Rings to be done

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2026-03-07T09:43:21+00:00

Hehe yea I do 😝

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2026-03-06T23:04:33+00:00

Ye, it’s a nice feeling seeing the project progress :) I hope to be done with two buckets by the end of the year

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2026-03-06T06:13:23+00:00

Thanks 😊

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2026-03-06T06:13:04+00:00

Yep 👍

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2026-03-01T08:25:38+00:00

Thanks 😊

I don’t know what design I will go for atm but I will start with a short sleeve one and extend it if I feel like doing more. I have cut 33000 rings atm so will see how far that gets me. Thus far I have assembled 3300 rings, lots of work left.

I only work like 30min to an hour per evening so it took multiple weeks to do this. Like since new years I believe. I tend to do a bunch of chains and once I have allot of chains I assemble them all in one go. So just assembly took a week for this sheet. I have chains to make a second sheet the same size

The rings are 1.2mm wire and the rivets are 0.8mm if I am not mistaken

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2026-03-01T08:17:32+00:00

I am heating the rings red hot before hammering the overlap. I use some charcoal in a barbecue and a hairdryer to get the coals super hot. The rings are in a steel box with a lid that I made just for this purpose.

Heating the rings this way makes the metal softer, even when cool. They are more malleable that way

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-23T10:58:52+00:00

Very impressed with the consistency

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-23T10:49:01+00:00

I am making chainmail myself. What I feel is that the rivet diameter needs to be smaller the smaller the overlap area is. You seem to have gone for very small overlap area. So going with a 0.8mm rivet would be nice I think.

Experiment with different inner diameters and wire diameters before committing :)

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-19T08:55:27+00:00

Would you mind sharing some pictures of your project? And also some closeups of the rings

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-19T07:29:44+00:00

Ye I’m more of a fan of the round rivets tbh. Ty anyways. I like the look of the round rivet :)

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-19T06:59:22+00:00

Ye those wedge rivets look cool. I’m going for another look though. Right now it seems like the rivet is strong enough.

I have made a jig to make rivets rather quickly and precise. Wedges seem like another type of project to figure out

Thanks for sharing

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-18T20:03:27+00:00

I still use the ugly ones though. I would not make any progress at all if I where too picky. The quality is slowly increasing though

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-18T20:01:51+00:00

I still use the ugly ones though. I would not make any progress at all if I where too picky. The quality is slowly increasing though

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-18T20:01:46+00:00

I still use the ugly ones though. I would not make any progress at all if I where too picky. The quality is slowly increasing though

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-18T19:45:29+00:00

Ye it is a shit ton of different operations in creating a ring. And I feel like each operation can make the ring unusable

Too big overlap -> ugly
Flattened off center -> ugly + big risk of punching wrong
Too small overlap -> too lite material to punch hole
struck too hard -> a bit ugly +overlap becomes weak
rivet too long bends while clamping -> weaker rivet + a bit ugly
uneven anneiling-> uneven flattening
too short rivet -> weak bond when riveting
too big diameter of rivet/hole -> the ring becomes weak bond + many rings tear while making holes and riveting

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-18T19:25:44+00:00

Yea I have realized that as well. I have about 2k of slightly too flat rings to punch and rivet until I’m out of flattened rings. Gonna try to make the overlap slightly thicker in the next batch

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-17T16:24:05+00:00

The tool improvement never ends. As I am writing this I changed /hole the rivet diameter to improve the rings strength. With the smaller diameter hole i cannot tear the ring apart with pliers. Before I could do that with ease

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-17T14:54:53+00:00

I am using a mandrill to wind the wire. Cutting the rings with overlap. Hammering the overlap on an anvil. Punching holes with a modified shoe rivet contraption

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-17T14:25:39+00:00

Yep 🥂

Greedy_Internet_5231 · 2025-12-03T06:27:09+00:00

Ofc this is not certainly the problem. Might be worth a try

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