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| raynerd:
Scuba, yea, please do post up some pics and if I can add them to my site with the fire piston, that`d be good! Aussie, lol, cash always helps! |
| Powder Keg:
I tried making one for a Christmas present. I couldn't get it to work. I'll try and post pictures of it. I think it was too short? ~Wes~ |
| Scuba1:
OK here are a couple of pictures of the 10mm version. I put a Zippo next to it just for size and not because it does not work as it does :D. Anyway it started life as a bit of 14mm SS bar that I chopped in half. Then I drilled through one half and reamed it out to 10mm. The other half I center drilled ( and that bit is for the charred cloth to go in as well as the center during turning. I then turned it down to 9.95mm and put a M5 thread in the other end and a groove for a little o-ring. I had a bit of thicker bar lying around and made a disk out of that with a counter bore to take a M5 cap head screw to stick it on the end with. In the tube I cut a M10 thread with a bit of a 45 degree chamfer to take the o-ring for the M10 end plug that I made out of a SS cap head screw. Drilled the screw to put a key ring on it and job done. You are welcome to use the pictures for your blog and if you want more precise measurements, drop me a line and I will post them as soon as I get home and get my hands on something more accurate then a Zippo lighter. When I get home and remember, I'll take some pictures of the thinner ones I have made to test things but the 10mm works best so far. ATB Michael |
| raynerd:
Nice one Michael, I`ve sent you a pm. Thanks for posting the pictures. |
| Scuba1:
If you want the high res original pictures that you can crop till your hearts content, give me your email and I send them to you for you to crop and chop about. ATB Michael |
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