Is this too redneck?

[mc1457]

I was measuring the instrument light mounts on the dash I'm rebuilding and trying to figure out what size brass tubing I could use to mount the LEDs when it occurred to me...what is made of brass tubing, comes in short lengths of various gauges, and has a convenient hole in the bottom? Shell casings! My boys happen to love digging them up at my mom's house (the former owner used to shoot targets in the back yard). It turns out that a .45 caliber is a perfect fit for the gauges and 9mm is perfect for the indicator lamps.

Question: is it too "redneck" to repurpose brass casings as lamp holders for LEDs?

...of course this is the Appalachian Engineering Opel GT I'm working on, but trying to engineer OUT the redneck bits...

Assuming this is an acceptable raw material, what's a good source for used brass casings? I need about 10 of each size, in brass (not aluminum, etc).

[Lockley]

Try Here for tubing. McMaster-Carr


Dave KI4UBK

[SpringGT]

Go to your nearest gun range on a Saturday and you can probably get all of the used brass you need from someone who is not a reloader. Or, ask your friends who shoot to save some brass for you. Probably the easiest (and most expensive) way is to buy a box of new ammo and remove the slug and powder and then there is no waiting and no trip to the range. (assuming you are only going to use the cylinder portion of the shell and don't plan to drill through that unfired primer).

[baz]

not too red neck but i can see them hitting there foreheads and thinking "why didn't i think of that"

[mc1457]

Originally Posted by Lockley Try Here for tubing. McMaster-Carr Dave KI4UBK

The shade-tree fabricator candy store! I love that site. BTW...the rubber 60mm flexible tubing is *perfect* for heater ducts.

Why didn't I think of them? :-)

[heimue]

I'll go shooting within the next 2 or 3 days, I can send you all the casings you need. PM me your address.

Dieter

PS: The ONLY way to remove a bullet from a casing is by pressing the trigger!

[wrench459]

Originally Posted by mc1457 ...of course this is the Appalachian Engineering Opel GT I'm working on, but trying to engineer OUT the redneck bits...

juts kep the bush bear can on the shiftr and yoll do fine

[jerseyopel]

Originally Posted by heimue I'll go shooting within the next 2 or 3 days, I can send you all the casings you need. PM me your address. Dieter PS: The ONLY way to remove a bullet from a casing is by pressing the trigger!

Actually they do make a nifty one for us reloaders where you put it in a thing that looks like a hammer and whack it on a bech and the bullet pops out using inertia. You tghen still would have to deal with the unfired primer which are real nasty when they go off.

[hrcollinsjr]

Originally Posted by heimue I'll go shooting within the next 2 or 3 days, I can send you all the casings you need. PM me your address. Dieter PS: The ONLY way to remove a bullet from a casing is by pressing the trigger!

Dieter is soooo generous. I was going to ask you to buy the cartridges and I'd empty them for you. Heck, I can't afford to replace what I shoot at this point. Ammo prices have doubled since my last purchases! In keeping with your rigging, I'll see if a dummy grenade would work for the gear shift knob.

Harold

[Aardvaark]

Too Redneck? Are you kidding? With some of the good o'l boy touches I've seen proudly displayed on the some of Southern Opels, ya'all don't have any issues with what your do'in.....
They just oooz grits!

[BQS4]

Originally Posted by Aardvaark ya'all

Uhhh, that's "ya'll" Mark

[Aardvaark]

Originally Posted by BQS4 Uhhh, that's "ya'll" Mark

Hee,hee! Sorry. My Yankee speech impediment....
If you typed with your accent.....