i just got a new stake from my sisters boyfriend who works in a welding shop. it is about 100 years old and is purpose built for an anvil. it is a T stake for making rolled edges of varying sizes. it weighs about 5 kg. he also got me a 9" ball stake and as much sheet and bar stock as i like. i'm gonna be rolling(no pun intended) in it soon. just thought i'd make you all jealous.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2"><B>GRRRR!
You're so lucky. The last good thing i got was an old (beaten-up) hood from a buick. And it's not even that good of a thing to have. It's probably 18-20 ga.
Well, maybe i can use it for some light show armour...</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Boy, that takes me back. I once went in with a number of guys to pay an armorer $15 and hour to teach us something about his craft. We saw his shop, including a helmet stake he helped cast himself- roughly basinet shaped, but a different slope/curve on each 'side'.
I chuckled to myself when he pulled an old Ford van hood from his scrap pile to use as material, thinking it would be mostly worthless. Well, he showed us hot raising, edge rolling, grooves, steps and so on, and by the time we were done working on the cuisse (sp?) we had to use a baseball bat to try and shape the thing into it's final form. It was amazing. I would gladly have worn it on the field with no worries. But alas, he was making it to complete his halloween costume. The guy was skilled past my then feeble comprehension. He told us he was finalizing his work on a Doctorate in Armoring, or something like that. Planned on making very expensive suits ($30,000+)for collectors. Blew my mind. I couldn't afford $50 for a helm then.
Anyway, point is the hood, properly worked, is pretty tough.
Garth
You're so lucky. The last good thing i got was an old (beaten-up) hood from a buick. And it's not even that good of a thing to have. It's probably 18-20 ga.
Well, maybe i can use it for some light show armour...</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Boy, that takes me back. I once went in with a number of guys to pay an armorer $15 and hour to teach us something about his craft. We saw his shop, including a helmet stake he helped cast himself- roughly basinet shaped, but a different slope/curve on each 'side'.
I chuckled to myself when he pulled an old Ford van hood from his scrap pile to use as material, thinking it would be mostly worthless. Well, he showed us hot raising, edge rolling, grooves, steps and so on, and by the time we were done working on the cuisse (sp?) we had to use a baseball bat to try and shape the thing into it's final form. It was amazing. I would gladly have worn it on the field with no worries. But alas, he was making it to complete his halloween costume. The guy was skilled past my then feeble comprehension. He told us he was finalizing his work on a Doctorate in Armoring, or something like that. Planned on making very expensive suits ($30,000+)for collectors. Blew my mind. I couldn't afford $50 for a helm then.
Anyway, point is the hood, properly worked, is pretty tough.
Garth