My friend Bob asked if I could turn him a black powder ball starter. I said Ok..... what is it? He explained and I did a little research and this is what I came up with. It's all one piece and I changed the design of the top, all the products I saw online were just a ball and a dowel. They also had a little thing on the side, I guess to start the ball in the barrel. Well it made sense to me just to put a dimple in the top to start it, and flip it over then get the ball started the rest of the way. Then you use the ramrod to get the ball to where it's got to go. As you can tell I am not a black powder gun owner. I also decided to dress it up a little with a brass cap. The lines on the top ball are done with a skew and then burned with a wire. A little stain and done... fun project.
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