Chainmail
Posted by
Winfield, Jeff
on 2001-12-21 08:58:04 UTC
Cyril,
I've made a couple of chainmail shirts myself and I think that the best way
of making rings is to buy them. I know that it goes against the do it
yourself spirit that makes you want to reproduce historical items in the
first place but in the end you will make better use of your time doing the
linking rather than producing links. If you are near a shop that makes
springs they can set their machines to cut links out of just about any
material- mild steel, spring, 316 SS even Ti. The links will be uniform and
the ends cleanly cut. You can even have them set a precise overlap if you
are going to spotweld or rivet the links. I was lucky enough to get ~15 lbs
of 316 SS 16ga 3/8" ID links from a friend for 10$ and a few beers that were
made by a spring company and they make great chainmail- uniform and not
scratchy.
Good Luck
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I've made a couple of chainmail shirts myself and I think that the best way
of making rings is to buy them. I know that it goes against the do it
yourself spirit that makes you want to reproduce historical items in the
first place but in the end you will make better use of your time doing the
linking rather than producing links. If you are near a shop that makes
springs they can set their machines to cut links out of just about any
material- mild steel, spring, 316 SS even Ti. The links will be uniform and
the ends cleanly cut. You can even have them set a precise overlap if you
are going to spotweld or rivet the links. I was lucky enough to get ~15 lbs
of 316 SS 16ga 3/8" ID links from a friend for 10$ and a few beers that were
made by a spring company and they make great chainmail- uniform and not
scratchy.
Good Luck
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