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Old 02-07-2018, 09:06 PM   #32
mlangsdorf
 
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Default Re: [Cutting-Edge Armor Design] Real World SCA-legal Armour and Ballistics Armour

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Originally Posted by Icelander View Post
I see. But very bulky, no?
This would be how thick?
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With someone who has Machinist to handle the drilling?
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What should the default between Sewing and Armoury (Body Armour; Optional Specialisation: Fabric) be?
So poly composite is DR 28/in. That puts the DR 11 scales at a little less than 1/2" thick, and the DR 5 scales are thinner than the AR500 armor plate upthread. Lamellar and scale have to have overlap in the scales, so call it 1" and 1/2". This isn't a lot worse than a kevlar vest with a ceramic plate, but it is going to make it difficult to armor the joints.

I guess you need Machinist to do the drilling, but this is apprentice level stuff: put a stencil over the scale, mark the 7 spots you're going to drill, clamp the scale to the drill press, work the press 7 times. I'd want to do it in an assembly line, with one guy marking the spots and two guys on two different drill presses drilling the holes because one hole is a different width than the other.

Sewing to Body Armor (Fabric) seems like it would be at -3, same as Smith or Machinist.
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