11-26-2012, 03:58 AM
What I can't figure out is the rivets. Fellow North Americans, where do you get your rivets? Is there a supplier who sells them in all sizes? Google isn't much help, I find.
There are two sources on the Legio XX suppliers site, http://www.larp.com/legioxx/supplrs.html#rivets . I have used both suppliers. I also make my own from copper wire (think grounding wire) or brass brazing rods or wire, but you need a block of iron/mild steel of desired thickness with a hole drilled all the way through.
Also, does anyone make a square washer in this day and age? I more or less draw the line at buying a drill press to make my own.
Snip sheet hobby brass in squares and punch, like with a Whitney punch (DO NOT DRILL, since it tends to turn into a buzz saw) the needed hole.
Occurs to me though that shoving a slightly larger square nail into a slightly smaller round hole will wedge the thing in and hold long enough to turn it over and peen it.
There are two sources on the Legio XX suppliers site, http://www.larp.com/legioxx/supplrs.html#rivets . I have used both suppliers. I also make my own from copper wire (think grounding wire) or brass brazing rods or wire, but you need a block of iron/mild steel of desired thickness with a hole drilled all the way through.
Also, does anyone make a square washer in this day and age? I more or less draw the line at buying a drill press to make my own.
Snip sheet hobby brass in squares and punch, like with a Whitney punch (DO NOT DRILL, since it tends to turn into a buzz saw) the needed hole.
Occurs to me though that shoving a slightly larger square nail into a slightly smaller round hole will wedge the thing in and hold long enough to turn it over and peen it.
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
