David Ab

I was a roofer for 36 years, and that's the same way I learned to hold and swing my roofing hammer, so I could pound 5,000 or so nails a day with no problems in my arm or hand.

Neatguy, Could you show me where the specs are for your ribbon burner? I tried to look at the photos in your post, but I couldn't. Thanks, David

Frosty, if you made that ribbon burner, how did it work out, and what specs did you use? Thanks, David

I've never done what you want to do, so take this with a grain of salt, but what comes to my mind is to make a "clam-shell" sort of forge, where there's a bottom half and a top half, and in between them is enough space for you to get any particular part of the armor in there to heat it. Or maybe even an open-top forge, where when you put the armor over the top of the open-topped forge and the armor itself holds in and focuses the heat.