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« on: March 25, 2012, 09:16:32 am » |
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Righty-ho, Rather than continue to dribble photos onto the 'collective thread' I will run a thread on this gun build. The motive - I need a Rather Big Gun for a steampunk exhibition later in the year. The beginning.  A nice old rifle stock with clips for the sling still attached. Now the basic parts I begin the build with.  I am adding an old Rega pump sprayer, and a Rega stirrup pump, these two units use the same thread so they come together well. I have added a brass pressure gauge to the rear of the brass Rega sprayer canister, it fits like a glove.  I am using old brass valves and other bits to create some plumbing detail where possible.  So far so good - not too much modding to the rifle stock to take the brass parts, and I can use the pump sprayer trigger to make the gun trigger. More as it evolves. |
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 09:46:12 am » |
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Call that big? I am still waiting for someone to build a steampunk bazooka (which SHOULD be part musical instrument)  |
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2012, 03:23:35 pm » |
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Call that big? I am still waiting for someone to build a steampunk bazooka (which SHOULD be part musical instrument) I'm thinking a brass and copper howitzer ought to be pretty epic even if only decorative.. ;d |
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2012, 04:40:52 pm » |
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Call that big? I am still waiting for someone to build a steampunk bazooka (which SHOULD be part musical instrument) I just though of a combination trombone and rocket launcher |
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2012, 04:50:11 pm » |
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Nice start to a nice gun.
Looks like it will end up being rather heavy.
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2012, 11:32:56 pm » |
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Call that big? I am still waiting for someone to build a steampunk bazooka (which SHOULD be part musical instrument) I can do you a fire breathing pipe organ Gattling gun. http://thepressurecompany.org/devices/bass-cannonCliff, Sweet bit of pipe fitting there. Always like to see it done properly. |
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« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2012, 03:01:22 am » |
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Anyone want one of these??
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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2012, 03:10:06 am » |
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Mad Uncle your very nice gun has been upstaged by a tubing bender. Tough act to follow. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2012, 03:17:09 am » |
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The tube bender is for use mostly with boats, I think, so probably only useful for really big builds! As for all the small, fiddly brass & copper tubes for smaller builds, is there a tube bender small enough, or could you use a jewellers wire bending form?
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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2012, 07:00:10 am » |
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The tube bender is for use mostly with boats, I think, so probably only useful for really big builds! As for all the small, fiddly brass & copper tubes for smaller builds, is there a tube bender small enough, or could you use a jewellers wire bending form?
For small tube I use solid rod, no problems with tube kinking that way. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2012, 01:20:06 pm » |
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Do you have to heat it first?
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maduncle
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« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2012, 09:32:49 pm » |
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Do you have to heat it first?
Not really, the small diameter hobby shop brass rod can be bent cold by hand, I normally grip it in a vice at the bend point and tap it with a hammer to bend it. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2012, 10:07:40 pm » |
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Oh.
It's still a nice gun - is it finished yet?
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« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2012, 05:54:42 am » |
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Is it finished yet???
Crikey - I only started it last Saturday, give me another couple of weeks to get it to the 'basically done' stage and then allow me the rest ofthe year to work through the 'always adding one more bit' stage and then it might be finished.
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2012, 12:45:07 pm » |
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How about now? Is it done now?
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« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2012, 02:02:45 pm » |
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Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) |
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« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2012, 11:44:32 pm » |
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Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) Pipe down in the back you two - or I will turn this thread around and take you home! And no ice cream!! |
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« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2012, 01:05:02 am » |
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"Are we there yet?"
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« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2012, 08:07:16 pm » |
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Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) Pipe down in the back you two - or I will turn this thread around and take you home! And no ice cream!! But I was told there would be cake  |
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« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2012, 08:19:30 pm » |
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I want custard.
or pineapple upside down cake.
or cherry pie....
of course with that cherry pie I would want vanilla ice cream so....
I'm sorry.
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« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2012, 08:40:07 pm » |
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Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? Are we nearly there yet? (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) Pipe down in the back you two - or I will turn this thread around and take you home! And no ice cream!! But I was told there would be cake The cake is a lie. But seriously, are we there yet now!? (all that shiny brass has made me impatient) |
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« Reply #21 on: March 29, 2012, 07:34:58 am » |
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Sheesh!
Pressure!
Okay - I will do some more work on the RBG this weekend and then post some pictures.
But I am having Easter off to go to Adelaide.
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« Reply #22 on: March 29, 2012, 07:43:05 am » |
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Why would you want to go to Adelaide?  |
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« Reply #24 on: March 29, 2012, 02:09:22 pm » |
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Back in the days of WWI, local governments in Oz went a bit peculiar about towns with German names, so they promptly went around changing them all to suitably 'English' ones: Germantown became Holbrook (WWI Submarine captain ace with a VC - English, of course - Australians weren't considered bright enough to captain their own ships, in the main) for example. but they forgot that Adelaide had been named after a German princess!
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