How To Make A Sheet Metal Helmet

Basic armouring dishing a helm half mpg duration.

How to make a sheet metal helmet.

Make the faceplate template. Make the back of the head and weld. Cut cheek pieces and neck guards from the sheet steel. This was before i took the laser cutter sbu at techshop so my templates were drawn and cut out on cardboard.

No need to beat hard. Bend the face plate. Notes on the tools you need. I used an armoring swage i bought from ebay to quickly dish the dome plates with.

Get the template here. It was quite tough actually to form the metal straight with just bending and binding it. If you use hot forging then it s fine if the metal is drawn of 3 5 mm in depth after every stroke. As if i m a blacksmith maybe.

Get the template here. Some groups make the ear guards from two separate steel pieces welded together or from soldering two brass pieces. We strongly recommend making your own pattern. Cut the sheet metal.

Using a dremel scuff the veining onto one side of each leaf. Our ear guards and brow guards was forged for us by a smith. Starting from the front of the helmet tack weld each leaf into place by welding onto the bottom edge. If a smith is not available a brow guard may be cut from 3 mm sheet iron.

Making a norman helmet with sheet metal and carpet tacks duration. Grind the edges down and using a buffing wheel smooth the edges and buff the surface. Phil baumhardt 35 513 views. Cut and sand the face.

How to make a medieval helmet from sheet metal. Basic helmet frame step 1. You ll need to measure your head and cut out a template from card stock to make all your.