Corona Virus Projects

[Irving]

The ammo can project is perfect timing, as I'm working on my own ammo can project. I'm not done yet, but I'm impatient so I'll share now. I've had this idea kicking around in my head for a bit, but I got an invite for a friend's birthday this weekend that said, "If you want to bring a gift, think of some SMALL thing that is representative of what you share in common with blah..." and I thought, "Oh, perfect." Of course I'm using the left over panels from the grill project.

It's about as rough going as I thought, since small stuff is difficult and I don't really have the tools, or skill set, but I'm pretty happy with the progress so far.





I realized I was going to have a problem trying to fold all four sides of a box, but I happened to have this scrap piece of tube that fit perfectly.


Using the aluminum vise jaws I made during the last project so as not to indent my metal.


Mocked up.


I tried to make the dimensions roughly the same as the full size box.


The idea is that it will hold a single 10mm bullet, because "it's the only round that'll penetrate the skull of a bear and I wouldn't go into the woods carrying anything less!"


Welded and cleaned up. It got pretty wonky as far as being square and the bends aren't real tight, but it's the thought that counts right?



The hinge I used is way too big, but I'm short on time.



I still have to make the handle and see if I can cobble together a locking mechanism. I want to line the lid with some conveyor belt material in an attempt to keep it water tight. I'm hoping to clean up the edges with a file when it's done. I'm sure the paint will gum stuff up, but I'm going to go for it. It'll look like I made it out of clay, but I think it's adorable.