How To Make A Sheet Metal Helmet

No need to beat hard.

How to make a sheet metal helmet.

Using a nibbler cut about 30 leaves. If a smith is not available a brow guard may be cut from 3 mm sheet iron. I used an armoring swage i bought from ebay to quickly dish the dome plates with. Cut cheek pieces and neck guards from the sheet steel.

Using a dremel scuff the veining onto one side of each leaf. In this video i ll show a few tips on how do i make a metal ironman helmet. Making a norman helmet with sheet metal and carpet tacks duration. How to make a medieval helmet from sheet metal.

Phil baumhardt 35 513 views. Starting from the front of the helmet tack weld each leaf into place by welding onto the bottom edge. Basic helmet frame step 1. Make the back of the head and weld.

Our ear guards and brow guards was forged for us by a smith. This was before i took the laser cutter sbu at techshop so my templates were drawn and cut out on cardboard. Cut the sheet metal. Cut and sand the face.

Basic armouring dishing a helm half mpg duration. We strongly recommend making your own pattern. If you use hot forging then it s fine if the metal is drawn of 3 5 mm in depth after every stroke. No one doubts that you can beat so hard that the hammer will drive through the metal but if we make a helmet for a battle it is important that the metal retains its thickness and doesn t lost strength.

Get the template here. Get the template here. You ll need to measure your head and cut out a template from card stock to make all your. Grind the edges down and using a buffing wheel smooth the edges and buff the surface.

As if i m a blacksmith maybe. Bend the face plate. It was quite tough actually to form the metal straight with just bending and binding it.