DickB
05-14-2018, 06:17 PM
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This is a bit of a novelty for my nephew, who asked if I could make one. It was a bit of a design challenge for me, in that I had not done something quite like it, so of course I took it on.
Can you identify the origin/source of the Holy Hand Grenade without Google? Against what foe was it deployed? Where are the instructions for its use?
All the parts were designed using only Designer 3, except the scroll I designed quite a while back using Wolfie's Gradient Designer (before the 3D tools). Designer 3D tools were used quite a bit. The grenade is 4" in diameter, with top and bottom halves carved out of 2" thick stock using the 1/16" and 1/8" long ballnose bits. Grenade halves and stand arms are double-sided carves that must of course be precisely aligned. After a few years at this I've come up with a couple of techniques to do this accurately. The grenade is butternut if I recall correctly - I bought the wood at an estate sale a while ago. The cross and stand arms are oak, the base black walnut, and the scroll clear pine (using up some scraps). The halves are held together by small rare earth magnets, and can easily be separated by twisting the halves slightly to misalign the magnets.
My nephew wanted a hollow grenade - not sure what he's going to put in it. He said it was "work related" - that should be interesting! Shipping it off to him tomorrow.
This is a bit of a novelty for my nephew, who asked if I could make one. It was a bit of a design challenge for me, in that I had not done something quite like it, so of course I took it on.
Can you identify the origin/source of the Holy Hand Grenade without Google? Against what foe was it deployed? Where are the instructions for its use?
All the parts were designed using only Designer 3, except the scroll I designed quite a while back using Wolfie's Gradient Designer (before the 3D tools). Designer 3D tools were used quite a bit. The grenade is 4" in diameter, with top and bottom halves carved out of 2" thick stock using the 1/16" and 1/8" long ballnose bits. Grenade halves and stand arms are double-sided carves that must of course be precisely aligned. After a few years at this I've come up with a couple of techniques to do this accurately. The grenade is butternut if I recall correctly - I bought the wood at an estate sale a while ago. The cross and stand arms are oak, the base black walnut, and the scroll clear pine (using up some scraps). The halves are held together by small rare earth magnets, and can easily be separated by twisting the halves slightly to misalign the magnets.
My nephew wanted a hollow grenade - not sure what he's going to put in it. He said it was "work related" - that should be interesting! Shipping it off to him tomorrow.