Built this last week. Still need to paint the barrels and put a few finishing touches on it. Contains a little japanese, pflueger, and mitchell.
What'dya think?
Way cool ! Nice add would be a battery-box, rotating contacts and lights in the end of the barrels. Firing...light comes on, then the next barrel light on...and so on. LOL!
Rick H wrote:Way cool ! Nice add would be a battery-box, rotating contacts and lights in the end of the barrels. Firing...light comes on, then the next barrel light on...and so on. LOL!
I could not fathom drilling the holes and running the wires to mount little led's in the end of those barrels. I have considered adding 4 more barrels to fill it in a little, but i hate to mess with a "done" piece.
Rick, i could never mangle a couple of old reels to make two items so distantly related.
However, if i ever do try to sell it, i promise i wont claim Mr. Gatling made it...
LOL...Hey, It's an ingeneous idea that you came up with. Please, if ya have the time, post one more pic once ya get those barrels colored. You've helped motivate me to make a reel out of antler. That ought keep me in the garage for a month...she'll like that!
Here is the finished product with painted barrels. Sorry the pic is so crumby, i just wasn't up to doing a "reel" photo shoot just yet.
I re-added the level wind, trimmed extra screw material away on the front support, painted barrels, and cleaned up the aluminum flashing holding handle and barrel supports.
Only thing left i may do is play with the laser etcher at work and make the "fishingat" an official marked reel, lol.