phillips head anyone ?

[slim1836]

I just received a package of samples from oldpara and to say anything other than I'm amazed is an understatement. The man is truly a craftsman. These samples will forever hold a special place in my heart as well as my shelf for all who visit to see.

Tried to take pictures but camera had dead batteries and no spares to be found in the house, just my luck.

I just love them.

Thanks again Dana,

slim

[SlippShodd]

I was playing around with a really useless style, a pencil sharpener bullet thing, got it all modeled and programmed and well....
Tell me, what's wrong with this picture ??

Gonna be an interesting looking sprue plate. ;P

mike
(p.m. inbound)

[SciFiJim]

Duplicate post!

[SciFiJim]

I was playing around with a really useless style, a pencil sharpener bullet thing, got it all modeled and programmed and well....


Tell me, what's wrong with this picture ??

It would be unbalanced. It would also allow gas to flow through the boolit, resulting in gas cutting and leading.

[taco650]

I was playing around with a really useless style, a pencil sharpener bullet thing, got it all modeled and programmed and well....


Tell me, what's wrong with this picture ??

Slot needs to be cone shaped not uniform like you have it. "Blade" section needs to have an edge not rounded over. How about starting with a hollow base design and just deepen the opening in the base? It's 2245 hours as I write this so my brain is almost ready to shut down for the night. Hope these ideas inspire you.

[oldpara]

It would be unbalanced. It would also allow gas to flow through the boolit, resulting in gas cutting and leading.

Like you said, the gas cutting because of the slot is what I was focused on. I'd have been "blowing smoke" and lead coating the barrel with that one.

And unbalanced, oh yea !

I have to be careful of undercuts in the mold so I have to take "artistic something or other" to fudge it and be resonably sure it will work.

But you guys are catching all kinds of stuff here, and you're right......

I think I screwd up the images, I was culling some off of photobucket and oops.
Anyway heres the latest iteration:



It's not high on my priority but if I can manage it I'll try cutting a mold.

[TheDoctor]

Gas check it!

[oldpara]

Gas check it!

I was going to add a gas check base, that was an option I thought about, but then I thought, what would be the point.
It certainly isn't going to be fired at 1400fps, at least not by me, and even loaded moderately it will probably shoot as well as it sharpens pencils.

[oldpara]

Anyone for a round of golf ?





Serious undercuts in this mold... back to the drawing board.

[Doc_Stihl]

What about an arrow head?
Knapped Flint shape?

[taco650]

Switch the ball to a basketball or the nose of a football.

[oldpara]

Switch the ball to a basketball or the nose of a football.

Ahhhhhh.....
He's doing it to me again !

[oldpara]

What about an arrow head?
Knapped Flint shape?

Mmmm, that's going to take a new technique.

[Hogdaddy]

Great workmanship,, Unique to say the least ; ) PS Keep up the art work
H/D

[shredder]

I keep coming back to this thread. So much fun to read. Thanks for sharing your designs with us!

Al

[oldpara]

What about an arrow head?
Knapped Flint shape?

You realize of course, I had to look up Knapped flint shape....

Heres my quick and dirty first shot at an arrow head.



That's a tough thing to model on the fly.

[oldpara]

Switch the ball to a basketball or the nose of a football.

Here ya go taco

[taco650]

Here ya go taco

Thank you! I only suggested these two because I thought you might be able to make a mold to match. The golf ball has all those dents to get lined up but the football or basketball has uniform lines that could be aligned with the mold halves.

[oldpara]

After I modeled the football and basketball, I told my wife "I could make molds for these, they look good", she rolls her eyes, smiles and says to bad you couldn't make a really large mold, they look like trophies.
She's right except for the casting of five pound bullets..... Sounds like foundry work to me
But, for someone who relly likes football, basketball, and shooting these would make nice bullets.
Thanks Taco, another good one
Only three months left till closing, I'm going to have to hustle.

[taco650]

Football might actually spin, ha ha!