I saw armor enhancements in the book today, so I thought I'd give them a whirl. One of them didn't start, and the other I couldn't finish. Reinforcing wouldn't start with a pull and didn't get a roundtime for the study, Lightening started, but I couldn't finish because the anvil was too small. Logs follow.

>turn book to chapter 5
You turn your book to chapter 5, entitled "Armor Enhancements".
>read book

-= Chapter 5 : Armor Enhancements =-

Page 1: metal armor lightening Page 4: metal armor reinforcing
Page 2: metal armor tempering Page 5: rare-metal armor tempering
Page 3: metal armor repair

>turn book to page 4
You turn your book to page 4, instructions for crafting metal armor reinforcing.
>study book
You begin to study the instructions and slowly understand how metal armor reinforcing works. You must first disassemble portions of the armor by PULLing it with pliers. Then, it must be placed on an anvil and POUNDED while holding a hammer and tongs to fold and add ridges and guards more resistant to buckling when taking heavy impacts. \
>read book

-= Page 4: Instructions for metal armor reinforcing =-

Metal armor reinforcing is a crafting enhancement in the Forging society under the Armorsmithing crafting discipline. Application of this enhancement will result in a finished good that is an easy piece to make. The difficulty of this will depend on the ingredients used, though knowledge of the Metal Armor Tempering technique will be beneficial to the crafter.

This item is listed as a "finished metal armor enhancement", and is applied using armorsmithing. A crafter may also find it helpful to have finished metal armor enhancement on hand.

A list of ingredients is provided:

(1) finished metal armor piece

>stow left
You put your book in your backpack.
>get plier
You get some plain iron pliers from inside your backpack.
>pull shield with plier
You cannot figure out how to do that. Perhaps finding suitable ingredients and studying some instructions would help.
>stow
You put your shield in your backpack.
>get gaunt
But that is already in your inventory.
>remove gaunt
You pull off some etched steel gauntlets from your hands.
>pull gaunt with plier
You cannot figure out how to do that. Perhaps finding suitable ingredients and studying some instructions would help.
>stow left
You put your pliers in your backpack.
>get book
You get a book of master armorsmithing instructions from inside your backpack.
>study book
You begin to study the instructions and slowly understand how metal armor reinforcing works. You must first disassemble portions of the armor by PULLing it with pliers. Then, it must be placed on an anvil and POUNDED while holding a hammer and tongs to fold and add ridges and guards more resistant to buckling when taking heavy impacts. \
>stow left
You put your book in your backpack.
>get plier
You get some plain iron pliers from inside your backpack.
>pull gaunt with plier
You cannot figure out how to do that. Perhaps finding suitable ingredients and studying some instructions would help.
>stow left
You put your pliers in your backpack.

>turn book to page 1
You turn your book to page 1, instructions for crafting metal armor lightening.
>read book

-= Page 1: Instructions for metal armor lightening =-

Metal armor lightening is a crafting enhancement in the Forging society under the Armorsmithing crafting discipline. Application of this enhancement will result in a finished good that is an extremely easy piece to make. The difficulty of this will depend on the ingredients used, though knowledge of the Metal Armor Fitting technique will be beneficial to the crafter.

This item is listed as a "finished metal armor enhancement", and is applied using armorsmithing. A crafter may also find it helpful to have finished metal armor enhancement on hand.

A list of ingredients is provided:

(1) finished metal armor piece

>study book
You begin to study the instructions and slowly understand how metal armor lightening works. You must first disassemble portions of the armor by PULLing it with pliers. Then, you must spin up a grinding wheel by TURNING it and PUSH the wheel with the armor to grind away sections and reduce its weight. Once finished, you will have to POUR some metalworking oil to protect the metal.
You scan the lightening instructions with a glance and completely understand all facets of the design.
You now feel ready to begin the crafting process.
Roundtime: 6 sec.
>stow left
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You put your book in your backpack.
>stow
You put your gauntlets in your backpack.
>get shield
But that is already in your inventory.
>get shield from backp
You get a steel kite shield from inside your backpack.
>get plier
You get some plain iron pliers from inside your backpack.
>pull shield with plier
Starting at one end, and working to the other, you work your pliers and loosens the fittings of your shield and begin to dismantle it.

Several pieces of the armor are stuck together and must be pounded free.
Roundtime: 20 sec.
>put shield on anvil
The kite shield is too long to fit on the anvil.
>stow left
You put your pliers in your backpack.
>get hamm
You get a steel ball-peen hammer from inside your backpack.
>pound shield with hamm
You need your material on an anvil before you do that.
>put shield on anvil
The kite shield is too long to fit on the anvil.