Made a new shell

[uscs digger]

Just wanted to know what everyone thinks of it.

[emike123]

Very nice, Darrell.  I think I see spanner holes in the fuse though and a Hotchkiss fuse adapter has a slot across the top like this one

[emike123]

...side view of a late war Hotchkiss fuse adapter

[uscs digger]

I sort of put a confederate timer fuse in it but I'll make the next ones with the slots. Thanks for the info Mike.

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Digger,
   Can you tell us how you made it?
John

[uscs digger]

John,
  It is made from solid wood turned on a 50+ year old Craftsman lathe. I then made a templet/holder so I can use my router to cut the flame grooves in the side. I then sand and paint matching colors and clear coat the entire shell. I currently also make Selma's, Schenkl's, Parrott's, Read's, Archer's, Ketchum's, Brook's and Dyer's. It's a lot of fun trying to make different ones and it gives me something to do when it's too hot outside.

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

sorry I was late getting back to you,
       I think you do a fantastic job on your lathe.  Just don't let anyone pick it up and they will never know.
I once made a plaster cast of a 10pdr schenkl with a perc fuze.  Then I poured regujlar ceramic slip into the molde.  cleaned up the green ware, fired it and painted it flat black with bronze fze.
     I then made them into two matching night lights with shades.
     Tom Dickey glanced at them and told me what a waste of good Schenkls.
John

[uscs digger]

Thanks for the great complement John. I try to do my best on them. Having no shells to physically get info on, I rely on photos and info from the internet to build from.