In a look-at-this-big-fûck-off-gun-don't-mess-with-me way, your current cannon is better looking. His gun seems too why-didn't-I-just-buy-a-FX-monsoon-y, if you get what I mean
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:39 pm
by LeMaudit
I wanna see Brian's lever canon finished as amazingly as the Old Shat!!!
:blob:
Go Brian go!!!
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:29 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
MrCrowley wrote:In a look-at-this-big-fûck-off-gun-don't-mess-with-me way, your current cannon is better looking. His gun seems too why-didn't-I-just-buy-a-FX-monsoon-y, if you get what I mean
Agreed 100%, even when well finished Brian's guns tend to have a brutish crude edge to them which makes them uniquely attractive.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:24 am
by Brian the brain
brutish crude edge
Thanks!
It is indeed a quality I seek in my designs.
For real I mean.
It is even the reason I have sometimes made the barrel half a centimeter shorter than the reservoir in my sawn-offs.
It looks MORE " brutesque"
I wish I had the capabilities that guy has, but I would also keep my own view on things...that's all.
Due to a cashflow problem the new barrel ( and it's ammo) will have to wait....
I'll focus on other improvements for now...
Once the money comes in I have enough ideas on the shelf to keep me occupied throughout the next year.
At least 3 guns, maybe 5.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:00 pm
by Brian the brain
Hmm...it needs more work to clearly show it's a dragon but for the tiny size of it I think it's nice:
( some parts of the tail did not hold the paint as the engraving is too shallow...)
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:12 pm
by Gun Freak
That's pretty sexy...
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:39 pm
by Brian the brain
Maybe this is a bit of a better pic
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:21 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Have you thought of acid etching?
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:46 pm
by MrCrowley
I see you replaced the batteries in your camera
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:57 am
by Brian the brain
Have you thought of acid
I considered it...but decided not to even try.
By your comment I assume you're not impressed hahaha.
In an hour or so I'll get an electric engraver at work so I can clean things up.
I'm much better with that thing but on it's own it's not enough to really dig in.
I see you replaced the batteries in your camera
Nope..I used a different method of scaling the picture down.All my pictures are too large for the forum too handle ( like myself ) so I used to schrink'em using paint.
Now I just cut a larger picture down to a small section of it.This left me much more detail.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:12 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Brian the brain wrote:I considered it...but decided not to even try.
How come? I was very happy with my results
By your comment I assume you're not impressed hahaha.
No offense but it looks more like some scratches from wear that coincidentally happen to vaguely resemble a dragon, rather than a deliberate design...
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:25 am
by Brian the brain
No offense but it looks more like some scratches from wear that coincidentally happen to vaguely resemble a dragon, rather than a deliberate design...
After seeing the thing in detail on this picture I actually agree..
I was really happy I was able to cut into the metal at first..but the result is not what I expected...Oh well...It's a first try and not very big..
Last night I found a website of someone who had done some engraving on his own homemade ( pretty high quality) PCP and thought:" I can do so much better" and decided to try.
Turns out I'll need that electric engraver to even get it close to what he did....
How come? I was very happy with my results
Cumbersome...
Not keen on working with acid...
Don't know really...
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:46 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Brian the brain wrote:Cumbersome...
Not keen on working with acid...
Don't know really...
Granted, it's dangerous and produces unpleasant fumes, ideally you'll be doing it outside.
For what I did though I wasn't exactly dipping large parts in baths of the stuff, it was more mask off the area you don't want engraved and apply a few drops, for each engraving in the ballistic knife I literally didn't use more than 2mL or so of nitric acid per part.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:44 pm
by Brian the brain
I will be looking into the etching thing later.
I tried with the electric engraver today but the etching results I've seen on your knife are far superior..So I won't be doing any more this way..
Aside from the attempted art I fixed a few things I felt needed fixing.
I wanted to increase hammerspring strength and I wanted it to be adjustable so I could take out all unneccesary slack and up the power a bit.
Worked out fine as you'll see.
I backed up the existing hammerspring with an extra adjustable one.
Shots are deeper and fewer now.
45 pumps gave me 4 shots and some left over puff.
I still think it would be better in smaller caliber though.
I'm also concidering replacing the mag.It's too big and ugly.Let's just call it a prototype till I figure it out...
I also got a stuck ballbearing out and re-sanded the inside of the barrel smooth.It got jammed because of some damage I probably did by sticking a length of treaded rod into it.
This was needed to stop the bolt from rotating in order to change the nut on the bolt ( now a brass ball).
Not important anyway as I will replace the entire barrel....soon hopefully...