Was recently cutting out a number of 90mm sacrificial discs for a turning job from a stud (90 x 35mm) of radiata pine.
For some reason that I can not remember, the underside of the pine stud had had a few close together holes drilled in it.
I did not notice these holes until the disc had been cut out. All the other discs were fine but this one was unsuitable for its intended use. Normally something like this would be chucked in the rubbish bin or thrown in the wood heater. Here is a picture of the offending disc.....
DSCF4415.jpg Something about this disc caught my eye however, it kind of reminded me of a cylinder from a revolver.
Got me thinking it might be fun to make a sculptural revolver. One that is reasonably realistic but scaled up a few times to make it a bit ridiculous.
To make a scaled up sculpture of something it's a good idea to have a starting point and as I don't have any revolvers kicking around, I found there are plenty of pictures like this one available on the net....
Ruger2.jpg However it's harder to find pictures with dimensions, and if you do find a blueprint picture the dimensions are so thorough they are a bit overwhelming.
Got in touch with a gun dealer who sells pistols and asked if I could come and take a few measurements of one of his revolvers so I could get the starting point for my sculpture.
He was initially concerned that I might have been some sort of "anti-gun trouble maker". I assured him I wasn't, in fact I have a licence for rifles and own a few. He was then happy to oblige. Here are some pictures of a "Ruger, security six" that he had for sale.
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Like guns or hate them, they are a pretty ingenious bit of engineering. Must say I was mightily impressed with this number and would love to own one if it weren't for all the hoops you have to jump through to get a licence for one.
Anyway, back to the sculpture.
Getting a few of the basic dimensions will make it easier to scale the thing up.
I am going for a scale of 3X.
So that is 3 times the length, 3 times width, 3 times height.
Or 3 X 3 x 3....which should result in a sculpture that is 27 times the volume of the model.
Not by any means a monumental sculpture. More like something from the "Crocodile Dundee" film when Paul Hogan says, "That's not a knife,this is a knife"
I have no desire to carve the piece from one block of wood. I find that approach way too difficult,time consuming,anal even.
Instead I intend to make it up from individual components and piece together.
Not even sure of the end product at this stage, in respect to finish. Maybe it will be stained to look like the real thing but bigger. Or maybe it will look like a timber replica.
Only intend to work on this one between other lobs as well, so it may take some time.
Got a break today and started on the revolvers cylinder.
It measures 120mm dia x 110mm long. The bullet chambers are 28mm dia (they theoretically should be 27mm) but you can't buy a 28mm spade bit round here. Do not want to get too pedantic now.
Timber is "King Billy pine". Bandsawn then disc sanded. Cylinder grooves marked out for carving.
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For some reason that I can not remember, the underside of the pine stud had had a few close together holes drilled in it.
I did not notice these holes until the disc had been cut out. All the other discs were fine but this one was unsuitable for its intended use. Normally something like this would be chucked in the rubbish bin or thrown in the wood heater. Here is a picture of the offending disc.....
DSCF4415.jpg Something about this disc caught my eye however, it kind of reminded me of a cylinder from a revolver.
Got me thinking it might be fun to make a sculptural revolver. One that is reasonably realistic but scaled up a few times to make it a bit ridiculous.
To make a scaled up sculpture of something it's a good idea to have a starting point and as I don't have any revolvers kicking around, I found there are plenty of pictures like this one available on the net....
Ruger2.jpg However it's harder to find pictures with dimensions, and if you do find a blueprint picture the dimensions are so thorough they are a bit overwhelming.
Got in touch with a gun dealer who sells pistols and asked if I could come and take a few measurements of one of his revolvers so I could get the starting point for my sculpture.
He was initially concerned that I might have been some sort of "anti-gun trouble maker". I assured him I wasn't, in fact I have a licence for rifles and own a few. He was then happy to oblige. Here are some pictures of a "Ruger, security six" that he had for sale.
DSCF4406.JPGDSCF4407.JPGDSCF4408.jpg
Like guns or hate them, they are a pretty ingenious bit of engineering. Must say I was mightily impressed with this number and would love to own one if it weren't for all the hoops you have to jump through to get a licence for one.
Anyway, back to the sculpture.
Getting a few of the basic dimensions will make it easier to scale the thing up.
I am going for a scale of 3X.
So that is 3 times the length, 3 times width, 3 times height.
Or 3 X 3 x 3....which should result in a sculpture that is 27 times the volume of the model.
Not by any means a monumental sculpture. More like something from the "Crocodile Dundee" film when Paul Hogan says, "That's not a knife,this is a knife"
I have no desire to carve the piece from one block of wood. I find that approach way too difficult,time consuming,anal even.
Instead I intend to make it up from individual components and piece together.
Not even sure of the end product at this stage, in respect to finish. Maybe it will be stained to look like the real thing but bigger. Or maybe it will look like a timber replica.
Only intend to work on this one between other lobs as well, so it may take some time.
Got a break today and started on the revolvers cylinder.
It measures 120mm dia x 110mm long. The bullet chambers are 28mm dia (they theoretically should be 27mm) but you can't buy a 28mm spade bit round here. Do not want to get too pedantic now.
Timber is "King Billy pine". Bandsawn then disc sanded. Cylinder grooves marked out for carving.
DSCF4424-001.JPGDSCF4422.jpg
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