Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Shield for SCA fighting.
12mm ply covered in canvas and edged with split heavy duty rubber hose.



Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Finished.
Now has Rawhide edging.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Painted.
Boss.
Back


Sunday, October 12, 2014

Handle is Hardwood with a iron oxide tint to the linseed oil to give a bit more colour.










Handle riveted on










Front covered with glue and fabric. started painting.




Saturday, October 11, 2014

 Jig to drill edge nail holes
 Setting out for handle
Back oiled with "Boards" outlined.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Making a viking sheild.
Needs to be tappered from centre to edge and i cant do that.
So insteed it will have 2 pieces of 4mm ply with a 4mm ply spacer
in the middle so 12>8mm over 400mm.
 Marking out
 Glueing
Press.
Leave overnight.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Getting worried about Ebola.
So i made a plague mask.
Now i know im safe.


Saturday, October 4, 2014