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Main => The Armoury => Topic started by: SirNathanQ on 2011-07-24, 18:14:53
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How does one go about affixing this head to a shaft?
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=401000400&name=Steel+Mace+Head (http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=401000400&name=Steel+Mace+Head)
Or where to get a good early period mace?
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(http://www.kultofathena.com/images%5C401000400_2_l.jpg)
insert piece of wood into the hole :P hahahha
i would use an ash or hard wood dowel (not so much pine that could break easier) use heavy glue or even sand it down so its slightly larger and pound it into place. but i think i would still glue it like crazy. maybe even drill a hole and add a nail or 2
i like that mace.
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With that particular head you have to glue and pin as Sir Wolf mentioned. For good maces, check out Tod's Stuff (http://www.todsstuff.co.uk/index.htm). Leo Todeschini does some awesome work. Also look at the cutler and foundry links, lots of really good stuff there!!
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Yeah, but glue? I can just see that flying off at an inopportune moment that way.....
And I don't see any holes for nailing to the shaft. Does one drill them? and if so, how?
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Yeah, but glue? I can just see that flying off at an inopportune moment that way.....
And I don't see any holes for nailing to the shaft. Does one drill them? and if so, how?
A drill press would be ideal, but a hand drill will work.
Shave your haft/handle so that there's a nice tight fit in the head socket and make sure it's fully seated.
Remove, goober the shaft and socket with epoxy, re-insert (seating fully), clean up excess epoxy (quickly) and leave it overnight.
Find a piece of mild steel rod that you will use for your pin. Select a drill bit the same size (or 1/32 larger) as the pin diameter. Drill a hole from the bottom flange, through the shaft and out the opposite side of the flange. Try to keep everything nice and even while coming out 180 degrees from where you started.
Cut the rod just long enough that that you will be able to peen both ends once pushed through the hole. Peen one end in a vice first, insert the rod, peen the other end and clean up both peens so that they are pretty.
Buff to remove burrs and other ugly stuff.
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Thanks! Very helpful! And where would I get a drill press or hand drill? (you can tell I barely ever touch power tools :P)
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You don't want to buy a drill press or hand drill just for this one little project. Borrow one from a friend or neighbor.
Almost every neighborhood has an old, retired gentleman who putters around in his (well stocked) garage all day. He could have this done for you in minutes! ;)
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Haha, alright, I'll look into it. Would an engineer work?
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LOL @ engineer
He might try to overbuild it, definitely over-analyze it and you could end up with a really sweet hand weapon...or unmitigated junk. Not all putterers and tinkerers are good at what they do, they just do it all the time and make us think so. LOL
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Thanks! Very helpful! And where would I get a drill press or hand drill? (you can tell I barely ever touch power tools :P)
If you're not in a rush and are coming out to my place for the bottle-killin festival later this year, I have a drill press and some hammers you can use.
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Hey sweet, when's that?
And yeah, my family is friends with an engineer. He's kinda nuts, but he does stuff well.
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either the pin method, or Mac was saying a lot are just nails that are peened down on the ends to made look like a solid pin thru the shaft.
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Yeah, I peen nails too.
But my biggest obstacle would be getting those bloody holes in the head. would a brass head be easier?
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I would think brass would be a lot easier to drill out than steel, yes. But with the right bits, a drill-press should work with either.
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Hey sweet, when's that?
And yeah, my family is friends with an engineer. He's kinda nuts, but he does stuff well.
No specific date yet, I'll post up an open invite thread when the weather begins cooling off a bit and see what the best weekend is to get multiple people able to come out.
I would think brass would be a lot easier to drill out than steel, yes. But with the right bits, a drill-press should work with either.
Yep, brass is softer, but either should cut fine. I've got some titanium high-speed bits from drilling my 16 gauge stainless many moons ago.