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Thanks fellas.

Anyone use contact cement for applying fabric or leather?

W/S/D

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Uilleag - Prehaps I should have bought 3/16", I like stuff to last. I'm using Kydex - T though. Do you see a difference bewteen working ABS and Kydex - T? Are you using an oven to thermal form? Have you ever heated/formed something twice and had any brittleness? I wanted to reheat a formed peic...

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I want to protect myself, there's no way in hell I'd not use chest protection. I hear what you're saying. I'm trying to get a chest piece together for practice (ASAP), authorization and maybe Pennsic. I have a 16 gauge SS BP in the works, but I have 5 other projects on the table and most likely will...

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Can/should I use the 1/8" Kydex that I have for a chest over a medium gambeson?

Thanks

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Your Grace;

The only link I could find on your site for in stock items was for helms. Could you post the link in stock for arms here please?

Also, do you have detailed pictures of your loose flat stainless rings and rivets?

Thanks,

W/S/D

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Losthelm - I put a post on TRL, thanks. The rings are 16 gauge 5/16 ID SS. The Brazing metal is 56% sivler and the joints look fairly smooth. I was thinking to get a media that was harder than the silver but softer than the SS. I've heard of walnut being used. I have a commerical barrel tumbler abou...

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Hey guys, I want to tumble the aventail that I'm welding to clean up the blackness and roughness at the joints. It's 16 guage stainless square wire from the Ring lord. I was thinking white sand from home depot because it's finer than biege sand and fairly cheap. What do you think? Will I wear off th...

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Thanks guys

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Duke Alaric,

Does ABS have the same thermalformal properties? I'll look into it.

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It's almost 4x6', I can make my new kit with it.

So, hands off!

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I only looked once and checked the first place to come to mind. I remembered Reed plastics from way back. Now called Piedmont plastics eveidently. The guy there said he had some black 4X8's in stock and could order stuff. Didn't check else where. http://www.piedmontplastics.com/html/prodname-KYDEX_T...

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So I just talked to a place local that stocks this stuff in 0.125 and he was asking me if I was interested in the KD 100 or the KD thermalforming type. He mentioned that the KD 100 was more resilent to impact. Hrm ... I also noticed that a lot of Kydex on Ebay is of the T type. Friends have told me ...

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I was imagining that I could somehow place it over a 15th Cent. style breast plate I have, heat it up and press it.

W/D/S

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Thanks Dave! Awesome luck!

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I was given a gift of some rather large pieces of SS sheet. Very nice! I thought it was 0.0625", calipers are telling me more like 0.058". I was hoping to make SCA knees and a bunch of stuff. I know it's close, but is this material still a good idea for heavy combat?

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Adam,

Thanks. Looks good.

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I'm in the process of making a 2 piece 16 gauge SS breast plate for SCA fighting. However, it's gonna take a while and I want to start fighting ASAP. I was thinking of whiping up something in Kydex but have never worked the stuff. I noticed there are 25 types of Kydex. So, I deduce that you guys are...

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Adam,

I just started legs with the same exact style in mind! Awesome! They look great. I'm doing stainless steel though. Could you post a picture of the backside? I'm figuring out how to clam shell the knee lames.

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What about padding for the thighs?

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Iâ€™m putting together all steel legs with articulated knees for SCA fighting, which Iâ€™ve just gotten into. Iâ€™m looking for recommendations for commercial knee pads that I can wear under my legs, over my pants. Anyone got a good solution they want to share? How should the poleyns fit the circumf...

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Hal, this is the torch I'm using, but I'm still learning how to ... http://www.cobratorches.com/7.html?sm=16078 I'm going to try with no flux, using the torch flame as the shield. I picked up the 1/16 safety- silv silver alloy today. Trial by combat brazing ... Forge welding a bizillion links is not...

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From what I understand, you can braze a lot of dissimilar metals together also. "This wouldn't be how I'd do it" What would you do? Do you have a way to doesn't make a big lump at the joint? This is this a personal item, I don't a mind little bit of tiresome. I thought I would weld a bunch...

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Hey! Iâ€™m putting together a stainless aventail. I wanted to use my cobra torch to weld the links together but I was thinking it might be easier to braze the links since I can solder very well. From what I understand brazing is pretty strong compared to welding. The spot/torch welded links I see on...

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Thanks guys, I should have realized that. Good thread ...

W/D

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Are your bits fresh and sharp? Sounds like maybe you need a new bit. Take a close look at the end flutes. You should be using high speed steel (HSS) bits that are sharp. You could try a coated bit, like TiN (Titanium Nitride) if you want to try drill faster. You don't need to go very fast, but use s...

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Iâ€™m putting together an SCA bascinet. One problem I have with my living history padded coif and sallet is I canâ€™t hear very well during combat. I want to avoid this with my bascinet. I'm considering making two small, ear level decorative punched or drilled/filed holes. Maybe even cut out some fo...

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Magnus,

What kind of solder is used? Lead free, silver, 60/40?

Thanks,

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Konstantin, What a great write up! You should post it under essays, seriously. As far as what's going on with my strap style, I have the exact helmet in this set of pictures: m I think I've got what to do now. Wonderful. One thing I didn't mention is perfect to complicate this project. But I like it...

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I took a look at Master Knuut's site. It seems that he uses a cylinder around the neck then a cone for the shoulders. I think this is the way to go and I believe what Matt was also saying.

W/D

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Hey guys, I need to put together an aventail for my SCA bascinet. Lifeâ€™s good, eh? Thereâ€™s an aventail pattern here on the Archive, but it has square regions, and doesnâ€™t look good to me. Web searches were less than satisfying. What was done historically? Can anyone walk me through the pattern...

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Thanks guys,

I just got a quote for $375 for 0.042x96"x22.5" annealed! Wow! 26 lbs. total weight.

Hrmmm .....

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Neato stuff. What resist did you use? Did you free hand the art work? Got any close ups?

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What do you guys use when making plate, say about .05" thick?

Is Admiral your source for sheets wider than 1'?

Thanks,

Waveicle

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Not that I have the exact answers for you but: I think this is one of the best books out there, it covers a great deal and is an easy read. m A lot of new torches have flash back arrestors and check vales installed in the torch already. Are you flushing all the gas from your last source out of your ...

legs

Kydex -T

K

1/8" Kydex for SCA chest/torso?

questions

media

welded chain tumbling media

source

KC 100 or K T

BP

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0.0575" SS? SCA?

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Kydex forming

Hey!

thx

poleyns and knee pad fitting questions

torch

Brazing butted mail

ears saved

bits

I can't control the volume of my voice ...

Solder?

Thanks

cone/cylinder

looking for the true aventail

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Resist

Spring steel, 1050, 1074/75 or 1095?

books and torches