Maille and Plates Armour

Step 2 Making the plates 2

Now it's time to punch holes in your plates and give them a bit of shape.

To Start off you'll need to put the 5/32 bit into your punch, and set the depth gauge to the shallowest setting.
now punch 3 holes down down each end of the plate. i line the punch up flush to one side for the first hole, then line up the edge of the punch with each hole for the next.
you'll want to make about 50 or so that are only punched down one edge. they'll come in handy later.
next make 8 plates that have holes punched along the top edge as well as the sides. make these plates by punching the side holes first, then line the punch up with those holes to make the top row.
I'm afraid i don't have any pics of these plates since i didn't think about it until after i had it all put together, around step 8 or so.

Comments

[Aethereal]

Is there a way you'd recommend to do this without the punch? As in, would drilling the holes work, or would it be better to just buy a punch?

[armourkris]

Drilling the holes will work, it'll just be a whole hell of a lot slower and you may need to de-burr the inside edges of the holes after.

[Aethereal]

Alright :) Thanks a lot!

Great 'ible, too:)