I made a few handles a while ago out of once fired cartridge cases and piffed them. I had a few members contact me to see where they could purchase the components. (I have not seen them for sale anywhere). I found some scrap brass so I made up some pieces to give away.
The pic below shows the (7) threaded nipples I made along with the knurled aluminum base caps. The nipples fit 30 caliber casings. (30-30, 308, 30-06, etc. -I made one in 303 British for my English Tech) The pic of the 30-06 casing shows how the pieces should be assembled. The winner provides their own cartridge casing. I use JB Weld to glue everything together. Some steel wool applied to the inner case neck is advisable. Clean the surfaces to be adhered after removing the surface corrosion.
I have been impressed by the craftsmanship of many of the woodturners on this site. For you guys I made some longer threaded nipples for use with turned wood handles. The shaft is slightly under .250" so it will easily glue into a 1/4" hole. The length will distribute the stresses over a longer portion of the handle to prevent cracking of the wood at the tip.
Shipping rates from Canada can be pretty high, so here's my idea for a way to share the expense.
For this pif, I'll restrict this to CONUS (where the large % of our members reside) to keep the shipping costs down. Shipping within the USA should be under $5.
1. I'll let the post run for a while, then pick winner #1. I'll mail everything to winner#1, at my expense.
2. Winner #1 picks one or two sets to keep.
3. Winner #1 then picks Winner #2 from this post and mails all the remaining pieces to Winner#2, at Winner #1's expense.
4. Winner #2 picks one or two sets and winner #3. Winner#2 pays for the shipping to Winner #3
5. You get the idea, this continues until all the pieces are gone.
Winners can use any method to pick the next winner.
It would be nice to see some of the handles posted on this thread, or start a new one to share your project.
If there is interest, I'll make more.
For interested international members: If you are interested, and would agree to paying for international shipping (about twice the cost), let us know in a post on this thread. If there is enough interest, I'll make more and do an international pif. Same method, I'll pay shipping for winner #1.
Oh yeah -just say "I'm in".
The pic below shows the (7) threaded nipples I made along with the knurled aluminum base caps. The nipples fit 30 caliber casings. (30-30, 308, 30-06, etc. -I made one in 303 British for my English Tech) The pic of the 30-06 casing shows how the pieces should be assembled. The winner provides their own cartridge casing. I use JB Weld to glue everything together. Some steel wool applied to the inner case neck is advisable. Clean the surfaces to be adhered after removing the surface corrosion.
I have been impressed by the craftsmanship of many of the woodturners on this site. For you guys I made some longer threaded nipples for use with turned wood handles. The shaft is slightly under .250" so it will easily glue into a 1/4" hole. The length will distribute the stresses over a longer portion of the handle to prevent cracking of the wood at the tip.
Shipping rates from Canada can be pretty high, so here's my idea for a way to share the expense.
For this pif, I'll restrict this to CONUS (where the large % of our members reside) to keep the shipping costs down. Shipping within the USA should be under $5.
1. I'll let the post run for a while, then pick winner #1. I'll mail everything to winner#1, at my expense.
2. Winner #1 picks one or two sets to keep.
3. Winner #1 then picks Winner #2 from this post and mails all the remaining pieces to Winner#2, at Winner #1's expense.
4. Winner #2 picks one or two sets and winner #3. Winner#2 pays for the shipping to Winner #3
5. You get the idea, this continues until all the pieces are gone.
Winners can use any method to pick the next winner.
It would be nice to see some of the handles posted on this thread, or start a new one to share your project.
If there is interest, I'll make more.
For interested international members: If you are interested, and would agree to paying for international shipping (about twice the cost), let us know in a post on this thread. If there is enough interest, I'll make more and do an international pif. Same method, I'll pay shipping for winner #1.
Oh yeah -just say "I'm in".
