Cutting day for spotter

[spotter]

Spent today cutting and drilling big holes in my remaining un-cut items.Also finished painting all the stuff i had previously cut
Heres the grenades i cut today,nothing fancy just used an Hacksaw
1st pic israeli mills type gren and a bakelite no69 (fuze is uncut and the det tube is just a space filler)
2nd pic WW1 german grenades
pic 3 Current issue UK prac grenade and Dutch V40 drill
Pic 4 WW2 American Pineapples

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi alan
You are very talented they look very good thanks for showing us them.

 

[waffenamt]

Well done Spott,it seems you have a bit of a knack for these matey!

I may employ you to do a few of my collection soon!:xd:

best

waff

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Nice cutaways

Very nice job yet again, your collection must be growing fast these days ?

Chris :tinysmile_shy_t:

 

[FNG61]

Spent today cutting and drilling big holes in my remaining un-cut items.Also finished painting all the stuff i had previously cut
Heres the grenades i cut today,nothing fancy just used an Hacksaw.


"Nothing fancy, just used a hacksaw." Just like slicing a pie eh? Dont let him fool you boys, to do a nice job is a good piece of work! Like if you are having a bad day already you probably dont want to make it worse by trying to cut up a piece of ordnance. I thought I'd try something easy for my first project, a 40mm M-79 grenade launcher casing, just the aluminum case. And when it was done I'd learned that from then on I'd buy sectioned items befor I'd try to make another one. So, nice work there Spotter!

 

[waffenamt]

I hear what you are saying mate! I dont think i have the skills to do those cutaways.

best

waff

 

[spotter]

The grens i have just done are simply two cuts,ive knacked plenty of nice stuff in the past and now know my limits ,the hardest in this last lot was the rubber bodied Brit practice grenade,as the saw blade kept heating up and sticking to the rubber,oiling the blade helped a little bit.
Tip buy the best quality blades you can afford

 

[Andysarmoury]

Hi You have done a realy good job on those well done :congrats:
Andy

 

[pzgr40]

Hi spotter, great cutting job!
Regards DJH

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Cutting Rubber

The grens i have just done are simply two cuts,ive knacked plenty of nice stuff in the past and now know my limits ,the hardest in this last lot was the rubber bodied Brit practice grenade,as the saw blade kept heating up and sticking to the rubber,oiling the blade helped a little bit.
Tip buy the best quality blades you can afford

Hi Spotter just as an aside the best way to cut Rubber is with a high speed Grinder or cutting wheel as used on building sites-it smells awful and the pollution police may come looking for the source of smoke but you get a really good result.

Hope this helps you next time you tackle a Rubber grenade.

Chris :tinysmile_shy_t:

 

[pzgr40]

The best way to cut rubber is by freezing it, the best way to cool it: dry (Co2) ice.
Regards DJH

 

[alan.military]

Spotter,

Great looking job on the cut-aways. What is the most difficult part of making a cut-away for display?

 

[spotter]

Thanks for the tips on cutting the rubber grens,
Ref Alans question the hardest bit in cutting i find is where to make the first cut on the body for displaying the item at its best,i struggle due to limited space and tools,but if you can afford good quality tools especially blades your half way there.The best cutter i know is Pzgr40,im sure he will give some tips

 

[panzer 1]

First try

Hi spotter,
I am going to follow your lead by trying to cut a No23 grnd, so i will let you know how it goes.
panzer 1 Dave

 

[spotter]

look forward to seeing it,if possible remove centre tube and filler screw before cutting it,take your time and enjoy

 

[spotter]

In post #1 in this topic i showed a part cut Israeli No4 mills type grenade,Today i got a drill det set so decided to finish this grenade off by cutting the centre tube