how to make a simple man post 1

this is how you make a simple
man.
first get a .22 another .22 and a .17 and a hack saw.














then put the .17 inside the .22 like this.



















put it in a vice so the ends of each bullet shell are touching a vice jaw.















then squeeze the vice a small bit so you see a bulged bit on the .22




















you do not want to squeeze hard otherwise you get this. this is useless.






















then insert the other .22 into the bulged one. like this.



















then put it in the vice like you did the first time and squeeze. this time you go all the way.

















you should end up with this.





















then stick it in the vice again and hacksaw a little slit ('helmet') about 4mm down from the top.
there a simple man.












That man can have extras soldered on and I'll tell you about that in another post.
Also this end product minus the slit is used alot for other things like wheels. So for other posts i will call it a 'wheel'

trench art

On this blog I'm going to put stuff that I've made (or other people if they are interesting).
this morning we did a photo session on all our brass toys. they are mostly made out of old bullet shells and solder. If i can be bothered (which i should be) I'll write out how to make some of them on this blog. we(dad and moi) have made loads and here is a photo of them all.


this is a side on view of them all. the lineup on the left are all people. The furthest away are some cars. the back right corner has a train. then in the middle there are some animals.
the bottom picture shows the most important men.they are made from .22. As you can see the eyes are mostly slits(medieval helmets) because that is the easiest to make.
from the left, a silver man, Victoria cross man, field Marshall, andreas(don't know how to spell. From alistar mcclean's guns of navarone) and a major. tell you all about them later.