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Heavy Cores

Postby Tails » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:06 am

Are Fiberglass cores, the heaviest legal cores we have in this game?
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Re: Heavy Cores

Postby Steele » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:42 am

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought pvc was heavier?
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Re: Heavy Cores

Postby Caleidah » Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:51 am

Tails wrote:Are Fiberglass cores, the heaviest legal cores we have in this game?

They're the heaviest good cores. If you're planning on making a training weapon, you'd probably want to do fiberglass just so that it lasts for a reasonable amount of time.
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Re: Heavy Cores

Postby Tiberius Claudius » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:09 pm

Wood is legal, but you have to pad it sufficiently. It's a case of diminishing returns and a narrow effective window.
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Re: Heavy Cores

Postby Tyranastraz » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:57 pm

You could get really thick pvc, but the amount of force the weapon will hit with will make it illegal.
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Re: Heavy Cores

Postby Naphtali » Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:51 am

Has anyone tried injecting that expanding foam insulation into pvc to strengthen it, especiall on longer swords or pole arms? I figure it wouldn't be much heavier.
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Re: Heavy Cores

Postby Sir Thurat » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:04 pm

The expanding foam (Great Stuff) doesn't do anything as far as stability goes. Once dry, it is brittle and weak. That, at least, is my understanding of it. I haven't tried it personally, but it has been thrown around these boards before.
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Re: Heavy Cores

Postby Tails » Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:11 pm

Thurat wrote: Once dry, it is brittle and weak.
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