First step away from kits.

[edlea]

This is my first ever step away from the standard kit pen . Inspired by paulm and borrowing his idea for a new type 'Bullet Pen' I dug out some old WWI .303 brass cases that came off a WWI army firing range on a Lancashire beach.Had a few problems at first due to the .303's pronounced full length taper and in the end had to make a jig (is that the right description ) to allow me to cut them straight. This first one is miles away from being perfect but I've enjoyed doing it and hopefully they will get better before I run out of shell cases. C & C's as per please.
Soz about the photo ,taken in artificial light.

P.S Can anyone spot the Johnny Foreigner in the picture ?

 

[Woody]

Well done Ed it looks good mate

 

[Terry]

Who's a clever boy then !!!!!!

 

[Neil]

This is my first ever step away from the standard kit pen . Inspired by paulm and borrowing his idea for a new type 'Bullet Pen' I dug out some old WWI .303 brass cases that came off a WWI army firing range on a Lancashire beach.Had a few problems at first due to the .303's pronounced full length taper and in the end had to make a jig (is that the right description ) to allow me to cut them straight. This first one is miles away from being perfect but I've enjoyed doing it and hopefully they will get better before I run out of shell cases. C & C's as per please.
Soz about the photo ,taken in artificial light.

P.S Can anyone spot the Johnny Foreigner in the picture ?

Johnny Foreigner? What are we looking for, Chinese cockle picker?


Sorry very tasteless!

 

[Doug]

That's a cracking effort Ed, one to be proud of

I dug out some old WWI .303 brass cases that came off a WWI army firing range on a Lancashire beach.

They from your national service days ? You've had them a long time. Is the Johnny foreigner the one under the clip end of your pen

 

[edlea]

Johnny Foreigner? What are we looking for, Chinese cockle picker?


Sorry very tasteless!

No Neil ...there's an odd shell case in the sample of .303s it's stamped DM and dated Nov 1914 (11. 14)

 

[bellringer]

very good going with the good old 7.7×56mmR

 

[Jim]

Cracking effort Ed, it has a super finish and looks very nice indeed ...

Would that be the 7x57 case i see under the center of the pen ..

 

[Grump]

Very nicely done Ed a step from your comfort zone to a fine result.
I was looking at the one under the middle too init?

 

[bellringer]

the one in the middle is not the same

 

[Grump]

the one in the middle is not the same

Hooray that's why its the the foreigner init?

 

[edlea]

Yep it's the one in the middle ..A German Mauser 7.92 S-Patrone. Head marked...11 14 DM ( Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Nov1914)

 

[paulm]

Oh, I thought it was the one on the Left that hadn't been fired. Dammm

 

[paulm]

Very Nice Ed, I like the way you've modelled it too.

 

[stevenw1963]

well done that ex pink panther

 

[Neil]

Ed, that's excellent, I'd enter that in a comp if I were you!!!

I disappeared into my shed after David posted his tutorial with the aim of trying to find a way of eradicating the join in the wood. The results were that I emerged with two table lamps and a botched pen. However I resorted to using a method of hiding the join in a box using burn lines and I put a couple of very fine lines equal distance from the top as the join plus another line was from the bottom so ending up with two pairs of fine lines. Son nicked the pen but it hid the join as it was made of oak and fairly featureless so the break in the grain didn't give it away.

 

[Lons]

Looks great

I've got my shell cases from Alex, just waiting for my delivery of kits and I'm going to have a go (might take a few tries)

Bob

 

[edlea]

Ed, that's excellent, I'd enter that in a comp if I were you!!!

I disappeared into my shed after David posted his tutorial with the aim of trying to find a way of eradicating the join in the wood. The results were that I emerged with two table lamps and a botched pen. However I resorted to using a method of hiding the join in a box using burn lines and I put a couple of very fine lines equal distance from the top as the join plus another line was from the bottom so ending up with two pairs of fine lines. Son nicked the pen but it hid the join as it was made of oak and fairly featureless so the break in the grain didn't give it away.

Like the idea of hiding the join Neil will put that on the agenda...trust you to take me away from my comfort zone .....AGAIN !!!!!

 

[Penpal]

I was more interested in the pen you made it rugged and the timber suits it so well. Excellent pen a mate since Vietnam has made thousands using a cartridge cut this way and Tasmanian timbers from his brother who lives in Tasmania as a fund raiser for Vietnam Vets.

Unusual stepping goes well the style makes it yours.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[edlea]

Looks great

I've got my shell cases from Alex, just waiting for my delivery of kits and I'm going to have a go (might take a few tries)

Bob

Bob not wanting to teach grandma to suck eggs but I had problems with cutting the softish shell cases straight. At first I couldn't see what I was doing wrong ..then the penny dropped. I was using a drilled blank as a jig.... thing was ,because of the taper of the shell case it was only being held where the case entered the blank, in fact it was acting like a pivot when pressure was applied with the saw....see sketch... eventually I came up with the device below and it works a treat . Not sure whether the taper is as severe on Alex's cases though.

Ed