Making a Powder horn.

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Making a Powder horn.

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Figured I would do a little build along on a pair of Powder horns I'm making up.

To start off with I took down the pair of large bulls horns that were hanging on the wall in the lounge room!!
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I then removed them from the mounting block they were on.
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Using a hacksaw I removed the damaged and very thin portion of the horns to be ready for sanding flat.
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Sanding down the unevenness of my cuts with 80 grit paper to get them even in flatness first, then stepping down in grades of paper from 120, 400, and finishing off with 600 grit to smooth over the edges.
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Ready for the measuring and removing of the horn tips in prep for drilling the fill/pour hole.
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Taking a peace of ti-wire insert down into the horn to find its bottoming point.
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Once the bottom point is found holding the wire to the outside and using a paint pen I marked the horn at the end of the wire where the bottom should be.
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I then used a silicone spout to put the horn tip into to make it easier to mark the horn all way around so as I have a good reference line to cut the tip from.
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Ready to cut the tips off with the hacksaw. Note: make sure that you be very light in cutting pressure when nearing the offside of the horn tip you are cutting to avoid a splinter from forming.
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Using 3 differing sized drill bits ranging from 3, 3.5 and 4.5mm.
Hold the horn and using the smallest drill bit placed as close to the center of the cut horn as possible and drill inline with the straightest part of the horn (See attachment below) and proceed carefully to drill the length (removing bit occasionally to avoid blocking the bit up) till it makes its way to the inside of the horn. Repeat the process with the next 2 drill bits.
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Not the best of pics but you can see light coming through the holes.
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Re: Making a Powder horn.

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That's cool Gnome
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Good stuff Chris, I can see you turning up the next years Missathon in fringed buckskin clothes, one of Barry B's fabulous fox hats, our very own regular Dan'l Boon. You want to get hold of a sheep's ball bag to make your possibles bag out of. Or a bull ballbag.
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That's awesome Chris!

Keep the post coming on the build.

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stinkitup wrote:That's awesome Chris!

Keep the post coming on the build.

Ryan
Yeah, I want an updated pic of that remaining horn on the wall. Definitely a talking piece.

"Well, there was this cow and I needed two powder horns so....and this was the result."
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very innovative thought and workmanship there Chris !!!

looking forward to seeing the finished product.


cheers

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Ordered a pair of these today and hope to have them here this time next week.
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Camel wrote:Good stuff Chris, I can see you turning up the next years Missathon in fringed buckskin clothes, one of Barry B's fabulous fox hats, our very own regular Dan'l Boon. You want to get hold of a sheep's ball bag to make your possibles bag out of. Or a bull ballbag.
:lol: I can assure you that I wont be no Dan'l Boon or Crockett. I will however during next year be getting in touch with Barry to make up a couple things for me for sure.
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stinkitup wrote:That's awesome Chris!

Keep the post coming on the build.

Ryan
Yeah, I want an updated pic of that remaining horn on the wall. Definitely a talking piece.

"Well, there was this cow and I needed two powder horns so....and this was the result."
Raven,

I think I may be able to do something along the lines of that as I was wondering what to do with the remains and that is just a dandy idea!
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Use the remaining centre section to store your caps and ball. Put it all back together and hang it on the wall, no-one will know. :roll:
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or use that leather to make a ball/cap pouch :?:
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LoneRider wrote:or use that leather to make a ball/cap pouch :?:

Noooooooooooooooooooo, he has to get a big ball bag from some critter, just like those old time mountain men. :lol:
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Camel wrote:
LoneRider wrote:or use that leather to make a ball/cap pouch :?:

Noooooooooooooooooooo, he has to get a big ball bag from some critter, just like those old time mountain men. :lol:
are you offering a camel sack,sir ? :lol:
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Sorry mate, but I did say Big Ball bag, counts me out. :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

goin to look awesome gnomey
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Send me some pics/drawings of what you want and I will make you a cap/patch/ball pouch - no sacks required :lol:
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The spouts arrived in the mail yesterday afternoon so it was left till today to do the installing of them.
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Had to cut another peace off the horn tip to allow for the diameter of the spout and get the horn as close as possible to the flare/lip.
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Then it was time to drill out the hole (using 4 separate sized drill bits from 6.5 - 13 mm to get the final hole size of 1/2 inch or 13 mm) for the knurled end of the pouring spout to slip neatly into its new resting place.
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Showing the final hole size and depth.
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Glued in place with 406 Loctite .... (Note to self I should have marked the spouts flare with marking pen then filed down to shape!)
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Taped up and filing down to match the horn shape.
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Filed to shape, now to final sand them before a transfer/image is placed on them.
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