The Armour Archive

Tool goon and I put this together. Feel free to ask questions or make suggestions.

Editors this is available for use in the archive essays section.

Click the link.

http://www.selohaar.org/phoenixforge/helmweld.htm
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The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy.
Mad Matt's Armory

[This message has been edited by Mad Matt (edited 10-15-2003).]

That's really cool, helping out us newbies. Thanks for the tutorial. Lots of great pics.

Fantastic tutorial.

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

Very nice, thank you. Never thought about starting the tacks from the top. Makes sense though.

Thanks Matt. Lot's of nice pointers.

Thanks to you both for sharing. Can I put a link to it on my website?

Pad

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L'Armurerie du Roi
webmaster@armurerieduroi.com

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Padrig:
<B>Thanks to you both for sharing. Can I put a link to it on my website?

Pad
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You sure can, this will be available through my regular navigation soon, I just need to update the links on the tutorials page.

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Ben Schenkman
Order of Selohaar
The Phoenix Forge

Thank you!!

Hi Matt,
Nice essay! It will really be a big help to people out there doing welding.

The only thing I could add is to change your web design. Right now, to see the bigger picture, you need to click the picture, then hit the back button or backspace to return to the text. Maybe try a setup with with a forward and back arrow to move from each picture and text on each one. That would be a little easier for people to read.

Nice job!
-Cad

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Chuck Davis:
<B>Hi Matt,
Nice essay! It will really be a big help to people out there doing welding.

The only thing I could add is to change your web design. Right now, to see the bigger picture, you need to click the picture, then hit the back button or backspace to return to the text. Maybe try a setup with with a forward and back arrow to move from each picture and text on each one. That would be a little easier for people to read.

Nice job!
-Cad</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I actually did the layout Cad, and that's a good idea. Here's what I might do though. I like the table, so rather than turn it into a page by page I can do a popup for each picture, so the picture will load in its own window. So no back and forth.

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Ben Schenkman
Order of Selohaar
The Phoenix Forge

Good essay. Other than adding a bit of emphasis to surface tension, horizontal vs vertical welding (and how metal moves at high temperature) I think you got all the essentials. I think this will be a very valuable addition to the Archive.


Frederich

Wow I didn't think the comments would be this positive.

I think we'll have to do another one at next year's Ontario armourers gathering.

Any suggestions on what a good subject would be?

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The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy.
Mad Matt's Armory

I think its great to Matt, my only comment would be trying a little more heat to get your weld to lay flatter. I use a fairly small weld on the outside, then flip it crank up the heat and lay in a big weld from behind. It will save you on clean up time and materials.
Looks good

Thanks for the tip Adam I'll try welding hotter next time. I'm fairly sure though that it's not the best idea for me. I don't weld a whole lot so turning up the heat might mean I blow through a whole bunch.

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The budding mid 14th century German Transitional guy.
Mad Matt's Armory

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<B>Wow I didn't think the comments would be this positive.

I think we'll have to do another one at next year's Ontario armourers gathering.

Any suggestions on what a good subject would be?
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I plan on coming next year, all things willing, so I'll bring my camera again! Mwahahaha!

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Ben Schenkman
Order of Selohaar
The Phoenix Forge

Thats true mMatt, its easy to blow through, you can do the outsite by pulsing the mig.
get a rythem going,weld pause weld pause weld pause etc, about a second apart, this will allow for the weld to cool just enough to keep you from burning through, but still hot enough for the new weld to blend with the one prior, just enough to fill the gap, and raised enough to easily give the helmet a nice crease look, provided thats what you are after.
With the outside fully welded you can flip it and realy lay down a big hot weld without the fear of blowthrough because the weld join is now filled.
Another tip if you are having spatter issues is to wipe some nozzle dip on either side of the weld to keep spatter from sticking.
These types of tutorials are sorely needed.

Cad: The tutorial will now pop each picture up in a new window. I was going to get fancy and do javascript, but I decided against it and just put tags in to open the link in a new window. Thanks for the suggestion! (find and replace, makes it so easy)

JT: I emailed you a while ago about this essay making it onto the archive, but I never heard back from you. Interested?

Everyone, the tutorial is now available through the regular navigation of my site. Just click on the link in my signature and go to the How-To Tutorials! Yay.

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Ben Schenkman
Order of Selohaar
The Phoenix Forge

Cool Matt, I will go visit it again.

To WMA [and others] have you ever done a keyhole weld? This is where you actually do blow through the material in a controlled way, add much more rod, and get a weld on both sides of the seem at the same time.

Takes a lot of practice, but Valerius showed it to me about a billion years ago. I think it was also used in shipyards to weld plates together before they switched completly over to arc welding around WWII.


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-Chuck
aka Cad