William, I am rather new to riveted mail, but i have been doing butted mail for over a year and a half now. the other week i went ahead and ordered the black...
Well, when I started making riveted mail, I started with 16 gage tie wire and I have found the finished rings to be a little large, the 18 gage wire should...
Hi Rex. .048" wire is what you will need for rings of about 3/8"-5/16" inner diameter. The overlap should be about 3mm at most. Remember, riveting mail is...
... wire before flattening. Beside them are the front and back portions respectively, of the maille riveted. I also included a sample wedge rivet I use and...
Thanks, William. I was just worried once I recieved the wire about how thin it looked to me... but thanks for the reassurance. I will be winding rings in...
Your're welcome Rex. Just happy to pass along what I was taught. I also liked the idea of making my own tools, and have done so with some success. I found ...
I definitely have taken the time to look at all of the pictures on this site. Like I said, they are all worth the time spent looking at them. The only thing...
Hi Rex. 3/8" is definately on the extreme end of period maille. 5/16" or smaller is more common (the photos I had posted are of that diameter, same .048" ...
William Tweel <ilodic@...> wrote: "There are extant examples of both I believe, but the right side over left side was by far the most common. Probably...
Interesting point. The predominance of direction of overlap must have something the do with favouring one hand over the other. I cannot simply see what would...
Thanks, William, but... wisdom? A lot of trials only, and a lot of failures too. Like you learn something, so you´´ll do it. I learned to coil like usual but...
So I was thinking... and the idea came to me the other day. Why not forge weld some solid rings and save myself a bunch of rivitinng? I know some of you guys...
It is historically accurate. The mail from Coppergate helmet( 8 th-century) has got riveted and solid rings, and these are welded. There are a lot of examples...
I have tried this as well... did not work. It is my suspician MAPP gas is not hot enough. You need to get fairly close to melting temperature of metal....
Hello rextalexander, Julio, William and all, I been a member for several years now, but I havn't posted in a while. You are all to be commended on the ...
Pekka, I found it faster to weld than rivet. But then I havn't made as much riveted mail as yourself, so I never got it fine tuned to production speed. Be that...
Yes, Pekka it is too bad there is so little of the really old stuff around. I heard that the St. Wenceslaus was possibly from the 10th cent. But the written...
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Hi - Im new here - but I have registered acc about year ago and reading the posts... and my question is... Anybody still looking here sometime? Last messages...
Hi and welcome. Yes, there should still be people reading the messages posted here. Never forget that this list is about riveted maille. So if you want to see ...
Well, hey, I can do that. Anyone have pictures of a working piercing drift for wedge-rivets, from multiple angles? Mine isn't working quite right (it doesn't...
Thanks, I'll give that a try. And the receiving hole on the other side - is it better to have a tight fit to the bit, or for there to be space to accomodate...
I´m with Joris. I think your punch is a little thick, and perhaps your rings isn´t enough soft. I use a 1'5 mm drill filed,like a screwdriver, with more or...
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