Thread: Vacuum&pressure pot experiments

We usually learn the most from what hits the dust bin!
The ones you have finished look great.

I thought you were turning them and then spiraling them.

In this brush design I envision the bullet going down the barrel that is clear and represented by the brush. The spiral represents the rifling in the barrel. Not that a Zip Gun disguised as a brush would necessarily have rifling. But we are talking high quality gentleman fashions here!

Just my opinion of course but with all the time, effort, and skill that is being put into these creations that little detail would put them to the apex.

P.S. Or should I say over the apex?

To date, the rifling of the acrylic has been done prior to casting. Came about as a requirement since the bullet would either get sucked into the brass, or displaced from the brass under vacuum and pressure curing. So the transparent rod filled the brass, and held the slug evenly for the cure. Spiraling it was to simulate the round leaving the bullet.

But I gotta say I like where your thinking is going as far as a transparent 'barrel' and the bullet traveling through it. That will require a different approach, but is really a neat evolution or twist on the idea. Thanks for the idea..

Another limitation to the idea is the overall length I am working with. Reason and proportions have me wanting to keep the finished brushes under 4" height and even at that bigger knots are almost a must to keep it all to scale. 25 mm knots minimum I think.
Thanks again mate..

Originally Posted by MikeB52

To date, the rifling of the acrylic has been done prior to casting. Came about as a requirement since the bullet would either get sucked into the brass, or displaced from the brass under vacuum and pressure curing. So the transparent rod filled the brass, and held the slug evenly for the cure. Spiraling it was to simulate the round leaving the bullet.

I think that casting an assembled cartridge could easily be solved by drilling a vent hole using the hollow point as a pilot hole. Or for a spire point you could first assemble it with a wide expanded neck and fill it with epoxy before casting. Or turn the base of the bullet smaller for a slip fit.

If we're just throwing ideas out... what if you removed the brass casing and reversed the direction of the bullet in the handle. Then you could make the blooming knot look like the impact from the round entering the handle.

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

If we're just throwing ideas out... what if you removed the brass casing and reversed the direction of the bullet in the handle. Then you could make the blooming knot look like the impact from the round entering the handle.

I like this idea.

Mike wrote in an earlier post that this thread is about experimentation.

He seems open to ideas and I am not going to compete with him so I have no care if he uses an idea of mine.

I can learn a lot from his ideas.

If you throw an idea out and no one cares what is the worst that will happen?

Thanks for the ideas for sure guys. I am open to all ideas good, bad, and somewhere in between. It's how we learn. Creativity is a neat kinda life form I think. It grows and sprouts off other things all the time.
HP sauce for example, was created as a linament as I understand and didn't work. Some was left forgotten in its barrel for a long time and some one opened it up and voila, best steak sauce ever was discovered..

Reversing the bullet path, another very neat idea, thanks..
Think I need to order a boat load more knots for some of these ideas..