Well - almost - it needs a few holes and and anno.
Here is the project from start to finish:
After about the first two hours today I had this:
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I started with a inch bar of aluminum stock and turned it down to .910.
I then knurled that. I purposefully crosshatched the knuling a little so it would serve as a match striker. It isn't as pretty as the K&M (see below) but works for my purpose.
I then started on the cap. That is the thing that takes so stinkin' long.
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Shown here with only one O-ring - you will be able to also use the bottom of the cap as a striker.
Tomorrow I will turn this down a little bit - and then set the compass shown inside. This may be tricky - but I am learning a ton.
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I will also drill the cap out for the smaller Ferrocerium rod tomorrow.
Then comes the part for me that is new - boring the inside of the match case out.
I will bore out the inside tomorrow - turn down a portion at the base for a lanyard to fit through - and then I will part it off - I could potentially be done with my prototype tomorrow. I may even set a striker for the ferro rod in the bottom - like the Aurora has.
Here is a pic of what I have so far next to a K & M matchcase for reference.
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Here is the next four hours: (this was my first time boring):
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I have to drill three more holes and it is done. I will drill two for the end fob hole and one more for the Ferrocerium rod in the cap.
The body is pretty much how I want it - the cap was perfect until I decided to trim some material off and the jaws slipped. DAMN! You can see the jaw marks if you look close - I was able to clean a lot of the mess up.
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