ION Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Good idea. I think they do offer Welding. Ill look into it thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Note when I lived in the inner city and could spit from my house's window into the window of the one next door it wasn't the retired person next door that was trouble; she grew up with a coal furnace and found the smell nostalgic... Gotta bunch of us around here with a degree or two, even ones in MatSci/Metallurgy. (Mine are in Geology/Geophysics and CIS) Got a lot who have done/are doing armour---I finished my first maille shirt in 1981.....you don't need an anvil or a forge to do armour. Most would be a common propane torch for doing rivetted maille. For rivetted maille building a vehicle axle would be about perfect and could be easily carried out and in and cut down to work from a chair, ergonomically! Leave the flange on to rest on the floor/yard---bolt a piece of wood onto it and a scrap of rug if you have to use it inside. Do you have access to a garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ION Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 No garage. Might get one in a new house soon but thats tbd. I was considering looking into a storage unit to use as a garage. But it would just be a work garage.No forge or flames. And rent would be a bit much but im sure I could work a deal. I know I dont need an anvil for maille. I want to eventually do riveting. I was trying to get ideas for an anvil for later down the road so I sought out some suggestions and I brought one to the table to duscuss. And I was given a better alternative. I got a sledgehammer to use in the mean time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 what size (inches and pounds) and material is the mandrel you said you made? if its metal (steel pref) and has a large enough cross section you could stand it on end and rivet on that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 riveting maille is often done with tongs made for the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 He's probably winding on the mandrel and so fairly small in diameter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ION Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 steel rod, 3 feet long 1/4" diameter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 the working area on an anvil is not much larger than the face of your hammer, mass is important but area is just an extra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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