Small easy project

[GeorgineerParticipant @georgineer]

That takes me back a bit! When I was small my father had a lighter made from two of the old dodecagonal threepenny bits, though whether they were hollowed out to take the mechanism or (more likely) there was an extra layer between them I can't remember. That was in the fifties, and I don't suppose I've thought about it for decades. I've no idea what became of it – it certainly wasn't among his bits when he died.

George

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Very nice! I wonder how many people will be inspired to make their own?

[HollowpointParticipant @hollowpoint]

Posted by the artfull-codger on 09/02/2016 19:35:36:

Lovely little item Hollowpoint, it's nice to make "quickies" like this in between the larger jobs [keeps you sane!!

Graham.

Yeah I like to make little projects. I have the attention span of a goldfish so the bigger projects never get finished.

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 09/02/2016 20:06:51:

Very nice! I wonder how many people will be inspired to make their own?

I hope someone will. I always like to see other people's work and I'm sure some of you more experienced guys could knock one up in an afternoon!

[OldMetallerParticipant @oldmetaller]

Hollowpoint, that is a work of art mate, you have done a great job there! I want to make one now…

Here's something I made a while back:

It's an oil burner made from an old brass weight. I bored for the three columns on a PCD, then bored the dished copper top to the same PCD. It fitted ok after a bit of tweaking.

In the first picture you can see the calibration stamps on the underside, they start at 1943 and the last one is 1951.

Regards,

John.

[Lars-G KjellanderParticipant @lars-gkjellander17135]

That was very nice Hollowpoint, I was inspired by the article in ME 1998 and made a lighter in the form of an "Absolut Vodka" bottle, straight form easy to model. But I concentrated on the design and did not think about the function, the distance from spark to wick is toooo long so I have to use a match to light the lighter. luckily I do not smoke so it is just a discussion piece at the coffe table.

Regards Lars

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