How To Make A Sheet Metal Helmet

As if i m a blacksmith maybe.

How to make a sheet metal helmet.

In this video i ll show a few tips on how do i make a metal ironman helmet. Notes on the tools you need. Basic helmet frame step 1. 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. Using a dremel scuff the veining onto one side of each leaf. Making a norman helmet with sheet metal and carpet tacks duration. Get the template here.

Starting from the front of the helmet tack weld each leaf into place by welding onto the bottom edge. Cut and sand the face. Cut cheek pieces and neck guards from the sheet steel. I used an armoring swage i bought from ebay to quickly dish the dome plates with.

Phil baumhardt 35 513 views. Cut the sheet metal. Make the back of the head and weld. 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.

It was quite tough actually to form the metal straight with just bending and binding it. No need to beat hard. Some groups make the ear guards from two separate steel pieces welded together or from soldering two brass pieces. You ll need to measure your head and cut out a template from card stock to make all your.

Bend the face plate. How to make a medieval helmet from sheet metal. If a smith is not available a brow guard may be cut from 3 mm sheet iron. Our ear guards and brow guards was forged for us by a smith.

Get the template here. This was before i took the laser cutter sbu at techshop so my templates were drawn and cut out on cardboard. Using a nibbler cut about 30 leaves.