renegadecow Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Been wanting to document this for a while, but my old camera was stolen. The End. Fast forward to today and I eventually got a replacement camera. The idea of the blunderbuss came soon after I made the mad max shotgun from last year as a friend of mine became so interested in it to give it the green light (he had to give the green light thrice as I thought he was joking in the first two occasions). As with most of the builds commissioned by friends, they need not be costly or made quickly and with a month long vacation nearing, not much progress can be expected from me for a while. Although that's not saying not much has been done already. It's just that I lost my camera to take progress shots until now (and I would have been daft to start a thread without pics right?) The goal: Whats been done: Still plenty to do, but at least I've already planned out most of the mechanisms involved. It will be a muzzle loader with a spring loaded arm to keep the shell locked in place. The trigger, as with anything 'nade involved I've made, will be a counter-lever connected to a plunger. On the plunger will be a sear for the flintlock hammer so that it falls simultaneous to detonation. edit: In case there are those who didn't notice, the one I'm making uses 40mm grenades making the barrel a whole lot bigger than what most blunderbusses had. So I had to slightly beef up the stock (and soon also the fake firing components) to even things out a bit. Real blunderbusses were meant to be fired from the hip which explains the weird stock angle for most of them. Firing a full load on your shoulder could very well dislocate it, and if one 40mm version were ever made such as this, could probably send your arm flying back two feet. I've made the alteration in the stock to have a more shoulderable angle as requested by the customer. Link to post Share on other sites
T0p Sp!N Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Very nice craftsmanship so far, as usual. -T.S. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 LOL U MAD! ...but I love it. It's crazy awesome. Really. Link to post Share on other sites
Inventor Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Great, yet fun Keep going. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Why is the guy in the background holding a model of the Stay-Puft marshmallow man? Cool build so far by the way. Link to post Share on other sites
biguk Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 I have a team mate thats built from scratch a similar weapon. Its an aweseome thing to see fire, it also has a real working flint strike action, that sparks when the trigger is pulled. We call it the 'Blunderbeast'. With his permission i might stick some pics up. Link to post Share on other sites
spetsnazdave87 Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Why is the guy in the background holding a model of the Stay-Puft marshmallow man? Maybe they're going to fire it? Link to post Share on other sites
Inventor Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I have a team mate thats built from scratch a similar weapon. Its an aweseome thing to see fire, it also has a real working flint strike action, that sparks when the trigger is pulled. We call it the 'Blunderbeast'. With his permission i might stick some pics up. Emm...do you think it's safe to have something sparkling near a propane release? (unless he is using CO2 shells). @Biguk: I red: "I have a friend that is built from scratch" Link to post Share on other sites
mattmanic Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Call it the Vuvuzela... How did you make the barrel? Is it just a cannibalised part from something else? Link to post Share on other sites
bankz5152 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 From his other builds im pritty sure its formed blue PVC. Renagade you really do incredable things with PVC!!! Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Renagade you really do incredable things with PVC!!! Out of context quotes are possibly the highlight of sundays i'm not airsofting. Still, looks freakin' awesome - I'm thoroughly impressed... Can't wait to see it finished! Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Beats me why that kids holding Mr. Stay Puft. I doubt he's doing it to annoy the dude, I mean who would wanna ###### off a mean old guy with a big *albatross* gun? Barrel is a 50mm (od) pipe with the cone formed by heating one end and then jamming it against a beer bottle. Took about 4~5 times of heating and jamming to get the right shape. I then added some material on the lip to enhance the curled up look. What do you guys think I ought to color the barrel and other metallic parts? Chrome paint never is durable (rubs off) and putting a clear coat of laquer over it ruins the gloss. I was thinking brass gold. Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'd go with brass, that'd definitely suit the look. Brass and dark, battered wood. Link to post Share on other sites
heavri Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Holy *suitcase*, you're insane! I like it. Link to post Share on other sites
bankz5152 Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 deffo brass, would also compliment the wood. Link to post Share on other sites
SoSwift Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 That looks awesome so far Was talking with a friend about doing something similar, although we got a bit hung up on idea of using a trumpet for giggles. Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted September 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Sorry guys. Was hit by a major case of lethargy so I shelved the project all this time. It's the weekend now so I have a legitimate excuse to loaf around, but I'll get back on it by Monday. But I'm not without any progress, since the last time I posted, I made the trigger and shell retaining mechanism and have tested that they work. Also, for some wonky reason (I'm guessing its the cone muzzle) this thing is LOUD and even with just a vapor filled nade to test with. Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Updates! shell retaining doohickey mounting brackets for the barrel trigger, hammer, side plate, and ornamental plate The ornamental plate will have a twin sea serpent design and the side plate a typical bordered fleur de lise pattern and some swirly bits going on with the hammer. I'll try to see tonight if a soldering iron will be enough for the job because carving all that by hand... Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 The soldering iron engraving seemed to work. The hard part is not going overboard with it. Got more parts done: frizzen, frizzen spring, pan and ornamental lever (not in pic) edit With the photos above only showing the action of the gun, I'm tempted to make a pistole variant for myself. Liking the idea of a short but stout room broom almost looking cartooney/SD Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov_kid Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Well played sir. Keep it up Link to post Share on other sites
Blue4 Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 That is so much fun it hurts! Well done, can't wait to see more!! Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Thanks again guys. And it looks like the build is in the final stages. Trigger mechanism. The part that pushes the nade button is the piece of steel wire itself while I glued on a block which serves as the sear for the hammer. The shell retention lever I was talking about. Pull down to release shell. The internal latch is ramped so all you need to do to load is drop a shell in. Started the painting/staining process. Brass gold wasn't all it was up to be (I always get suckered by the spray can swatches) so I went with copper gold instead. It's slightly reddish, but a lot richer and looks a lot more like brass IMO. Will be using this as primary, then wash everything in antiquing solution (thinner + black) and top coat everything in clear gloss. The wood I started with walnut, but looks boring so I stained it mahogany after. But with the new copper gold in place, a much darker hue looks more suitable so I'm staining it again with ebony. Link to post Share on other sites
ninja master of coffee Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Can't wait to see it done! Once again you've come up with a unique and frankly awesome build from nought but wood, PVC and a couple of bits and bobs. Link to post Share on other sites
Josiah Hull Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Very cleanly built as usual, looks nice, cant wait to see the final product assembled Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 DONE! And still reeks of paint (that fresh). and a firing vid Link to post Share on other sites
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