Sc500 fuse pocket

**satan18** · 5th February 2009, 10:00 PM

Construction of the fuse pockets has begun and is going well
It didnt take long to get the right dimensions copied from my original.
I made the pocket deeper to allow for trimming once located in the bomb casing.

All i have left to do is turn down the outer fuse tube to make it a thin
wall and weld the lot together.

I have made two identical pockets and one lifting lug for the main body.

Fuzeman · 5th February 2009, 10:28 PM

Hi Paul
Its looking good thanks for the updates
Steve

**gijunkman** · 6th February 2009, 12:30 AM

Nice bit of machining.

**Falcon** · 6th February 2009, 10:38 AM

Nice job, hopefully once i have finished learning machining I will be able to do this sort of thing for stuff in my collection.

**satan18** · 6th February 2009, 06:09 PM

Thanks gi

Have nearly finished them today.

Best satan

**satan18** · 6th February 2009, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Falcon

Nice job, hopefully once i have finished learning machining I will be able to do this sort of thing for stuff in my collection.

Thanks Falcon

Its a good thing to be able to do as work out how much of our ordnance has seen a laythe and then make it yourself for the satisfaction.

Best satan

**Chris 42 RQ** · 6th February 2009, 06:46 PM

Cracking job there Satan looks like a nice piece of machining with some made to measure "custom Threads" for the locking rings etc.
Were all the bomb dimensions in Metric ?

**satan18** · 6th February 2009, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by Chris 42 RQ

Cracking job there Satan looks like a nice piece of machining with some made to measure "custom Threads" for the locking rings etc.
Were all the bomb dimensions in Metric ?

Thanks Chris

Prety much everything german made uses the metric system and for the larger threads its just a question of working out the pitch and depth of thread.
and setting the screw cutter up and having a practise until its
spot on,as with the fuse pocket and my 17fuse lower casings although
i had to put what they call an undercut in the fuse pocket tube to allow
for the locking ring to slide down and screw in.

Best Phil