How To Make The Collar For A Chainmaille Shirt

[cdemanelis]

@WZtFareSporks IDK it looks like an ordinary chain maille weave to me. A minor cutback on drugs could clear up the perspective.

[TheDomtar]

Are those Mild steel rings?

[daretotelldatruth]

@TheDomtar The rings are hand made out of electric fencing wire, galvanized steel. 14 or 16 gauge, can't recall this video is aboiut 3 years old now.

[noseascuadrado]

great stuff, much work...

keep on, guys! you're good

[GrayHatLinux]

I'm looking to fold a triangular piece over and connect it in a sort of cone shape, and I can't figure out how to suture it so you can't see the seam. Can you give me any advice?

[av17760]

weird

[Sarahstrasza]

I know chainmail can be rather heavy. How heavy exactly can it get? I'm lookin into chainmail for a costume but, I'm a weakling

[daretotelldatruth]

@Sarahstrasza Chainmaille can be VERY heavy, it it's made of stainless steal it can be very very heavy. If you're looking for a costume alone i would say a small gauge, (big wire) aluminum wire. Lighter weight, and less expensive.

[WTFareSporks]

ok pause it at 1:11 and scroll up and down on the page...and look at how freaky the chain mail looks O.o

[WurdBendur]

If you make the same mistake again, you can make those pieces fit by removing the top row from one and adding another row at the bottom, or the other way around. But since they went the wrong direction anyway, I guess that's a moot point.

[wouldntyaliktono]

thumbs up if you heard the Smiling Bob Enzyte commercial theme at the end of the vid.

[joshellingson]

i was just wondering if you were planning on doing a vid to show how to do arms. and i have an issue with my haubergeon. there is a triangle on the chest that stretches out. any ideas how to fix that?



[daretotelldatruth]

@joshellingson I hung that hauberk up in my closet almost two years ago now, just after putting the collar on wrong and have yet to take it out and dust off my chainmaille tools. I do once I find time plan on continuing on with my videos and completing them all on video to show people how to fix some major issues.

[joshellingson]

i am making a chain mail haubergeon myself and have only one question. why go through the trouble of trying to make 45 degree angles when you can just as easily make a square, where you can ensure the sections all face the same direction?

[daretotelldatruth]

@joshellingson I felt as if the 45 deg angle would look better then attempting to put two pieces of mail together that are running different directions.

[joshellingson]

@daretotelldatruth i never had the problem of the mail running in different directions. i made two sheets and laid them on the floor so they ran in the same direction, then attached shoulder straps, also running in the same direction. i am not saying that your method is not viable, it just seems to be too much work, imho. looks damn good though

[daretotelldatruth]

@joshellingson Yeah I was going to a more showy hauberk this time. vs my last chainmaille project that turned into more of a t-shirt then anything else.

[magnusamadeus]

What is the size and gauge of those rings? I'm planning on making a armor grade shirt.

[daretotelldatruth]

@magnusamadeus 5/8 18 gauge galv steal.. I think. been awhile since I sized the wire and forgot the size of the rod I was using to roll them.

They are the SCA requirements, you can look that up for sure.

[polishromeo]

@daretotelldatruth there alot bigger then 18 gauge my friend, my guess is 14 gauge, and the size i dont know, XD

[CyricRO]

You should have just added a row on top, and removed a row on the bottom.

[VtLute]

thanks man, your the first vid maker ive messaged who actually answers questions

[daretotelldatruth]

@VtLute No problem. I'm here to help. Any other questions please don't be afraid to ask.

[VtLute]

whats the ID of your rings?

[daretotelldatruth]

@VtLute These if I can recall correctly, are 5/16th 16 gauge Galv Steel wire.

[VtLute]

@daretotelldatruth I was also wondering if you think a 1/4 mile is enough to make a hauberk or if a half mile is needed?

[daretotelldatruth]

@VtLute If you're going to make a full hauberk. one that does from the shoulders down to your mid thighs with full sleeves. I would say a half mile would be the better option. I have bought in total 2 1/4 mile rolls. And with that I finished a shirt that I had started (t-shirt style with 1/2 in rings) and I've gotten the neck, as well as the front and back panels of my first full hauberk (5/16th in rings). The SCA Min for "Battle Ready" armor is 16 gauge with 9/16th in rings.

[daretotelldatruth]

@VtLute Unless they've changed it in the past two years that is. But I think a full hauberk takes somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 rings to do it correctly in a 4 in 1 patten. 6 in 1 would take more, and would be heavier. If this is the first thing you've ever made as far as chainmaille goes, I'd say starting with something smaller would be better, some jewelry, or a coif. Large projects like a hauberk tend to be what people want to do first, and it turns then away from chainmaille.

[baliflyboy]

Epic win

[Dragonstud]

Don't forget to weld them all closed

[Logo3801]

oh hell no! double the work! but it is a good idea......

[shadowwolfs123]

How long did it take just to make that collar part?

[daretotelldatruth]

The first piece took me about. or I'd say a good 45 mins . The second about 30 mins, and the third and fourth bout 20 or so. But I already had long pieces of chain made, I just have to connect then correctly and figure out how to get her 45 deg angle to work right.

[bryanerobbin]

with the ones that didn't fit correctly, if you just did it one row down then take the extra row away add one to the top/bottom and ta-da!

[MGTBS]

@shadowwolfs123 probably a day

[waterzoip]

thank you!!!

[daretotelldatruth]

You're welcome!

[Blaakenn]

the ngl of the rings you had at the beginning would have worked. you wold just need to have a row of ring down the center.

[hacker583]

would electrical fencing wire work for chainmail????

[MThuntertreat14]

i used 14 gauge electrical fencing wire for my chain mail suit for the renaissance fair. Got tons of compliments, so id say it works.

[legendsmith1]

depends on diameter and strength

it should i think

[Himotary]

@hacker583 alot of people do that, whoever i always buy premade rings

[daretotelldatruth]

Yes! In fact that is the same wire that I use to make my shirts. 16 gauge wire, if I do recall, it has been awhile but i buy it buy the half mile... Thinking about going for a full mile next time, when I have time to finish this one, and make another.

[frenchtoasty17]

Yeah, apparently that's what you use.

[ishouldplayzelda]

chainmail is great. i had a small sheet lying around which was made out of pretty small rings but i made it into a ring... or finger band, which ever you want to call it.

[gtarbmx]

this is the hardest part. mine worked out perfect, i'll post a video soon

[nukers124]

AHHH!. im trying to make this exact design at the moment. can ANYONE tell me how too make the 45 degree cut?

[daretotelldatruth]

The 45 Deg cut isn't that hard to make. If you stop the video at 1:39 you can see how it's made.

The bottom row has 7 rings. The next 2 row have 6, the next 2 have 5, the next 2 have 4, 2 have 3, the next 2 have 2, and both the top have 1 .

How I started making them was to have a full sheet. 7x13 rings, and starting at the 2nd roq from the bottom just removing rings till I was left with one ring in the last two rows.

If you'd like I can make another video explaining how to do this.

[gtarbmx]

i don't know if you got the right idea. my yolk is a hexagon and made out of 6 pieces connecting at 33.1 degrees. much harder but it lets the weight of the chainmail distribute evenly

[appstatefanRS]

just curious- how much does all of the material's cost to make a chainmail shirt? is the wire to make the links cheap or...?

[daretotelldatruth]

It depends on how much of it you want to buy, and where you get it. You can get 100 feet from Walmart for about $5.00.

OR

You can get a 1/2 mile from Manards, or a Tractor Supply Store, Or A Farm and Home, where I get mine. For about $32.00OR

You can also get it in Mile spolls for like $58.00 So the longer you get it the cheaper it is.

[spoloon]

to fix it take the top row and put it on the bottem and its fixed

[tikkiomggosh]

were did u learn to do this?

[daretotelldatruth]

I got a little sketch on a peice of paper from a friend, who had gotten one from someone else. There is also a link on the internet that explains it, but it's not explained correctly and the pictures the go along with it aren't correct either.

[tikkiomggosh]

ok thx

[daretotelldatruth]

Either way the rings should turn out good, if you cut them right and all, but that's a different topic all together.

[medievallover120]

i am starting to use a 3/8's dowel rod

[medievallover120]

wow 3/8's!? lol i use like uhhhhh 5/16'ths for making chainmail armor... :P

[daretotelldatruth]

Yeah 3/8 and 5/16 are the most commonly used to make maille... I think i have 3/8's anyway... I might need to look at my little metal rod thingy-ma-gig to find out for sure.

[pietzeekoe]

How thick is the rod you used to coil the wire?

And how thick is the wire itself?

[daretotelldatruth]

I use a 3/8in rod with 14 galv steel wire.

[theneowind]

Wow that looks like it'd be a real pain in the ass.

[daretotelldatruth]

Yeah It's a pain to start would with, but once you get use to doing it. Like most things it gets easier with practice.