American Flag project completed

[NOTW]

American flag, fly is made out of mahogany and poplar wood and the union is made from purple heart. The stars are once fired 9mm brass that my father had shot years ago. Oil based polyurethane finish.

Fun project but if I ever make another one I need to figure out a better way to cut down the brass

 

[pcooper]

That is super cool!!!

 

[awldune]

Fun project but if I ever make another one I need to figure out a better way to cut down the brass

Out of curiosity, how *did* you trim the brass?

I guess you could make a sort of jam chuck on the lathe that the casing would fit tightly on, then use either a parting tool or a file to trim off the portion that you want to keep?

 

[Tim Sherwood]

beautiful project.

 

[red]

I like the bullet casing idea. Great job!

Red

 

[NOTW]

Out of curiosity, how *did* you trim the brass?

I guess you could make a sort of jam chuck on the lathe that the casing would fit tightly on, then use either a parting tool or a file to trim off the portion that you want to keep?

Well now that you mention it that might have worked better. I used a block of wood with a hole drilled in it that I put the brass in then trimmed it on the bandsaw and brought it down to final size on the sander. A quick hit with a brass brush in the drill press to clean off any loose bits.

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Very interesting. I like the use of the spent brass. I assume this will be used as a decoration rather than a cutting board?

 

[NOTW]

Very interesting. I like the use of the spent brass. I assume this will be used as a decoration rather than a cutting board?

There was an empty space on the built-ins....this filled it in nicely. Now I have a guy who has asked me to try one with shotgun shells.

 

[NCGrimbo]

Fun project but if I ever make another one I need to figure out a better way to cut down the brass

Great looking flag. If you have 9x19mm parabellum casings and if the wood is more than 3/4" thick you wouldn't need to trim the brass. Just drill 3/4" deep holes for each casing.

 

[zapdafish]

wow nice, would also be cool if the stars were hollow points shot into gel, lol

 

[ralitaco]

Very nice!!!

 

[Jim M.]

Nice job, great choice of wood too!

 

[NOTW]

Made a second one out of shotgun shells, obviously this one had to be a lot bigger proportionately. PS i like cutting the plastic off of shotgun shells a lot more than cutting brass

 

[LocoWoodWork]

Very nice!

 

[dpfeiffer]

Made a second one out of shotgun shells, obviously this one had to be a lot bigger proportionately. PS i like cutting the plastic off of shotgun shells a lot more than cutting brass
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What is the size of the one with shotgun shells?? I just started making a few of these but they are done with pine and stained but look great but still need to do something with the star field and I love this idea. My flags are roughly 20”x36”.

Yours have a much more formal look and I had thought about doing my next ones with walnut and maple or cherry.

Fantastic job, keep it up!!!!!

 

[NOTW]

What is the size of the one with shotgun shells?? I just started making a few of these but they are done with pine and stained but look great but still need to do something with the star field and I love this idea. My flags are roughly 20”x36”.

Yours have a much more formal look and I had thought about doing my next ones with walnut and maple or cherry.

Fantastic job, keep it up!!!!!

The smaller round metal “shank” of the shell is 13/16” so that’s what I’ve been drilling the hole for and the larger portion of the head is 113/128”, sorry for the exactness not sure what the next closet dimension to that would be.