Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: new members here:) {long}

Ahh, I stand corrected. I just had it in the back of my mind that the rings
were not open but were fastened round in some way - I remember seeing the
technique demonstrated in the UK Royal Armouries workshops.

Ian
--
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK
www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "turksfixit" <turksfixit@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 23 December 2001 02:25
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: new members here:) {long}


> historical chainmail was cut with a chisle off of a mandrel. if the mailer
wanted mail that wouldn't come apart he would cut an overlap, and hammer the
ends of the rings til they were flat, and then rivit the ring.
>
> Cyril
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Ian Wright" <Ian@i...> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ballendo" <ballendo@y...>
> >
> > P.S. Are you striving for historical accuracy? Have you looked to the
> > makers of the "chain-mail" type shark suits for divers?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I suspect not as I'm fairly sure the originals had the ends of each ring
> > overlapped and forge welded together. This stopped the rings opening up
and
> > falling apart when they were poked with a sword point. The material was
also
> > somewhat smaller than 3/16" - 16 or 18 gauge wire. To get somewhere near
> > automating the manufacture I would be looking at making the rings one at
a
> > time - cut wire to length off a coil, wrap it round a mandrel and
resistance
> > weld the ends together. The cunning bit would be to make the second row
> > interlink with the first row and the third row interlink with the
previous
> > two before they are welded up. Then you are approaching real chainmail -
> > each link having 6 others passing through it - two to the top, two to
the
> > bottom, one to the left and one to the right - all welded up so they
won't
> > pull apart!
> >
> > Ian
> > --
> > Ian W. Wright
> > Sheffield UK
> > www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk
>
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