MAKING AN ARMOUR GAUNTLET!!! Part 1
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Hey this is awesome and a real honor! Thanks for the shout out sir. Your gauntlet looks amazing!
You two Should colab on A full set of armor
while I haven't gotten round to using your design ( even tho I bought the template like 2 years ago) your advice was invaluable in my Nazgul gauntlet build. Thanks for that. I also used some of the wrist peices.
Hey David! Thanks for being the one who got me started in armor!
Demolition ranch and alec steele, wonder who's next
@@kingarthur7051 Demo ranch? Whut? They had a colab?
For this field being your arch nemesis, the build's looking great! Even using a template, you're still learning vital lessons about the behaviour and properties of sheet metal just by working with it.
And dang man, David's been featured on 3 big channels in the last month. Ride that wave, Dave 🏄♂️
Once alec is back in the U.S. it'd be cool if you guys did a video together
Was totally coming here for this comment
Demoranch, and what other?
Well well well look whos here its eli 😊
@@FlinnGaidin the other was ZNA Productions
Really interesting project. it's worth looking at museum pieces too see just how skillful the old masters were!
I really appreciate that you include the bits where things don't quite work, it's nice to know that even an experienced craftsman has to learn new techniques for new projects.
...few month later Alec making Infinite gauntlet
go and try make whole medieval armor...that would be crazy cool
Having seen Alec try new techniques before I fully expect to see a truck turning up very shortly to deliver an industrial laser cutter, a metal turning machine, a complete set of wheels, and an assortment of other tools that I will be convinced need to become an essential part of my life 😂
Next few projects, making an English wheel and bead roller.
Alex printing out TH-cam videos makes me think he’s really my grandma in disguise
All he's missing is a MapQuest to the nearest Costco and some butter scotch sweets.
Oh man, I don't know why it got me so much, but "TH-camgb" had me in tears
“Popular internet site yootoobuhguhbuh” also had me laughing 😂
Been hoping you'd make some armour for a good 3 years now haha
Same here. too much weapons not enough armour.
Same
About time my man
I've been waiting 3 years not to be scared by his hair-do. It's arrived too.
Sameee
Alec, if ever you want to glue paper to metal again, the easiest way to get it off without great inconvenience is a blowtorch. The high temperatures will burn the glue and paper long before any deformation will take place. Love from Germany, I hugely enjoy your videos.
Or forge for bulk+ a more even heat perhaps? Unless it's galvanised, in which case rip
Edit:actually probably a poor idea, superglue would release some non trivial amount of Cyanide while burning so probably best avoided
@@AngDavies superglue does not contain cyanide.
You triggered the internet safety squad. 😱
Acetone bath or mineral spirits for cleaning parts
Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) can be softened, if not removed entirely, by soaking it with acetone, and then buffing it with scotch brite. Furthermore, it is possible to use acetone to transfer the lines from the printed paper to the sheet metal.
So uh, Alec... Armouring is really tough to learn without a mentor.
There are some phenomenal armourers in the UK - David Hewitt of White Rose Armoury, Kevin Legg of Plessis Armouries, and Graham Ashford of Greenleaf Workshop, just to name a few.
Bring one on the show! Greenleaf Workshop has an instructional Armouring channel and needs a signal boost. He's also a super nice guy.
Greenleaf workshop is great; I’ve been following them for a while.
I was /just/ about to suggest White Rose Armoury, they make beautiful work.
Next thing we know Alec will end up having Dr. Tobias Capwell on the channel.
@@emanueliratliff4263 I mean, he's visiting the wallace collection on the regular...
thank you for this information, very helpful :)
ah the mighty hand broom. One of the most versatile tools of every workshop, mandatory for shaping sheet metal.
Awesome work. I love how you constantly go out of your comfort zone to hunt for new skills.
alec steele the serious blacksmith using a broom to bend steel made my day
I miss will.
@@cavemanvi don't we all
I think it was a wire brush. Still funny
Every tool is a hammer.
@@TheWanderfound every tool is a hammer, and some hammers are better than others...
Looks like Alec could use a hand with that gauntlet.
A-HA A-HA A-HA
Ahhh good old Alec. "I need to learn sheet metal. People want me to make armor. Shall I start with a breastplate? Some greaves? NO! AN ARTICULATED PLATE GAUNTLET!"
Deep end -> *splash*
Common Sense tip for drilling holes in rounded materials... some doweling and a zip tie is your friend :)
Some acetone would of helped remove the super glue pretty quick in my experience. Better the scraping thats for sure.
I was told there was going to be tin snips. Hah! Great stuff and good to see you consistently getting out of your comfort zone.
Alec! Love the content, especially love you learning new skills. For CA glue (Superglue), Acetone, not alcohol to break it down. Or just good old heat. The glue is just cyanoacrylate, which is just a simple plastic. Heat releases it (machinist's trick), or just burns it away. Spend time on metal work, not frustrating glue clean up. Happy hammering!
Love the build! I know it’s too late now but here are some tips for affixing paper templates and removing them. First using a spray adhesive is much better than super glue. Most spray adhesive have direction for a temporary bonds. It holds well during the cutting but will peal off after with no problem. Elmers has a spray adhesive that works well. The glue can be cleaned up with just a little acetone then. If you need to remove super glued paper either soak in acetone or burn it off with a torch. If burning though make sure to do it outdoors so you don’t breath in the fumes. I’m excited to see this armor making series!
Alec: My skill working with sheet metal is next to no existant
Also Alec: Decides to fix this by making a medieval looking armor which is among the hardest things you can do using sheet metal
Lmao
If only he would use SHEET metal.
Alec: Go Subscribe to David Guyton's channel!
Me who has been subscribed to David for multiple years: "Puts on hipster sunglasses"
ha!
I love that you also get inspiration from a channel that inspired me to start doing things and tinker around with tools. Lovely so far, can't wait to see the rest.
I think Alec is amazing and his creative energy is unparalleled but with that said, I think he would benefit from a mentor. He spends so much extra time exploring and self teaching. He’d probably be the best in the world with a master to guide him.
Alec making a knife:
Me: again
Alec: making armor
Me: REAL SHI-
omg he's finally doing armor
edit: maybe he is making it finally because of Britain's big knife laws
Acetone melts superglue very quickly. Really cool gauntlet!
I watch David Guyton's video years ago when I was making a cardboard version of the same gauntlet. Super awesome video and awesome dude for showing us noobies how to template armor.
"Make Armor with _Ordinary_ Tools"
Alec: proceeds to use everything expensive he has got, including the powerhammer
If you want to learn Armour making you should talk to Ilya from That works. He makes such Amazing Armour.
a collab thats been needing to happen for awhile now
Or Terry English
I'm so happy that you are finally trying you hand at making armor. I'm also glad that you're starting with Guyton's tutorials because I think that's where a lot of people are starting now (myself included). Please continue making armor videos so people can see your development as an armor smith and save themselves years of trial and error.
A trick I use for my wood working. Painters tape the material, painters tape the stencil. Glue the tape together. Once you're done peel it all off. Hope this helps Alec!
So excited to see where you go with this! You have to find Greenleaf Workshop on TH-cam, he's one of my favorite armorers :)
Next up on the Alec Steele channel - Alec restores an English Wheel
Crazy to see how far you've come, really encouraging and amazing to see!
I’m so excited I have been hoping for a dive into something like this.
Hey Alec that looks great! Sorry I think my last comment bugged somehow, but I really liked this video and david's tutorial too. Also there's two small channels that helped me to make my gauntlet: "Garage Knight" and "Greenleaf workshop". Garage Knight is a very small channel but the gauntlet video gave me great tips. Greenleaf workshop is quite small too, but has very detailed tutorial about gothic gauntlet with metal shaping tips. Might want to check it out! Keep doing the great work!
Uhm... for breaking superglue bonds, you can just heat the glue with a hot air gun, or in a forge or something. That will break the glue and the pieces will just come apart
Finally Alec! Surely lots of us have been waiting for this!
Very excited to see this!
Alec put this out too early in the morning to be playing the drinking game.
Alec should get Mr. Will Stelter over to jolly old England to hand sand the metal parts for him.
YESS!! FINALLY ARMOR SMITHING!! CANT WAIT FOR YOUR SAMURAI ARMOR
Yes! Finally!!! Been hoping you would tackle some armor for about 2 years now. Looking good.
I'm so ready for the 500 episode series of making a full suit of armor.
Been expecting this project for so long that im a college student already
I'm so freaking excited!!!!! I want to see you make Armour!!! You're just so skilled at most things and i think you could make something absolutely incredible!!
Pro tip, get an upright bandsaw with a steel cutting blade. Makes cutting sheet metal way easier
Imagine Alec making a full set of plate armour
The ultimate achievement for a smith :)
My day just became super duper when Alec posted😆😆😆🤩🤩
Alex? Who is that chap then?🤭
@@KISSmyLUVgun my bad, gosh darn typo🤦♀️😂
What I absolutely love is the printed paper with the screenshot of the video, I find it really funny for some reason. Also great work
i really love how he admits to some of his shortcomings as a craftsman and then takes steps to become even more skilled. like he's way more skilled than i might ever be but he is still finding ways to expand and strengthen his craft
He’s such a good blacksmith that he made literal canine feces out of sheet metal
Hi
You are first
@@evanslater6 👌
That pup was adorable. And congrats on a fine looking gauntlet
Wow! Awesome start Alec.
A tipp for you my fellow craftsman: Cut the template out of paper first, put it together with those little paper rivets, look if it fits and THEN go ahead and make it out of Sheet metal :D Then you will get the experience AND will have a Armor that fits you AND looks epic! :D
It will also show you how the Pieces come together and give you a better Idea of what everything does :P
Paper is pretty bendy and doesn't have much structural integrity, I don't know if it would hold together to make a gauntlet.
@@googleuser859 It does :) and if you think it wont be able you can still go a step above and take cardboard. In the end its not about how it looks in the end but more about to give you an idea. Its way easier and cheaper to tweak paper then metal :) trust me it helps. Espacialy when you work with even more expensiv materials then sheet metal like leather.
This is gonna turn into a whole set of armor, then sell the whole set for major $$$!!!!!!
Does anyone else not only find these videos informative but the most entertaining on this platform
A blacksmith, a bladesmith, now trying armor making ... I am so glad that I had subscribed 4 years ago. Keep up the good work man.
It's about time this happened! I've wanted to see Alec take on a DJG gauntlet for a long time!
From a production stand point.... that transition 4:19 was OUTSTANDING!!!
Ive paused the video right at the start to say this. WOOP! I've been wanting to see you make armour for ages!
For breaking down super glue, try using acetone. Just be careful, that stuff will get you a lil bit buzzed if you don't have good ventilation.
Can’t wait for the 30-part series on making a Close Helm.
Aaaaahh finally! Armor smithing Is so fascinating!
Yessss! I’ve been asking for armor for years!
Finally... ARMOR!! Don't say you shouldnt get any credit, even with a guide you still accomplished something you struggle bussed hard with in the past. Those pieces look awesome already and thats not just from a guide, there's skill involved too. Keep up the great work man! Can't wait to see the other gauntlet.... ..... ....and the rest of the Suit...
I love seeing one of my favorite youtubers take inspiration from another one of my favs.
Been pumped for armour!!
Congratulations on learning new things!
Oh my God I am soooo excited for this!!
I am proud of your success going from forge to shaping sheet metal ! !
I've been waiting so many years for you to start making armour! 😃😃😃
Awesome job Alec! I really appreciate you broadening your horizon of skills and taking us with you on that journey.
A leather sandbag for shaping might be easier instead of the rubber mat though.
Anyway hopefully we'll be seeing Mokume-gane armour making in the near future
Amazing job Alec
I love David's videos! I'm so happy ur trying armor!
I love spreading out the different projects, keeps us on our toes! KANSAS USA
I'm so damn excited. I've been hoping you would try making armor for so long
Heres to you loyal and patient dogo. Youd be surprised how much time we really dont stop to spend on them while creating projects. Enjoy a good friend while they are still young today!
Fantastic work mate! Your sheet metalwork has definitely improved tenfold! Keep up the great work!
about dang time you learn armor smithing! Keep at it!
I just finished one of these a couple weeks ago, this is a really fun and and awesome project all around, good luck!
Lovely to see Alec making some armor at last. Once this is done, I'd love to see you give it a bit of a rough time with some long blade of your choice and then make one for the other hand, but with realistically thick material.
You seem so much happier now that it’s back to just Alec Steele and that you’re back at home. It’s nice seeing content that I subscribed for 5 years ago
Green leaf armory is another good place if you want to learn more about intro to armoring. Also this is awesome to watch the start of new skills
I actually made one of these gauntlets 2 years ago. His channel is really cool nice find Alec!
Two of my favorite crafters on TH-cam, hell yea this is fun, kinda want to see Alec do the ironman gauntlet though, or maybe one of the infinity gauntlets
10:09 I love how a man who has access to many hammers uses a hand brush instead!
Alec, superglue comes off with a quick acetone soak. Then remove the residue with a glass cooktop scraper. Works a treat!
For getting the paper off I use fire. It produces nasty fumes so do it outside or in a well ventilated space. One of the perks of this is that you can anneal the steel at the same time and make it easier to work with
You inspire me to want to learn how to make things with metal sir, keep up the fantastic work!
Totallyyy haven’t been waiting for this video since like 2016
Finally, I am waiting this for 3 years or more. I would like to see a full set of armour from you, Alec. ^_^
I've used his templates. They are very easy to follow and can be done with the tools I had in my garage
That looks so cool
Looks good for starters! 👍😁
This is my personal interest. Glad to see you increasing your skills!
Fantastic video! I finally have something useful to share. I do some sheet metal work as a hobby, my favourite home made tool is the magnetic hold down board I created. You take a wood board, screw on some cheap rectangular magnet tool holding bars and then cover it with a thin sheet of aluminum. You can now take any thin metal part and stick it right on there and grind on it with confidence. Was handy when I made Thor's hammer. Hope you find this useful...and hope it wasn't mentioned in the 1377 comments below that I did not bother to read through!
Love the fact that you are venturing out into armoring. After this gauntlet is done, how about one with some of that Steele flare made with damascus patterned sheet metal?