11-01-2007, 06:38 PM
woodworker bench vice...
http://images.rockler.com/rockler/image ... 01-200.jpg
or a press screw / shoulder screw...
http://images.rockler.com/rockler/image ... 01-200.jpg
or a front vice ...
http://www.timbecon.com.au/assets/image ... tbfv-1.jpg
mechanics / engineers / bench vice
http://www.blackjacktools.com/pcat-gifs ... es-002.jpg
Clamping the helmet into this type of vice, smacking the outside face of the jaws.. hard!.. with a heavy hammer...
The wood workers bench vice works well for pressing a hot or annealed helmet dome. Back in the day when we made our own helmets from 11g/12g domes we'd press them in a woodworkers bench vice
http://images.rockler.com/rockler/image ... 01-200.jpg
or a press screw / shoulder screw...
http://images.rockler.com/rockler/image ... 01-200.jpg
or a front vice ...
http://www.timbecon.com.au/assets/image ... tbfv-1.jpg
mechanics / engineers / bench vice
http://www.blackjacktools.com/pcat-gifs ... es-002.jpg
Clamping the helmet into this type of vice, smacking the outside face of the jaws.. hard!.. with a heavy hammer...
The wood workers bench vice works well for pressing a hot or annealed helmet dome. Back in the day when we made our own helmets from 11g/12g domes we'd press them in a woodworkers bench vice
Hibernicus
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
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A nationwide club with chapters across N America
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America