gauntlets

fishermanscancella · Post by **fishermanscancella** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:36 pm

i was wondering if any one has any info that they can get me concering a pair of gauntlets i'm making for myself and i have a problem.the first thing is that they are mittens gauntlets.and i have a thing that gos around the arm conected to the mitten part but i made it in two halfs that conect and i was gona actach therebut that puts a lot of stress on the pieces so i was wondering if anyone could help me out?

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 2:39 pm

not sure i understand what you mean. do you have any photos.

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 9:56 pm

I've made a few pair of mitten gauntlets out of leather, but I don't think that I understand what you are describing either. Photos would be helpful. I'm pretty sure that I can't help you, but there are loads of folks here that can, but they will need to see what you are talking about.

If you want to post a pic, type in: <IMG=src"http://www.your_domain.com/path_to_pic.jpg">

If that doesn't work there is a "how-to" in the FAQ section.

Uilleag

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 5:09 am

If you send the pictures to thomas_hayman@hotmail.com i will gladly host thm for you.

fishermanscancella · Post by **fishermanscancella** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:21 pm

yeah it was hard to explan.

hopfuly these pics will help.go to this website for the pics(http://www.msnusers.com/armourpics)

fishermanscancella · Post by **fishermanscancella** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:38 pm

so u can see that the hinge on the armour would be where i need to actach the rest of the pattern.so what am i to do?

justmagnus · Post by **justmagnus** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:53 pm

I would make the spot that has the hinge now solid and move the hinge so that it is even with the outside of the mitten portion. This will allow you to make a good connection at the wrist and make the section along the back of the forearm, where you will probably get hit most often, stronger.

Rob

fishermanscancella · Post by **fishermanscancella** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:38 pm

i didnt realise that until i had allready cut out the pattern so now what?

ArtemisGreen · Post by **ArtemisGreen** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:34 pm

either

get it welded and grind it down to make it one piece
rivet a strip along the back
or get a big box and label it "What not to do" and throw the 2 pieces in it, and chalk it up to experience

I've done #3 many times. I started out with one small piece of 16ga I got from lowes. I paid too much for it, and wasted it. What I should have done was gone to a scrapyard FIRST, then, after learning on scrap, MAYBE buy from lowes. But, I depleated my funds on the 16ga from lowes, so i was stuck with a POS gauntlet, no money, and a bad desire to do more armour. So, I went to the scrapyard and bought 60 pounds of steel with 5 bucks, and now I'm starting to crank out the good stuff. I know the feeling of having limited steel, so learn from your (and my) mistakes and go to a scrapyard next time. Heck, I still use scrap for armour I'm seriously going to wear! I just try it out first on some really thin cheap galvy steel, then transfer what I learned over to thicker mild steel. (I'll use Hal's signature move here...) Bada Bing, Bada Bang, Bada Boom- you've got yourself some quality stuff, and a big ol' pile of... not so quality stuff. But, you didn't pay much for it (the scrap), and the learning experience was well worth the cheap expenses.[/list]

fishermanscancella · Post by **fishermanscancella** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:19 pm

what i'm gona do is make them like i would anyway and not actach the mitten part or just use some leather to actach the mitten part its just for me and i'm not gona use them for renactment so it dosent matter.they still look cool to me