Personal Customised Mayle

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  Step 1

  Wind some wire (galvanized gardening/electric fence wire 1.2mm gauge around a metal dowel (5mm diameter) into a coil, stretch wire into a spring, cut the links (will be shown how in a new topic soon) and then the fun really begins..

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  Step 2

  I made a waistcoat out of a felt mix material and started piecing together the mayle

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  Step 3

  As you can see I got quite a bit of the front covered before I decided do remove the backing from this project

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  Step 4

  As its an ornate test piece I decided to use up some of my spare brass and copper wires and do an inlay design (this design moves from the front to the back once or twice throughout

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  Step 5

  Without the backing and with rough chains measuring the minimum spacing (helps its exactly symmetrical) so I know where to fill in the gaps

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  Step 6

  Yes, i happened to also have these metal plates lying around my workspace so I incorporated them in too. Current ring count is roughly 10,000 separate links

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  Step 7

  Testing to make sure its still a comfortable fit (better to make it too big than too small as most people choose to wear thick padding on underneath it, I however do not)

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  Step 8

  Took the paint off the plates and still filling in the spaces

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  Step 9

  Took the plates out to work on them some more, mainly drill more holes, polish them up and engrave a design onto them

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  Step 10

  Polished up with 3 grades of sandpaper, coarse medium and fine for that extra gleam!

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  Step 11

  Took the amount of plates down to 4 from 6 and etched a design on the remaining ones with my hobby-tool. Leather thonging was woven through the links to try to lessen any gaps (I should have drilled more holes)

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  Step 12

  all 4 with big gaps at the side

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  Step 13

  Completed! Until I add the sleeves that is. Next pictures will show the size comparison of the links

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  Step 14

  A 2 pence piece on the vest (right hand side) for scale comparison. Next picture is a close-up.

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  Step 15

  Current Ring count sits at about 20,000 links

• Step 16

  I had a look at a few pieces in the museum and to keep accuracy and overcme the slight design flaw, im going to alter the layout where the steel plates are

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