A couple of years ago I made a couple of M40 grenades in my lathe, and cast them out of resin in a silicon form. I was really habe with the results. But i want them to be funcional. Not to explode, but just be able to put the plunger.
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Making a working Aliens M40 Grenade tutorial |
A couple of years ago I made a couple of M40 grenades in my lathe, and cast them out of resin in a silicon form. I was really habe with the results. But i want them to be funcional. Not to explode, but just be able to put the plunger.
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:04 pm ] |
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Use the lathe to create the new plunger(2 of them) out of Aluminium. 25×5×8mm I´ve use a metal spring 8X30 
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:12 pm ] |
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Cut the old resin plunger. You should measure the diameter to use it later. it was 8,2mm in my grenades. 
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:15 pm ] |
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Drill the grenade completely with a diameter of 5 mm, just that the new pluger comes through. 
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:17 pm ] |
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Drill with the diameter of the original plunger only 55mm deep from the bottom. 
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:18 pm ] |
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Insert the pieces in this sequence. 
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:19 pm ] |
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Almost finished. It´s time to seal the grenade 
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:20 pm ] |
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Remember the original plunger? Serves as a plug for the hole system. 
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| Author: | chachov [ Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:26 pm ] |
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And you´re done. A working M40 grenade.   Link of the video in fgacebook: https://www.facebook.com/1337257536/vid ... 4699789314 Enjoy your build! |
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| Author: | seven [ Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:37 am ] |
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Nice! Do you have a photo of the original metal piece? Are you trying to sell these? |
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| Author: | chachov [ Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:49 pm ] |
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Hallo Seven, the original metal piece can be seen in the second picture. This is a tutorial only. Currently I'm not planning to sell them, but I can reconsidered it. If you need the measurements, just pm me . |
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| Author: | chachov [ Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:42 am ] | |||||||||||
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Pictures new uploaded
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