Nice touch Jay.

Be sure to post up the Trotter flector job.

mud

 

The first time I posted this a few pages back,
the imageshack pictures disappeared,
so I am reposting this.

Tomorrow, I am going to post up tank lift by fire,
and then, tank beating with a leather mullet.

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Here's a real easy little doodaddy.

I've been doing the bullet keys for thirty forty years.
First saw my grandfather using it on his 58 OldsMobile,
that woulda been fifty years ago.
He liked to use the .300 Savage round.
My brother's son has that rifle now. A real fine piece.
Charlie liked to braze those old brass keys to the cartridge.

My dad always used the .44 Mag.
That's what this one is.

I've done a lot of variations on the keys.
Oogas, thumbs, different calibers, and on and on.

First cut off the key.
Forgot to take a picture doing it so
I mocked up this shot with my spare key.
I use a thin cutoff wheel on a high speed die grinder.
Or, you can hacksaw it in a matter of less than a minute.
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Next, below,choose your bullet.
Remove powder, primer, drill it out, and tap it.

Be careful here.

Don't blame me if you shoot yourself in the foot.

Go to a gunSmith, or a friend that reloads,
if you are not sure of yourself.
I like to tap for 1/4 - 20.

Notice that the soft jaws are in the vise for this operation,
even more important at the key cutting stage pictured above.
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Now I weld the key to a 1/4-20 x 1/2" button head.

Below, the button head is fused to the trimmed down key.

I like a drop of RED loctite when the buttonhead/key
is screwed to the .44 mag.

I need to get a heliarc machine here,
could do a much nicer job on this little ****.
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That's it. Done.
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Last pic is an oogaKey for my Chevrolet Truck
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mud

 

mud...bad *** for certain.. but w.t.f. is an "oogah"?

 

oogaBooga rest his shrunken soul.

edited to add -

resting peacefully on a Terry Allen CD.
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XKrome,
You might want to try swiping a little clear nail polish off the wife and use it on the exposed metal to keep it from corroding too quickly.

 

ah...i gotta get me one of those... everyone needs a lil soul for their bike
where would one purchase such a soul? is there a crossroads involved?

 

Yep, ya gotta go to the CrossRoads first.


http://www.battersbyornamental.com/R...roadsBlues.mp3

Then get back to me.

mud

 

alright..but ive played this game before...and i aint signin' nothin'

 

Speaking of raspberries.

Went up the road today to my friend's shop and took some pix
of the saucePan cover
for a 54KH Racer that he is restoring.

He also just bought a 96" IronHead Sporty
from some raspberry from UpNorth.
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Here's some pix of the KH motor with the saucePan -
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looks good mud! i really like how it is cut... think i may have to stop by the dollar store on the way to the shop tonight! I really want to find the filter thatTrotter was talking about but i can not find that foam filter cover anywhere... they look at me like i am nuts when i ask... they when the ask what i need one for... how do you explain to a small engines guy you need that for a harley without hearing 1000 years of i was "gonna" buy a harley stories!