Gauntlet Assembly Instructions

Thank you for purchasing this template. Please note that you are NOT permitted to sell or redistribute this
template in any way. However, you are more than welcome to sell the gauntlets that you create from it.
This template is for a LEFT gauntlet. To make the RIGHT gauntlet, just flip the pieces over and then
trace them.
First, I suggest tracing the pieces out onto poster board and assembling a paper gauntlet first. This gives
you the opportunity to check each piece for fitment. You may need to change the location of the holes, or
trim or extend certain pieces to fit your arm and hand better. You can use thumbtacks as temporary rivets
for your paper gauntlet, and simply bend the sharp end over to secure it in position while you check your
fitment. If you decide to skip this step and go right for the paper gauntlet, I suggest holding off on drilling
the holes until your parts are bent and formedotherwise you may find that your holes may not line up
where you want them. Also, the hole sizes will be determined by the size of nails you end up using for
rivets, which is why the hole size is not labeled.
Once you have all the pieces cut out, you can begin shaping them as you saw me do in the video.
Once the pieces are shaped and you have ensured that each piece fits properly into the pieces next to it,
you can begin assembly. All arrows on the parts point towards the fingertips.
Start with the finger tips (F1). This piece needs to be riveted through the glove, a strip of leather that is
the length of your finger, and then finally through the F1 fingerplate. I suggest placing F1 on the end of
your finger while wearing a glove, and marking through the hole so you know where to make the hole in
the glove. Then once the hole is made, insert a rivet (a cut nail) inside the glove and push it through the
hole. Then punch a hole though the strip of leather and place it on the finger of the glove, pushing the
rivet though the hole in the leather strip as well. Then place the F1 fingerplate on the rivet. Insert
something hard into the finger to use as a sort of "mini anvil" and then hammer the cut nail flat, securing
the fingerplate, leather strip, and glove together. At this point you will need to measure the spacing for the
rest of the fingerplates. This will be different for different hand sizes and gloves. Once you determine
where to punch the holes in the leather strip, you can insert a rivet in each hole and rivet the F2
fingerplates to the leather strip. The final fingerplate is F3. Both of the rivets attaching F3 need to be
riveted through the glove, leather strip, and the F3 fingerplate. This is how all of the fingers are made.
Below is how many fingerplates you need for each finger:
Pointer finger: F1, F2, F2, F2, F2, F3
Middle finger: F1, F2, F2, F2, F2, F2, F3
Ring finger: F1, F2, F2, F2, F2, F3
Pinky finger: F1, F2, F2, F2, F3
Thumb: F1, F2, F2, F2, F2, Thumb Base (the final F2 piece in the thumb must be riveted through the
glove, leather strip, and F2 fingerplate. Then the Thumb Base covers over the final F2 rivet)

Now place the Knuckle accent (teardrop shaped) pieces on the Knuckleplate. These may require some
bending and shaping to conform to the curves of the Knuckleplate. Once they are fitting properly, drill
two rivet holes in the Knuckles, and then carefully mark the Knuckleplate for corresponding holes to be
drilled. Then using brass rod (or regular nails if you are making the accent pieces in steel and not brass)
make rivets as you see me do in the video. Be sure to place a small spacer under the Knuckle so that you
don't crush the Knuckle when you hammer the rivets. Put the rivet in the holes and then hammer from the
other side, securing the rivet.
Now attach Hand1 to the rear of the Knuckleplate. Using roofing nails, rivet the parts together. These
rivets will need to remain loose, so do not hammer them too tightly.
Attach Hand2 to the rear of Hand1 in the same manner, and then attach Hand3 to the rear of Hand2. All
of these rivets need to be loose.
Attach Wrist1 to the rear of Hand3, in the same manner as the hand parts. Again, keep these rivets loose.
At this point you can place the assembled hand parts (Knuckleplate, Hand1, Hand2, Hand3 and
Wrist1) On your hand inside the glove. Determine the best place for the assembly, and then mark the
glove through the two front holes in the Knuckleplate. Punch holes through the glove in those two spots,
and then rivet the Knuckleplate to the glove. These two rivets should be tight, not loose like the others.
If you are going to attach the scrollwork accents, now is the time to do it. Drill the holes in the accents as
marked on the template. Hold the accents against the Vambrace and mark a single hole on the Vambrace
through one of the holes in the accent piece. Drill the hole through the Vambrace, and then rivet the
accent piece to the Vambrace. Then move on and mark off the next hole and repeat. Do this one hole at a
time to ensure that the holes in the Vambrace match up to the holes in the accent pieces.
Mark the place on the glove where the final two holes in Wrist1 are. Punch holes through the glove in
these two places.
Now insert Wrist2 to the rear of Wrist1, but do not rivet it yet. Wrist2 goes UNDER Wrist1. Place the
Vambrace over the rear of Wrist1 and then insert a rivet through the glove, then Wrist2, then Wrist1,
then finally the Vambrace. Wrist1, Wrist2, and the Vambrace all share this final hole. These to final
rivets need to be loose, not tight.
Note that Wrist2 is almost always unseen. It is there only to hide the gap that is seen when you bend your
wrist all the way, otherwise there would be a place where your wrist would show.