Did somebody say... lightsaber?

[YNM]

2 hours ago, Scotius said:

And not pouring it molten into the mould - like Hollywood loves to depict swordmaking *shudders*

What a treason...

[Mayer]

6 hours ago, Scotius said:

Well, at least he is hammering his would-be sword on an anvil. And not pouring it molten into the mould - like Hollywood loves to depict swordmaking *shudders*

Sword casting was done frequently in the bronze age.

[Hay]

On 9-12-2017 at 5:48 PM, Green Baron said:

Correction mine. And now we have a faintly glowing connection to (medieval) science

But what if he's making a Sith sword?

[Green Baron]

A Sithsmith then ? Or a Smithsith ? :-)

That reminds me of Saint-John Smythe. Off topic ....

Edited December 10, 2017 by Green Baron

[kerbiloid]

7 hours ago, Green Baron said:

A Sithsmith then ? Or a Smithsith ? :-)

A Sikh smith became a Sith.

[Green Baron]

That would be the first Sikhsithsmith i ever heard of ...

[cfds]

8 hours ago, Green Baron said:

That would be the first Sikhsithsmith i ever heard of ...

I hope he doesn't get sick...

[kerbiloid]

A Sikh Sith smith seeks six sick sickles.

[StrandedonEarth]

1 hour ago, kerbiloid said:

A Sikh Sith smith seeks six sick sickles.

Now say that six times really fast 

[DAL59]

guy also has been working on an iron man suit for a year, but despite being cool, using 6 fans that are each 2 feet in diameter makes it basically just a drone with a person hanging onto it.    

Believe it or not, each fan can only lift 5 kilograms!  

So they will need a jetpack and a giant drone they are standing beneath.

[0111narwhalz]

4 hours ago, DAL59 said:

5 kilograms

 

4 hours ago, DAL59 said:

6 fans

Something doesn't add up here.

[K^2]

5 hours ago, 0111narwhalz said:

Something doesn't add up here.

Their projected thrust was about five times higher.

[kerbiloid]

(Somebody should leave this here)

Iron Man Suit vs Jedi Light Sabre

[magnemoe]

On 10.12.2017 at 5:20 AM, Mayer said:

Sword casting was done frequently in the bronze age.

True, but not steel, note that you want to melt the steel to get rid of the slag, then you have to forge it. 
This is also done today, you get an huge block of steel then you roll it down to an more fitting size who also forge it. 
We was not able to melt steel until around 14-1500 at least not in practical quantities, suddenly swords became much thinner, granted this was also because of guns started making armor more obsolete so you wanted an light cutting sword over an heavy one more suited for dealing with armor. 

[DAL59]

On 12/20/2017 at 1:40 AM, 0111narwhalz said:

Something doesn't add up here.

Yep.  He's going to be using a jetpack, in addition to being suspended under a drone.  

[DDE]

9 hours ago, DAL59 said:

Yep.  He's going to be using a jetpack, in addition to being suspended under a drone.  

Might as well use a helicopter at this point.

[kerbiloid]

And with a knight suit it would be a one-man helitank.