... I get my rings from India and just bite the shipping costs. (I'm from the USA) I go through snexports.com. Not the best customer service, and you can wait ...
Thank you all for your quick answers, I was aware of the ring lord, but the fact that you mentioned that he is not in europe was a reason for me to not go with...
... That ringlord guy is really unreliable. If you see something on his site you want for a project, you better by all that you need right then, there is no ...
Hello Klaus, And welcome ! Your best choice is: www.battle-merchant.com They have time to time those solid thingies (8mm ID/0.8mm thickness) but not at the...
Hello everyone, my name is Klaus, I´m 21 years old, am from Germany and am pretty much into making armour on a hobbyistic base. I started out 3 years ago with...
Selling a LOT of 90 brand new handmade stainless steel bracelets and necklaces. I do not have time anymore to do chainmail jewelry, so I'm selling my whole...
I've been experimenting with exactly that option as of late (albeit with a cheap Chinese knock-off of the real Roper-Whitney). The major problem with the #5...
Hey guys. I'm looking at making some of my own riveted maille and I'm also interested in buying someone's old stuff. Anyone have a shirt that would fit a 52"...
I think the only steps you need are 2 and 4. I had a flood in my work space a couple years ago and, though she meant well, my sister threw some soaked paper...
I've been doing some reading on the best way to polish mild steel rings. This is what seems to be most common. 1. Rinse in a mild acid, like vinegar. How long...
I second Pekka's remarks. - slightly tapered punch - use wax or similar between every ring. Do this with a piece of cloth saturated with grease or a small bit...
... Hi, First thing you should do is to dip the tip of your punch in some wax (I have used bee wax) between each punch, that helps a little. Best thing though...
Hello, I've been working on making a circular punch and seem to have it working with just one problem. My punched rings are always very well stuck on the punch...
Hi Julio, I pierce each hole from inside the overlap - thus, two holes - and the ring opening is needed for my punching pliers have space. Piercing after...
I´m with you. The round rings are more... exciting :) and your rings are good, very nice. I like specially your second step, when you get a round surface even...
Hello, finally I got to create an album "Petr's stuff", some tool pictures as well as latest rings - one ring for each process stage. I stopped working with...
... Hi, Piercing bits do have that bad habbit to break just whent you don't want that to happen and if your tools are made by someone else, then you are in...
Hello, I'm looking for a place or person to buy some of the tools needed to make riveted mail. I really just need a set of piercing tongs for round rivets. If...
Hello, I'll post some pics of this "punch from inside" process in coming month hopefully. Yes it is somehow sensitive to the room tool takes and no doubt some...
I mean that If you have propely made tongs for forming overlap and you use 3 hammer blows, overlap will form into nice shape and its ridge will be same heigh...
Ok I have examined one photo of A2 maille carefully and I have spotted few rings that show that their overlap ridge is above rest of the ring and one ring have...
Of course the overlap must be thicker( and better with the same wide) When I punch the overlap, it is about 2 mm thick and the rest of the ring is 1'5 mm. If...
Hmm... Ring was held by the pilers and they were hit few time with a hammer so I suppose that was hard enough to form overlap. There is one way to form thicker...
Ok... got the punch and its working great but I thik I will need to make another which will leave wider hole one the backside of the rings. But we will see. ...
Thaks for your opinion pekka. Yes, making of that punch took some time because drill was abou 8mm diameter :). Right now I am making puch of 4mm hss dill and...
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