Made the driver retaining ring
Cut new threads at one end of the battery tube. You can see the old thread deeper in the tube.
Cut thread on the head for the bezel. You can see in this pic some kind of dent / mark on the inside. I have no idea how that happened
Made a bezel but didn’t cut off so I could use it as a mount for working the head
Next was the all important cut that exposed all the holes. I started tentative and the more it revealed the more I liked it. It produced some burrs which I kind of expected but didn’t know how much I would get with brass.
To clean up the burrs I tried a file but it wasn’t as effective as a drill bit and a knife. Yes. it was tedious…… very , very , ….tedious. By the hundredth hole I was starting to get good at it
Cut thread on the back end of the head and a test fit to the tube
I’m liken the look of it but I can tell it’s going to be a heavy sucker