The Armour Archive

Aussie Yeoman

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that TOMAR is not a good resource for beginners. It's not even a good resource. I got it early in my armour making journey, and after a while, when the irrational exuberance wore off, I realised it was pretty unhelpful. The armour examples are not especiall...

Aussie Yeoman

Those are both handsome books, but not the ones I'm thinking of. The one I can remember is a bit older than both of those in style. Maybe 1475 or so.

Lost to the deepest recessesof my memory!

Aussie Yeoman

Hi folks, I was trying to desceribe a manuscript to someone today, but for the life of me I can't remember its name. To the best of my memory, it had these features: - late 15th to maybe early 16th C origin; - from what is now either Germany, Austria or Switzerland; - is illustrated; - commonly depi...

Aussie Yeoman

Excellent video, thank you for sharing.

Terrific music too. Do you have an album? What style of music is it?

Aussie Yeoman

Mac: Unfortunately, it just doesn't work that way. A spring is a "beam in bending" and as such, it's strength is based entirely on its physical dimensions and the modulus of elasticity for the material. Crazy as it seems, three identical bars (one of mild steel, one of annealed 1050 steel, and the ...

Aussie Yeoman

They are exquisite!

Aussie Yeoman

Looking tantalising Mac. Will the whole project be in this thread or will it get one of its own? What are your thoughts on the reason for segmented breastplates? Could it be a function of the availability of suitable quality steel? For the time and place we see them, I'm not sure this is a convincin...

Aussie Yeoman

Will you do a separate, but complementary fauld?

Aussie Yeoman

It would have to be a kastenbrust. - They're far too underrepresented on the various fields these days; - I think they're poorly understood; - The art at the time does not do it justice, so people don't have a good idea how cool it can be; and, - Dare to be different. But I'm sure that anything you ...

Aussie Yeoman

The pedestal stand makes it appear far grander. Definitely pedestal stand.

On a bench, a small pedestal stand would look better than the wooden thing.

Aussie Yeoman

If I can be so bold to ask: what might be the next project?

Aussie Yeoman

They are exquisite.

Aussie Yeoman

I might be seeing things, but if I don't say it... In the red highlight, is the face opening of yours not a bit rounder than the PDB? In the blue highlight, is the peak on the PDB less pronounced than on yours? I feel bad nitpicking, especially on something that's already received so much work, from...

Aussie Yeoman

What setup do you have for your photographic backdrop? Are you manually hanging a sheet every time? If so, would it not be more convenient to install a roller blind on the ceiling? A second hand one could be had at low expense, and the time saving would mean it'd 'pay' for itself pretty quickly. Jus...

Aussie Yeoman

That's looking great!

After welding it together, how many hours have you put into this shaping?

Aussie Yeoman

Bravo!

I don't know why particularly, but I had assumed the cone for the visor would be pushed in to leave the occular/mouth proud, rather than pushing those bits out. It requires far less material to be moved this way, of course.

Aussie Yeoman

A pantograph! That is a delightful addition to any serious workshop.

I don't remember seeing a pantograph with a 1:1 setting, though that could be because i didn't look for it.

I look forward to seeing what you do with it!

Aussie Yeoman

When in the hands of a master, this helmet seems to be making itself. It's coming together so quickly!

Other than smoothing welds, is there any hammering from the inside?

Aussie Yeoman

Are you just using an O/A torch with a cutting tip or do you have an Eric Thing forge?

Also, do you have a series of ball stakes of increasing diameter, or do you do it over air?

Aussie Yeoman

Hi Mac,

Does this mean you've found a patron?

Aussie Yeoman

Mac, do I remember you posting a can-style template for a bevor somewhere? Or was that a hypothetical sketch?

If anyone is interested, I can turn these templates into PDFs, DXF and whatever else.

Aussie Yeoman

Are they power hammers or hydraulic presses?

I love old tools the best.

Aussie Yeoman

Hi all, I need a bit of advice, but I'm at least 50% sure of the answer. I have a need to press shield bosses. I've got access to a CNC lathe to make the dies, a 50 t press, and more heat than one can poke a hot stick at. The current plan is to have a male die the final shape of the boss, with the f...

Aussie Yeoman

Mac wrote:...I will do some more experiments before I just grind the nipples off.

Mac

I nominate this for quote of 2018.

Aussie Yeoman

Looking good Mac.

Instead of removing material from the bottom, could you not include spacers at the top, just below where the taper ends?

Otherwise, you you have a nice sturdy table for your grinder to evenly remove material over a platen?

Aussie Yeoman

Doesn't show a lot? It shows your whole library/lounge/sitting room!

That's a wonderful harness.

Aussie Yeoman

Spitballing alert: I'd love to see a heatmap of hammer strikes on some plates. Especially in this case the metacarpal and the cuff. The cuff appears to have a very small amount of dorsal concave curvature, but each end, especially the back, far more so. I know this is just a particular anticlastic c...

Aussie Yeoman

That looks very nice.

Aussie Yeoman

Would it not be easier to test the hardness with one of those sets of files of varying hardness? They're quite affordable and very portable.

Aussie Yeoman

What I'm seeing here is: [*]Mac can't find pictures with the precise qualities he wants. [*]People want to see images of non-athletic people superimposed with armour schematics superimposed. Why do we not draw upon the readership of this forum to supply the images? Mac, if you stipulate the distance...

Aussie Yeoman

I've been reading Isaac Walterson's biography of Leonardo da Vinci. I don't think I could let myself miss Florence now after hearing the recommendations here.

Thanks for the tips, guys!

Aussie Yeoman

The heading pretty much sums it up. Hivemind: I'm looking for places in Italy I should visit to scratch my nerd itch. I'm most interested in 15thC, Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek, but will lap up whatever I can access, like castles, any other period of armour, paintings, sculpture, even etcetera . ...

Aussie Yeoman

You have a Fly Press! Good show!

Aussie Yeoman

This is not actually with respect to 'finishing', but to 'maintaining' metal in a pre-industrial era. I thought it might be of some interest here.

https://hemamisfits.com/2017/03/03/how- ... c-soldier/

Aussie Yeoman

I guess I should have been more specific. I would have all of the parts attached permanently. I used the term "waist lame" to mean that large saddle shaped part that you had given the unlikely name to. You would definitely want leathers near the center line of all the lames. Also, I think it would ...

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