cayman shen
Master Member
I wanted to post a few progress picsof my Freddy glove. I still need to shorten the index and pinkie a smidge, drill holes, etc etc. But for the most part the bottom bit is done.
This is my second one. The first I used a template I found online. Didn't like it--too stubby. I wanted the long finger look of the part 1 glove. So I did my own templates. I can see there's about a million inaccuracies, (including way too thick backplate--oops!) but I can't keep buying copper everytime I flub, so...it'll clearly be a Freddy glove, just not perfectly accurate. I worked out the finger tips with scrap aluminum and flashing, so they're just how I want them and should go more smoothly than the lower finger trial and error.
The glove needs to be darker and have the cuff tape added, but for a cheapo glove, it has the details I wanted, namely ball and tape wrist and straight thumb. Twelve bucks. I'll get the trim and dirt it up more later. Pretty sure the ball's gotta be red too.
Questions: what rivets? And are the finger rings brass? They look it. And finally, anyone got a good substitute for the overly pricey real tomato knives? I've seen a few, but they're over long.
This is my second one. The first I used a template I found online. Didn't like it--too stubby. I wanted the long finger look of the part 1 glove. So I did my own templates. I can see there's about a million inaccuracies, (including way too thick backplate--oops!) but I can't keep buying copper everytime I flub, so...it'll clearly be a Freddy glove, just not perfectly accurate. I worked out the finger tips with scrap aluminum and flashing, so they're just how I want them and should go more smoothly than the lower finger trial and error.
The glove needs to be darker and have the cuff tape added, but for a cheapo glove, it has the details I wanted, namely ball and tape wrist and straight thumb. Twelve bucks. I'll get the trim and dirt it up more later. Pretty sure the ball's gotta be red too.
Questions: what rivets? And are the finger rings brass? They look it. And finally, anyone got a good substitute for the overly pricey real tomato knives? I've seen a few, but they're over long.