Thread: 4.5 inch Projectile completed

Looks great
hope you got a bang out of it

Interesting.

hi willy,
that is some big hunk of jarrah mate, well done on turning that !!!!!!!!!
looks like a nice finish too!hope you don't mind me asking, but
do you sand when the DO. is dry or when wet,and how do you
do the spiralling??????some special tool ??
cheers smiife

Originally Posted by smiife

hi willy,
that is some big hunk of jarrah mate, well done on turning that !!!!!!!!!
looks like a nice finish too!hope you don't mind me asking, but
do you sand when the DO. is dry or when wet,and how do you
do the spiralling??????some special tool ??
cheers smiife

Good day mate
Yes, quite a large chunk of Jarrah which I cut many years ago, I do a few of these projectiles.

Turned between centres makes for ease of fitting trials with the cartridge. The projectile was sanded to 400 and then textured.
I used the Robert Sorby spiralling system to imitate the marks left on the driving band from the rifling. The fuse area was done with the Robert Sorby texturing. I cut V grooves at the edge of the texturing to form a border, then used a piece of wire to burn the ring. Applied a couple of coats of snading sealer, then inside the house for the Danish Oil. The oil is rubbed in with a piece of 0000 steel wool, then buffed off. The textured areas were painted with DO and left to dry. I gave it 24 hours to dry (it dries in about 2 minutes in our WA 40 deg heat) and the more coats, usally about 10.

Cheers
Willy

That's one awfully big grin on his face, sure sign of a happy customer. And I have no doubt his Dad's grin will be as big.

Well done, looks awesome.