Noeland
Master Member
SO, I finally finished this sucker up . . . mostly.
I've been tinkering with it for a long time. I still want to add some gears, and a few other small details.
I did a whole lot of wood working, and some working with copper, which was new to me. But bending and shaping copper by hand can be a real pain in the arse, even when you're heating it.
But still, FUN.
I found a cool unfinished box at Hobby Lobby that had the appropriate looing hardware on her for $5.
Some work in progress shots for ya . . .
I made 2 sets of grips. The first I made I really love, but ultimately found them to be too bright for the piece. I'm using them on my next snubby build.
Comparison shot:
I'm also going to be making some wood grips from one of my full size Coyle blasters too. It's just too damned much fun not to.
:love
Some of the copper work.
I've done this kind of thing with aluminum lots of times, and that's usually very easy to work with. The copper was harder to bend, but very much worth the work I feel.
It wet sanded well, and I didn't have to use up too many of my sanding wheels on the dremel. A few.
:angel
More beauty shots on the way, once I get some new ones I like more taken.
I've got another BR snubby, a Korbin Dallas Kit, the Gong, and maybe a scratch build or two coming up in the pipe.
:cool
I've been tinkering with it for a long time. I still want to add some gears, and a few other small details.
I did a whole lot of wood working, and some working with copper, which was new to me. But bending and shaping copper by hand can be a real pain in the arse, even when you're heating it.
But still, FUN.
I found a cool unfinished box at Hobby Lobby that had the appropriate looing hardware on her for $5.
Some work in progress shots for ya . . .
I made 2 sets of grips. The first I made I really love, but ultimately found them to be too bright for the piece. I'm using them on my next snubby build.
Comparison shot:
I'm also going to be making some wood grips from one of my full size Coyle blasters too. It's just too damned much fun not to.
:love
Some of the copper work.
I've done this kind of thing with aluminum lots of times, and that's usually very easy to work with. The copper was harder to bend, but very much worth the work I feel.
It wet sanded well, and I didn't have to use up too many of my sanding wheels on the dremel. A few.
:angel
More beauty shots on the way, once I get some new ones I like more taken.
I've got another BR snubby, a Korbin Dallas Kit, the Gong, and maybe a scratch build or two coming up in the pipe.
:cool
