camping pad foam over the plastic backing disk for sanding with and angle grinder. My theory is that since the normal sanding pads for angle grinder only really go up to 120, I could cut my own circle of sand paper from whatever grit I choose. As my o...

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I have this sword http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=1979 and recently the guard has become a little loose with some up and down movement. How should I go about fixing this problem?

jamesn_13

Provided i don't get screwed over at work, i'll be there.

jamesn_13

Going to figure out a date in August instead probably near the end of the month. 2 people can't make this date and I have a lot to get done before I go to pennsic. Near the end of August is pretty good for me, if possible can we get a date hammered down (like the pun lol) before the end of the mont...

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oh shoot, I already book my July work shifts so if it stays on the 23-25 i won't be able to make it.

jamesn_13

The KMS throatless shear popped up at Canadian Princess Auto a number of months ago. I compared six of them at my local store to my HF knockoff and they are pretty much the same, so I think the claim of 11 gauge is way to generous.

jamesn_13

I'm a private in the Royal Newfoundland fencible regiment from the war of 1812, and a US marine stationed aboard the USS Constitution.

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Mad Matt wrote:Still need to find a date. It snowed here last weekend so probably wanna wait a while still.

BTW Jamesn_13 was actually 13 when he came to his first one.

HAHA am I allowed to feel old now that I'm going to be 24 this summer?

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losthelm wrote: I think safty videos should be made by rob zombie, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, Darren Lynn Bousman, and Alexandre Aja
People will rember graphic worse case scenarieos.

Safety videos by them would be SO awesome.

jamesn_13

"He also mentioned that all the Scandinavian countries are very poor in metals." Guess this guy hasn't heard about the Hanseatic league, and the huge trade in iron and other metals coming out of Sweden.....

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bigfredb wrote:I would drop the "beer" part and leave it as:

"When all else fails, imbibe"

Life's too short, why limit yourself

i talked to my friend, for whom this will be on his shield, and he agreed, the revised statement will be "when all else fails, drink"

jamesn_13

Would someone be kind enough to translate this into latin for me? "when all else fails, drink beer"

Thanks alot

jamesn_13

I hear ya on the articulated joint problem, the first elbow i made had the same issue, fine when the arm was straight, didn't work right when i bent it. since then i only tried floating style until yesterday, when i made some legs, which, for one finally have enough space when i bend them. I keep al...

jamesn_13

Provided I'm around this summer. I'm totally in for this. June would be a good month for me.

jamesn_13

Those are so purdy, I want! I want! but I've just allocated funds for a new compressor

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Maeryk wrote:Figure in (if you don't have em already) line traps for moisture, and oiling.

I've got a bunch of that stuff from princess auto when I built the planisher. So I think I'm good.

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I looked on the Kijiji things this afternoon and found this model http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-equipment-60-Gallon-Husky-Air-Compressor-LIKE-NEW-1-YEAR-WARRANTY-W0QQAdIdZ179043110 for way less then Home Depot @ $700 sells it. It's oil lubed and has 10.2 CFM @ 90PSI. I called the pla...

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I want to upgrade my air planisher compressor, right now I've been running it off a small 8 gallon one. I found this at the local home depot http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100063473&categoryID=524403 the Key feature...

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Congrats! on your first piece of armour. Spaulders can be attached to the upper cannon of the arm or you can just put a strap around your bicep. as for 14th C arms, floating articulation is much easier to make, i suggest trying that for your first go so you can get the elbow shape down pat. Shell ar...

jamesn_13

Has anyone tried this B1 knock-off from eastwood company? Is it better then the HF one? http://www.eastwood.com/throatless-shear.html

jamesn_13

Those are just beautiful Halberds, wonderful work.

jamesn_13

Centerpunch definantly. Also I marked the frame on the centerline of the punch on both sides and the front. This makes it much much easier to eye-ball it for those odd times, though it is still not highly accurate, but beats the old "guess-n-go" method. -Takeda I like that idea, I think I'll do the...

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Set the speed on the press to the slowest possible, use lots of oil to cool the bit.

jamesn_13

I use a center punch to mark my hole, then i unscrew the bottom die in the punch so there is a little space so i can see and feel the point of the upper punch slip into the hole, then i tighten up the bottom die carefully and punch. there is probably a faster way but that's what i do. you get better...

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Re: For sale: Bascinet Klapvisor 2,5mm(about 12G)

re-enactmentsupplies.co.uk armour?

Re: BOTN Canadian team?

BOTN Canadian team?

HRE reproduction coins

How to de-rust mail?

Helium Cylinder

Sanding Idea

Loose Sword Guard

latin translation please

Compressor for air planisher

Eastwood Company Shear