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Allan Senefelder
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 Posted: Wed 21 Oct, 2009 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | So ... if already conceding that a repro piece isn't going to look quite perfect (or not look perfect because a little too "perfect"), |
On this we agree, there are so many " hand made " slight imperfections in original armour that would not be acceptible in todays market, medial ridges not quite lining up from plate to plate, mislocated holes simply left blind and a new one made ect.
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Robert Subiaga Jr.
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| Posted: Wed 21 Oct, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Absolutely, absolutely; sorry if I was being unclear, that was the thing I was trying to say.
Starting in a hollowed log of wood—some thousand miles up a river, with an infinitesimal prospect of returning! I ask myself "Why?" and the only echo is "damned fool!...the Devil drives...
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Matthew Amt
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| Eric Fick wrote: | | with the option that used an old brass handle, did you simply use a drill to make the counter sink? |
Oh, yes, should have said that! It doesn't have to match the outline of the domed head exactly, and the hole should be a hair shallower than the thickness of the head. If you get it too deep, or the hole deepens with use, no problem, just grind or file away some of the metal.
Most any chunk of metal that can be secured in some way will do. A slab of half-inch stock clamped to the workbench, for instance. Put the hole near a corner so it's easy to reach.
And don't dismiss that hungover monkey too quickly--he's *exactly* the guy who made a lot of Roman stuff! Seriously crappy riveting!
Vale,
Matthew
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