Making a Powder Horn (and a powerful odor)

My dad has a very nice muzzle loading rifle made for him by a very unusual individual I am told is of some considerable repute with regard to gunsmithing, and muzzle loaders in particular.
So, the fact that he lacked a proper powder horn with which to contain the boomdust to make the thing work is a situation that very much needed tending to. So I did.
Also featuring my new lathe!
See more of the things I make at my Facebook page: / thinkerofthoughtsthings And DeviantArt: www.deviantart...
Music is
Tale of Tsar Saltan Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimksy Korsakov performed by the US Army Band.
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 - I. Allegro vivace assai, II. Allegro assai, IV. Finale. Allegro Molto by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by the Musopen String Quartet.
All provided royalty free by musopen.org
#thinkerofthoughts
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[@winterhorse290]

Very nice work!

[@drewledbetter526]

The music is so intense I had to stop watching every 39 seconds. Absolutely exhausted after 3 days. But worth every hour. Thanks.

[@howardwinter3455]

I like to see things done. a little differently .Good work and great music .

[@MayorOfGoodells]

You can apply thin CA glue to the wood threads to make them stronger. Just be sure to let it cure thoroughly before installing the cap

[@fordfan3179]

I can't wait to see what you start making once you get past the impatience of youth. I'll bet your dad loved the horn!

[@thinkerofthoughtsthings4914]

He did indeed

[@greywuuf]

Make the top plug round and heat the horn to fit it. Way easier

[@MadHalflingInventor]

Awesome video :) MayGoldworthy from DA here, nice lathe, and nice lathe work, apart from maybe the bit where it jumped out while you were parting off LOL, I would have used video editing to hide that bit, but not to worry, in my experience brass does not part off well at the best of times, thanks for sharing this :)

[@thinkerofthoughtsthings4914]

I prefer to leave the oopses in , lest people think I actually know what I'm doing :P I always wonder how many false starts, do-overs and general errors get made when I'm watching a video where things go even slightly according to plan.

[@MadHalflingInventor]

@@thinkerofthoughtsthings4914 that's fair :) me too, there are so many videos where nothing goes wrong at all, but those people must make mistakes at least sometimes ;)

[@Stoney327]

Hello: You broke the cardinal rule of horn making! You DON'T EVER glue in a horn cap. You've essentially just made a hand held bomb!! You always attach it with tacks or wooden "plugs" around the perimeter and seal it with bees wax. If a hot spark ever got in there it would blow your dad's hand off or worse. Just a heads up for future horns. Other than that, nice job.:~)))) God bless: Two Feathers Proprietor of: The Mountain Man Emporium

[@jerryakins1622]

I’m a traditional type of person and I use beeswax to seal the plug and toothpicks as pins to fasten it. But if a spark ever gets into one of mine or this very nice horn this fellow made, you’ll have a bombshell anyway ! Nice job ! Keep it up you’ll learn something every time you build one ! 👍

[@Hidetannerslife]

Very nice work

[@Daniel_Herrero]

hola amigo! vengo de DA

[@sailorjohnboy2325]

80° angle for the plug 👍