[TheForge] chain mail

Thu Sep 11 12:03:00 2003

That's if you can get the wire as cheap as they make them. and don't forget
your time is worth something.
I had a hard time getting wire. They either won't sell in small enough
quanities or they wanted too much.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] chain mail

>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> > If you need to buy rings. check out this site
http://www.theringlord.com/
> > They have them in many sizes and materials including steel, galvinized
> > steel, stainless steel, aluminum. etched aluminum, anodized aluminum,
> brass,
> > bronze, gold filled and rubber.
> >
> > They also have many different weaves, tools, wire and instructions.
> > All for a price of course.
> > Wow
> > enjoy
> > Marc
>
> Here we go again- why buy, when it's easy enough to make your own? We're
> smiths, right?
>
> ;-)
>
> Get a variable speed drill, or other rotating device with controllable
> speed, insert a rod or the preferred diameter, wrap your wire neatly
around
> the rod, until it forms a longish coil, then snip off your rings- most
folks
> I know use aircraft snips, since they tend to give a more even cut.
> Alternatively, you can use a hacksaw, although they work best if you
either
> use a (replaceable) wooden dowel, or have a groove in the rod you're using
> as a mandrel.
>
> Saint Phlip the cheap,
> CoDoLDS
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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