Projo's in Wood...

[Kali Komrade]

Projectiles made of wood... Good or Bad idea... Haven't really search on it but I know a lot of you black powder guys have do's and don'ts so now I ask the brain trust...:wink:

[Ravenrob]

The only ones I've had experience with are the ones for the 6.5 Swedish Mauser. Reasonably accurate at short ranges (under 75 yards). but VERY sensitive to wind.

[KABAR2]

Don't know about wood I have cast some in aluminumized resin for a 47MM Austrian AT gun

and I know he was shooting CNC machined nylon projo's from it.



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[ironcreations]

when I picked up a Maxim kit a while back, it had a round stuck in the ejection hole, it was a complete round, it had a green wooden bullet in it. kinda cool, so it must have been something they used for target practice or something. it was 7.62x54. only one i hve ever seen,

[rugman59]

I don't know how accurate this info is, but I've read about disintegrating wood tip training blanks for a 1919. Supposedly, the fragments splatter out off to the side of the adapter.:question:

[ironcreations]

I don't know how accurate this info is, but I've read about disintegrating wood tip training blanks for a 1919. Supposedly, the fragments splatter out off to the side of the adapter.:question:
ive heard that to, some sort of booster that broke em up or something. maybe its in one of dolfs books, i got all of em, i will look, not sure if thats what KALI is asking for but hell Id like to know to.

[Kali Komrade]

Well I'm looking to make some wooden projo's for a mortar project... Thats what I'm aiming to do...
Can the nylon be turned on a Wood lathe... The projo's I make for the 57mm I think would have to be turned on a metal lathe due to the hardness of the plastic... although I could use a wood depth cutting lathe tool on a wood lathe but I've seen things come off the centers if you try to cut too hard... It's obvious that they make different tools for different materials...:wink: We used to turn down skate board wheels back in the day on the wood lathes so the kids could get that real low profile narrow look...

Now that aluminum resin whats the cost on something like that...

[rugman59]

I'm sure you 'might' get away with turning one on a wood lathe, but personally, I would use a small metal lathe for the extra control and accuracy.
Heck, I've 'turned' stuff on a drill press before.Not good for the machine, but it worked.:bucktooth:
Regular casting resin should work fine too after you make a good mold.
Elm, I think is what the settlers made the hubs for wagon wheels out of.
Very strong,tight grained and durable, but harder than hell to work with and hard on cutting tools also.
Hickory would be a good candidate too.
If you want to make them cool or purty looking, you can also use metallic paint on them.:smile:

[KABAR2]

Now that aluminum resin whats the cost on something like that...

Not cheap...... but I was using company supplies for the CEO :big: so cost?

what cost? If you like I'll post a thread about silicon casting you could use cheaper resins

I used the best because that's what I had on hand, it comes in a five gallon bucket but is measured

by weight, so there is a bit of space. I think a bucket runs in the 450.00 range......

[Kali Komrade]

Man pricey... Nah I better stick with what I have going I'll have to get a metal lathe with the auto feed... I kinda figured I was stuck with that... I'm going to head to the hardware store and see if I can't find some better supplies with the appropriate windage...:wink: