Armory Series: Armory Basic Clinic
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This fencing equipment repair DVD can help you save money. It has easy to use chapters, great close ups and step by step details. Learn how to do armory repair with this DVD. Fix your foil, epee, sabre or body cord with this 80 minute fencing repair video.
Learn how to:
Foil: Weight test (disassembling point to replace spring), replace a broken blade (dry or electric), disassembling a weapon into parts, cutting a blade, canting a blade, threading a blade, assembling a weapon from parts, 2 prong or bayonet socket, wiring a foil blade using slow dry glue including point assembly (if you want to use rapid glue check out the epee blade chapter)
Epee: Weight test (disassembling point to replace spring), shim test (making contact spring adjustments), replace a broken blade (dry or electric), disassembling a weapon into parts, cutting a blade, canting a blade, threading a blade, assembling a weapon from parts, wiring an epee blade using rapid glue including point assembly (if you want to see the slow dry glue method check out the foil chapter)
Sabre: Replace a broken blade (dry or electric), disassembling a sabre into parts, assemble a sabre from parts, convert a sabre from dry to electric, the difference between foil and sabre sockets and converting both 2 prong and bayonet foil sockets to sabre
Body Cord: Stripping and rewiring a body cord plug to fix a break in the wire
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I agree whole-heartedly with the previous reviewer that this product is outstanding. While I have watched others at my club fix things, I am brand new to the armory so I don't mind the almost comical simplicity of the language and presentation. Moreover, I appreciate how considerate the authors are of various techniques to accomplish the same task-- especially considering people who don't have the most expensive tools. Don't have a pipe to can't a blade? Well here's how you can do it with a wrench, etc. Even the edits are well-considered in my opinion-- they show you enough to understand how to accomplish a task without making you wait while they screw something all the way down, try it again if more refinement is needed, etc. I also appreciated the occasional explanation of terms (clearly they have in mind someone like me who doesn't know all the armory terms yet) and clear presentation of tools. I would offer that on occasion, they could be more specific about a particular tool (what KIND of screwdriver?) but the little insert that comes with the DVD helps to sort this out.
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If you ever wanted an all-in-one video illustrating everything you pretty much need to know on how to fix your weapons, this is it! You won't be sorry because it's totally worth it for the price.
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