Copper Chainmaille / 66 hour Time Lapse / Not for the Faint of Heart

Join me, as I craft an entire chainmaille shirt made of copper rings in just over 66 hours real time. This was my first pass at creating such a large piece of chainmaille and I did not follow any templates. I simply ordered 25lbs of copper rings and sat down in front of the camera to capture the adventure.
Music:
Gurren Lagann - Drip Drop
Aria - Kalafina
Whispered - Tsukiakari
Dans la mer de son - Camellia
Just Hold On (To All Fighters) - Void
Intro Filmed by @the_reel_instagraeme
Dragon Mask template by @Wintercroft
BRS Barebones Balisong by @bladerunnerssystems
Time Lapse Info:
1 picture every 5 seconds
47,529 pictures
237,645 seconds
3,960 minutes
66 hours
There were 10 days of prep work that is not shown in the time lapse. I prepared as much European 4 in 1 patterns before hand so I could concentrate on weaving.
The Rings!
All copper rings and small buckles were purchased through The Ring Lord. Highest praise to The Ring Lord for providing their amazing service. Huzzah!
theringlord.com/
Copper ring specs:
400oz of Saw Cut Copper 16g 1/4" rings
Assembled in European 4 in 1
Roughly 2 - 3oz of copper set aside for extra projects
Dragon mask specs:
Wintercroft template, several large cereal boxes, super glue, primer, pre shade, airbrush.
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[@coffeeisthepathtovictory1290]

Every zombie movie ever, could have benefited from someone having chain maille armor.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

I doubt copper would stop even human teeth though - let's be real here. I could stab him to death with a blunt wooden stick through that garbage.

[@shocker1209081]

@@dr.lexwinter8604 Yeah, bit steel would be with it's weight in gold. That said, I'm pretty sure this is butted mail anyway. X/ Without rivets it would be weak no matter what it was made of.

[@insanelynuts3106]

Dr. Lex Winter have you ever seen copper swords or armour? I have no idea how you could ever think human teeth or wood could be stronger than any metal, especially one used historically for warfare. Edit: the Japanese used paper for armour against bows and steel weapons. Plus bronze (not copper) is stronger than iron (not steel) and easier to work with since it can be melted and casted

[@Amongsussy306]

@@dr.lexwinter8604 Bruh I've seen a sword stopped by soda tab chain mail

[@nobodyspecial7506]

You I like you

[@sydney2802]

I still absolutely adore this video. Just today I was thinking of picking up my scalemail shirt again (like this, just using scales from that site and not just rings) and this might be the last push I needed. Thanks for that!

[@tylervincent8450]

He killed it. Big thank you from me I have always wanted to see this. As some one who does this beautiful craft it’s easy to get lost in just how much work and time to takes. Thank you I loved the video

[@tylervincent8450]

I did my suit with galvanized steel 12 wire it was was a party. I think I am about a hundred hours in. I lost count. I love it though

[@ToxicZombieZ888]

this is so cool, im about to attempt this with 12 ga stainless steel and a 4-1 pattern like yours

[@evanglad5413]

Can you make a KZbin video on it please

[@samuelhugo3387]

my condolences

[@ruanbester3988]

why is this video so underrated?

[@oshkiv4684]

Ikr, this is hard work!

[@sarahs1698]

Right?! This is amazing

[@npc1377]

The beginning is cringy that ‘tis why

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

Because it's idiotic to go through the effort of making chainmail and using COPPER of all things. 10% more effort and he'd have had an iron shirt. That and I guess the intro makes him look like a super wanker.

[@bgpg8735]

This is so cool I need to try this 😮

[@evanglad5413]

Wait did you actually make this in just 66 hours that's really quick dude congrats

[@natek3954]

Thanks for sharing!

[@shayne1547]

This is so satisfying to watch, and the music just helps pass the time as well. Well done on the entire build man.

[@sydney2802]

Amazing work!

[@elcatrinc1996]

This was a wild ride from start to finish

[@silverarrow3843]

This pleases my eyes.

[@ethanwible3928]

I plan on doing something similar with 18-gague steel wire. Well done, and I greatly enjoyed this video!

[@evanglad5413]

BTY I was getting really tired because it looks like you put a lot of effort and work into that👍

[@otterotter7603]

Hahahaha! I laughed through the entire beginning! That shit was so cringey it made me choke on my drink! No bullshit man: The music, the chainmail, the dumb necklace you take out for no reason, the mask, the butterfly knife, the sideways beltbuckle, all SCREAMING hot topic anime nerd, all of it is just fucking perfect. I'm showing all my friends, haha Nice job on the chainmail. You should make a video of just that beginning shit though. "Not for the faint of heart" haha priceless.

[@nikkolaus]

So, what medication are you taking for the treatment of the carpal tunnel this gave you?

[@xcwedgecx2436]

my mans hands are *GONE*

[@Dungeonkitty555]

Beast mode

[@vic2ibusan7]

This is fucking amazing dude, I now really want to make one.

[@christiangrant1618]

🙀

[@spacemanlegitsu3330]

I want a golden one with hood. The video is boss why aint ya famous?

[@oshkiv4684]

Get brass, for cheapness

[@richswan8321]

Great work man!

[@oshkiv4684]

I'm almost done with my own chainmail suit, except I soldered all of my rings

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

Im making my own but its butted but understanding the physics its not that weak the way butted armor has been tested is false, before they strike it they attach the mail to something either too sturdy/heavily planted in the ground And Or is too hard unlike a human person, our bodys are squishy And if we are in combat we are usually on gaurd trying to avoid attacks

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

I know im not making historically acurate armor but its still armor

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

@@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897 Really? Are you sure you want to bet your life on that? I've seen hundreds of tests of butted mail, and it never ever sustained even a minor blow no matter what it was on (including on people). At least harden it once you're done. And good on you not using copper like this idiot did.

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

@@dr.lexwinter8604 It works just fine.

[@Chrusttee]

@@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897 Does it offer some protection? Sure, but compared to riveted mail it's garbage. If you're using it for costume, LARPing or collecting that's fine but a person should never use butted mail expecting it to offer the same level of protection as riveted mail.

[@toompyfloyd4074]

Dude that's pretty sweet!

[@ronbird121]

i do a full set and its one hell of work but satisfying to see the progres

[@cyruslupercal9493]

Wouldn't it be faster to just add each row instead of making a row of 3 then addig that? I'm making a 6 in 1 steel chainmail and the first 3 rows are a pain as they tend to contort if I'm not moving them care fully. The 4th on stabilises it. And I find joining to be much slower process.

[@NEOMNIMON]

4in1 is slightly faster when joining pre-assembled 4in1 groups, but 6in1 is definitely faster just adding 1 ring at at time. I'm making a 60lb heavy maille shirt of 14 gauge 6in1, and joining is a hassle. So I only add individual rings.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

He's not exactly ... inspiring with his forethought. Or he'd have used something other than bloody copper. :P

[@brandoncaplan8175]

Watching this in 2x speed is very satisfying lol.

[@dells8504]

Dude, I want that chain mail glove.

[@jonasmoore5673]

This is more admirable and amazing than any of my wildest dreams

[@samuelhugo3387]

i recently started making a chainmail shirt and i estimated that i would need to spend 60+ hours on it based on how much I got done in 3 hours, but it might end up taking me more than 100 hours

[@Eyeslayer]

May seem silly to say this but the video is amazing I would love to see this same video done but with Riveted chainmail I think the time would increase and the prep work would increase but it would be an amazing video to see how you deal with the arms and neck work of a riveted chainmail shirt.

[@Pancake-Fun]

The Human Lightning Catcher™©®

[@antitheist9976]

Nice work mate, a tie is my next project. That is a stunning shirt :)

[@archiegibbs233]

Looks awesome. great work. Really dangerous to wear though. The green rust that develops on copper is wildly toxic if it gets into an open wound, so you'd have to be flawless in making sure it doesn't oxidize.

[@LazyUggugg]

drip or drown

[@currentcomentor1026]

This would be so damn heavy, copper is dense, this is butted rather than rivited so is heavier and weaker than historical rivited chainmail

[@brotherBvideos]

wow bro, idk where you disappeared to, but thank you for such a fine video, I've never seen a video where someone shows the entire process of making a chainmail shirt, fantastic work, wherever you are I hope you're doing great and are very successful, take care

[@GandBeckz]

That is a lot of time. Think if this was riveted mail.

[@pyrosapien4028]

looks good, welded steel rings would be sexier tho

[@pitedapollo6175]

I wonder how hard it is to get into it. Might make one myself

[@The1SilentObserver.9]

How much do u charge for this work? Copper is the power

[@overtotheyouth]

Nice!!

[@babycloud1595]

wow

[@112358miau]

Bruh, ive done this and I know the time it takes. I even did my own rings, I couldnt find good ones online. Copper looks amazing btw. Do you know any place online where I can order good rings? I live in Spain.

[@NelsonOsorio-bf5so]

Ficha técnica precio

[@NelsonOsorio-bf5so]

Order Spain online plis

[@NelsonOsorio-bf5so]

in mani in peso colombiano

[@akinequeen6569]

Hice una cota de malla con capucha en argollas de fantasía fina pero me demoré un mes quizás , difícil hacerla en tan poco, muy poco tiempo

[@sleeperburuk5340]

Now we have a chainmail wielding zombie. Ill aim the head then

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

SWAG

[@KyleCheng2006]

sick man continue the great work!

[@patanahi1022]

It was an awesome make bro. One question why you didn't used steel? As it is more stronger than copper.

[@Zuckerpuppekopf]

Very cool, but I'd advise against wearing it in a lightning and thunder storm....

[@SillyQuackles]

Do you think someone will watch the full video if you set the speed to normal?

[@TheChaosOfNothing]

Made my own peice took me 3 years

[@paulmcdonagh5028]

that's very sad....butted meille......couldn't even be bothered to rivet it!

[@chevyandford500]

Sence copper cost a good amout how much did it cost to buy all the supplies

[@zahariks6430]

my god xD, the death metalcore? / death power grindcore ? it hit so hard, i had the speaker volume maxed up , xD,

[@LegoSwordViedos]

watching at 2X speed

[@hugedickerinokripperino5299]

Viridian be careful u might have a seizure

[@Taylor-xh8uh]

It will last forever

[@evanglad5413]

You should start a job making chainmaille I make jewelry also

[@Къэбэрдей]

Perfect!!! How many cm of inner diameter of the rings?

[@silverpindragon1916]

I'm making a set that uses 16 7/32

[@拉鏈殺手]

😲😲😲😲😲How long does it take?

[@xj7315]

why copper

[@danielhooke6115]

#FiveStars

[@blobt52]

Is it heavy?

[@anonymousstout4759]

Could someone help me about the way to weave the ring?

[@kristofferbae7258]

a pipe.. drill one hole in the pipe... stick the wire in the hole.. start drill.. hold the other end of the wire with plyers. cut the "spring you just made with some plyers

[@joelhutton9748]

Fucking amazing

[@rharris4339]

How did they do this back in the old days?

[@kristofferbae7258]

they where expensive for a reason

[@rockinHurley777]

@@kristofferbae7258 were*

[@kristofferbae7258]

@@rockinHurley777 AmazonCreations*

[@ryudex3705]

Dattebayo

[@ErikAdalbertvanNagel]

sadly it will turn green over time

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

Greens cool though

[@rhov233]

Camouflage!

[@Joe.Rogan.]

100% better if you skip the gay weeb beginning and mute the entire video.

[@indianarhodes5711]

Where did you get the clips? I need something like that to hold my mail together

[@dusanradin5868]

That "music"is awful.

[@asgernyboe5634]

I cant focus on the craftmansship cause of the weeb shit in the background

[@jacoblaszakovits3035]

Same

[@rockinHurley777]

The fuck is this music??

[@FourProngedFork]

So useless lol

[@blobt52]

Is it heavy ?