04-04-2005, 02:33 PM
Ave,<br>
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With talk of a Late Roman Scutums, I was wondering, would it be possible to make a "Scutum Press", similar to that of the press shown on the Legio XX site, but made for a Late Roman dished oval or round shield?<br>
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Has anyone attempted this? Any ideas on how one could be made?<br>
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My wife came up with an idea of having a number of boards cut to the shape of the shield, stacked ontop of each other, but each one smaller than the first, so it makes a sorta dome shape..then placing the shield over the dome and clamping it down on all sides.<br>
<br>
How possible would this be to work? Perhaps you could also make a top section of oval holes to fit over the top of the shield, to make a true press like structure, and clamp the top and bottom down onto the shield in the middle?<br>
<br>
Thoughts? Any better solutions?<br>
<br>
Marcus Artorius <p></p><i></i>
<br>
With talk of a Late Roman Scutums, I was wondering, would it be possible to make a "Scutum Press", similar to that of the press shown on the Legio XX site, but made for a Late Roman dished oval or round shield?<br>
<br>
Has anyone attempted this? Any ideas on how one could be made?<br>
<br>
My wife came up with an idea of having a number of boards cut to the shape of the shield, stacked ontop of each other, but each one smaller than the first, so it makes a sorta dome shape..then placing the shield over the dome and clamping it down on all sides.<br>
<br>
How possible would this be to work? Perhaps you could also make a top section of oval holes to fit over the top of the shield, to make a true press like structure, and clamp the top and bottom down onto the shield in the middle?<br>
<br>
Thoughts? Any better solutions?<br>
<br>
Marcus Artorius <p></p><i></i>
M. Artorius C. f. L. n. Sub. Silvanus
aka David Coleman
aka David Coleman
