Scratchbuilt Sten MkII - The Eagle Has Landed

[Nick K]

You're welcome. I enjoy doing this.

 

[Nick K]

Next was making the trigger housing cover. After looking at the drawings I had, I decided to make this from some 1.5mm brass sheet I had. I traced the shape onto it then calculated the width and mirror imaged the opposite side. I then used sharp heavy duty scissors (yes, so long as they are sharp and heavy, they will work the same way as shears). I then folded it together and test fitted it to the housing to make sure it wouldn't spread. I then soldered it together with plenty of solder and even put some epoxy glue in there as well.

 

[Nick K]

Next was the cover which was made from 1.5mm brass sheet.This was a matter of mirroring both sides with the correct width so it sits well, and soldered together.

 

[Nick K]

Sorry about the double-up on some of the pictures. Not sure what is going on.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Very cool!!! I always thought that would make a cool Star Wars blaster also.

 

[blackhearted]

I am working on a sterling on and off but other things seem to take over.

Sir..do you have the layout / blueprint / drawing for the sterling..can you share with us..that would be great.

Awesome progress

Thanks

 

[Nick K]

You can see here that I have drilled a hole through for the fastening screw and also the Fire selector hole as well. In the middle picture, I have cut a slot in the end of the screw, so it can be unscrewed from the opposite side .

 

[Nick K]

Try typing in "Sterling smg" on Google and you will be surprised what comes up. There is also a site that has a PDF "operators Manual" in it.
Good luck
Nick K

 

[Nick K]

The next step was to make the Trigger Pin Cover, and this was made using a small piece of brass sheet and holding it in two pairs of pliers, after cutting to shape, and then bending over the round edge until it is almost 40deg. The edge to be soldered to the housing was then filed flat with a small file and test fitted to make sure that it sat nicely.
I then floaded the area with solder and ground it all smooth with my mini Dremel tool using a cut-off wheel.

 

[spoudastis]

Wow this is a really great build, thanks for sharing!

 

[Nick K]

Finishing off with another appendage. I ended up putting another one on the other side.

 

[Nick K]

The Trigger. What can I say about the trigger. Only that I didn't take photos when I started making it. I copied the drawing I had, onto a piece of cardboard first so that I could get the dimensions right when it was cut out and folded. This was then scribed onto a piece of brass sheet and cut out with snips. This was gently folded in the correct places with a bit of tweaking, and then the hole for the trigger pin was drilled and a piece of brass rod was soldered into place. I then bent a small strip of brass to shape and this was soldered to the front to connect the trigger spring to.

 

[Nick K]

Sorry guys but I don't know what is happening. My pictures don't seem to be coming out. Will have to try and sort it. This looks terrible and untidy.

 

[Nick K]

At the same time I started work on the Barrel and Sleeve. These were made from Alui tube and Galv plumbing fittings that could screw together.

 

[Nick K]

This picture shows the trigger fitted.

 

[Nick K]

Here are better pictures of the barrel housing and barrel with thread connector.

 

[Nick K]

Still having problems getting these pics to show where I want them. Hope this works...

 

[Blaxmyth]

Looking good, Nicko.

We've just got to figure out these photo posting problems you're having.

 

[Blaxmyth]

I'm posting these pics for Nick - because neither he nor I can figure out why he's having issues posting them. Probably because we're too old for this noo fangly stuff... Anyway, here's his pics of the whole thing being test fitted. It's scarily realistic.

 

[Nick K]

Here are some of the pics which didn't seem to come out the first time. (post #34) The galv pipe fittings were turned down on a lathe to fit inside the Pvc pipe I was using for the barrel sleeve and the receiver tube. A piece of Pvc tube was glued to the female pipe fitting and a front sight was fashioned from some styrene and glued on. The other pipe fitting was built up to the correct diameter so it would fit in the barrel sleeve and then glued in place and filer was used to tidy it up.