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  12. Proposed Amendments to the Centurion Requirements ?

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

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    Remove the word ideally completely from existing wording.

    So side shims between ab and kidney will DQ an applicant?

    That might be a contradiction from my wording. Thanks for bringing that up. Shims will always be allowed as long as they are done in a nice looking manner. IE, they blend in with the rest of the armour.

     

    Awesome. Thanks for clearing that up. I was concerned for my RT needed self. Haha

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  16. Public Service Announcement!

    in Assembly, Mods, and Painting

    Posted · Edited by columbiamo

    Rare earth magnets are NO JOKE! Lol I just received 20 3/4" x 1/4" N42 magnets and of course my childhood curiosity from science class came out and I HAD to try and mess with them. 10 minutes later I now have 17 rare earth magnets.

     

    Be careful fellow noobs and wear gloves. Heed the warnings of others who have blazed the trails. ;)

     

     

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  19. RT-MOD vs ATA Belt

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    Truth be known I took the measurements from the Don Post Stormtrooper way, waaay back when I first started. It seemed to be doing the trick but I see now that I must up the belt game :)

     

    (stands up on podium, leans towrds the mic) "Henceforth a new, more accurate belt, with seperate rivet covers, canvas strapping and refined Thermal Detonator, will NOW BE THE STANDARD!!! (applause here. Presidential wave. leave podium)

     

    Woohoo! Do you sell individual pieces of your kits like that? I'm sure I would want one when you finalize the product.

     

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  20. Nylon Snap "Plates" w/ Tandy Line 24 Snaps

    in Tutorials, Tips and HOWTOs

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    I wanted to do a start to finish how to detailing a couple steps in the process for seriously unskilled people who have never done anything like this before....like myself. lol :smiley-sw013:

     

    First, creating the nylon snap "plates". (...has anyone come up with a better name than "plates" for this?)

    Here are the tools that I used:

     

     

    My "workspace" was created on a section of pegboard, pretty simple. ($3.00 at Ace Hardware)

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    Dritz 1" wide Nylon Strapping from Walmart. (Forgot to notate the price but about $2.00 per roll.)

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    Ace brand combination square. ($7.00)

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    Weller brand soldering iron kit w/3 tips from Ace Hardware. ($18.99)

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    Fiskars Ultimate Scissors from Walmart. ($15.00) The come apart to be used as a knife with a handle...I thought they were cool. lol

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    White grease pencil from Ace Hardware. ($.89)

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    I adjusted the combo square to just over 2". (Over 2" to allow for the blunt pencil marking.) I made marks on the entire length of the roll of strapping and then used the scissors to cut the strips.

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    Then you line up one of the peg board holes with the center of the nylon piece. Heat the soldering iron and simply push through the nylon cleanly in and out. The soldering iron makes a clean hole and melts the nylon enough to prevent fraying.

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    I used the side of the soldering iron tip and gently dragged it across the ends of the cut pieces to melt the nylon to prevent fraying on each end.

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    For the snaps I bought Tandy Line 24 snaps w/black plated finish from tandyleatherfactory.com ($4.99 per 10 snaps)

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    I also went ahead and bought the Tandy Snap Setter Kit that will work for various snaps. ($22.99)

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    For the "cap" part (the rounded head part of the snap):

    Cap

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    In the proper concave part of the anvil.

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    Place nylon over cap.

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    Place socket on top of nylon.

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    Use the largest set in the kit and be sure to keep the cap centered in the anvil and the set as vertical as possible when hammering.

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    Hammer until parts are tight together with no loose play. DO NOT OVER HAMMER. The post of cap will flatten onto socket.

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    Eyelets (the part the cap snaps into)

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    Flip the anvil over to the flat side and place stud.

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    Nylon, eyelet and then hammer. Stud will flatten into eyelet.

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    TA-DA!

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  25. Darth Aloha's RT-MOD ANH Stunt Build[*RT]

    in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance

    Posted

     

    Chilling is right. It is in the low 60's and pouring (it's like that every day where I live) which is pretty cold when you don't have any heat... or insulation.

     

    It's a fair and funny question. How do you lose a thigh pack and not the whole thigh?

     

    I blame Mathias. I took it off to reposition it properly to satisfy our DO. Or rather to make my thigh pack look better. I put the split rivets too high above the ridge. It's a common thing with the RT thigh pack. It's a total slave Leia to get it in the right place.

     

    Before I reattach it, I moved houses. Now the box is missing that contains it and a bunch of other costume related stuffs.

     

    -Eric

     

    Ah, that sucks. Sorry to hear.

     

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