Pulverflaschen help

[Dennis Daigger]

Hmm.. Ron and James my Carlsbad Jaeger is awaiting carving and I have the leather for the jagdtaschen but haven't started yet.   
Dennis

[Dennis Daigger]

Got the big charger done and will do the final polish when the flask is done.



Dennis

[Jim Spray]

Charger looks great Dennis. Can't wait to see it when you get it done!

[James Rogers]

Very impressed as well as inspired! Now to find the time. Thanks for sharing your progress!

[Clark Badgett]

That is some excellent work. To my eye the octagon portion of the charger looks a touch bulky. Almost begs to be barrel shaped.

[Dennis Daigger]

Clark-it does look a bit pudgy. I shortened the length of the spout on the example I was working from and this had two effects. The first was what you noted and the second is that a shorter long arm of the lever also reduced the cap clearance away from the tip when the lever is fully depressed. The opening is sufficiently accessible to pour powder so that's not really a problem but greater clearance would have allowed for less precise positioning of the measure.

I used a vertically mounted rotary table to cut the facets on the spouts. It would have been nice to have tapered them and that too would have reduced the pudginess but I'm not equiped to do that. Maybe taper by hand? A Swiss pattern of the Nicholson pillar file I have been using is wicked fast on these soft metals and doesn't clog or gall.

I made the spout initially octagonal and when I started fitting the pivot post it was hard to fit. I remade a spout that was hexagonal and this allowed me to cut a 'V' in the bottom of the post on the mill with the piece position at a 120° angle and cut from each side.

If there is any interest in other 'lessons learned' I can share those. The biggest lesson learned is this is not something I would want to do for a living.
Dennis

[Clark Badgett]

Even though a bit pudgy, it's still an incredible job. Now you got me wanting to try fabricating parts for a French pulverin.

[Dennis Daigger]

Got the flask finished.


Dennis

[Clark Badgett]

Very nice. Where did you find the green chord?

[Carl Young]

That is really neat. If you will forgive a suggestion, a little engraving/scrimshaw/carving would move this into the "Top Tier" in my opinion. Thanks for posting!
Carl

[Tim Crosby]

 Very well done. A couple question; How much powder does it hold and why the two spouts.

   Tim

[Jim Spray]

Looks really nice. I have the same question as Tim. Why the two spouts? Does it have two chambers for different powder?

Jim

[Dennis Daigger]

Yes, two chambers, the smaller one for priming powder and the larger for main charges.

Tim-the large chamber holds just shy of 1600 grains of FFg. I haven't filled the smaller chamber but it larger enough to hold quite a bit of 3F or 4F.

Clark-the cord is braided linen cord that I found on Etsy and came from Latvia. It was relatively flat and I bulked it up by threading two strands of heavy line through it. I used aniline dyes for the green color.

I have never attempted engraving and probably lack the artistic talent to do it well so the flask will stay as is.

[Tim Crosby]

 Wow! That's Bigger than it looks.

   Thanks, Tim

[acorn20]

I have never attempted engraving and probably lack the artistic talent to do it well so the flask will stay as is.

You lack the artistic talent to do engraving?  Dennis, the work you've displayed lately on this site says otherwise.  Go for it!