A Lighter Out of a 12.7mm Shell Casing : 4 Steps

Hi, I am glad to introduce you to my work.

This compact object will allow you to start a fire in the depths of the wild and to light your way through the darkness. IMPORTANT! I've bought this shell casing at a flea market. I've never worked with live ammunition because it could cost me my life.

WARNING: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU USE A LIVE CARTRIDGE TO CREATE THIS PROJECT! FURTHERMORE, DON'T EXPOSE THE CARTRIDGE TO MECHANICAL IMPACT! USE ONLY SHELL CASINGS WITHOUT GUNPOWDER AND WITH A DISCHARGED PRIMER (AS IN PICTURE 2)!

If you're using a shell casing with an unpunctured primer pour WD-40 into the shell for at least 5-6 seconds, and then let it stand for 48 hours for the primer compound to dissolve. The final step will be washing it out with detergent and water, before beginning work.

Step 1: Stuff You Will Need

Tools i used:

A soldering iron (i used one with a 65 wattage and with a thick tip)
A grip
A drilling machine
A threading tool
A hacksaw for metal
Some drills for metal (2mm, 4mm and 10mm)

Materials you need:

Supplies for the soldering: solder, colophony and soldering acid
Sand paper
A piece of wire (to tie the parts of the lighter together while soldering)
A cheap lighter (we wiil need to take it apart to get the silicon, wheel and spring), you can also buy some additional Zippo silicons
A valve for the faucet
Bolt M4.0*8 (for tensioning the spring)
An expended 12.7mm shell casing without gunpowder and with a discharged primer
A stub of the leg of the table (to close the bottom part of the cartridge)
Some cotton (to fill the cartridge)
A piece of a rope (will serve as a wick)
A small piece of steel cable (to push through wick inside of the cartridge)
Hepoxilin (to fill the gaps)
A steel tube (diameter: 13mm, lehgth: 22mm) + brass tube (length: 19mm) + suitable steel tube for the top hole
Fuel for petrol lighters
Ship's varnish (optional)
To tie a case i used 6 pieces of paracord (5 metres each)

Step 2: Sanding, Soldering, Drilling and Filling

Sand your expended shell casing
I've decided to paint it with varnish to save the shine (not necessary)
Disassemble the valve
Secure the valve in the grip and cut off the top part
Drill 2mm holes on the both sides of the left top part of the valve
Drill 2mm hole for the spring and silicon
Using the hacksaw cut off the opposite sides of the valve and assemble the wheel between two parts
Seal drilled holes on the parts of the valve
Drill 10mm hole on the bottom of the expended shell casing and make threaded connection
Make threaded connection on the stub (it must fit the bottom hole of the cartridge)
Drill 4mm hole in the steel tube and thread it
Solder the valve to the surface of the expended shell casing, put the spring inside of the valve, tighten the spring with a bolt
Put the metal tube inside of the top hole and fill the gaps with hepoxilin, attempt to put the wick inside (without filling your cartridge with cotton)
Insert piece of brass into another steel tube, sand them together
I made notches to prevent the plug from sliding and threaded it from the inside
Get the pieces from the steel cable and tie them together, connect the steel wire to the wick
Stick out the end of the steel cable and start filling your lighter with cotton
Pull the cable out of the bottom hole
Close the plug and fill up the lighter with fuel

Step 3: Tying a Case Out of Paracord

We will need 6 pieces of paracord, one piece = 5 metres
Find the centre of every rope and mark it with a needle
The beginning is the same as for the Crown Sinnet Knot, the only difference is that we have 6 cords instead of 4
When we form a knot, turn it over and make a loop
Put the next cord inside of the loop and tighten it, keep repeating to form a loop and put a cord into it (follow the order of cords and everything will be just fine)
When you reach the end of the main weaving, cut and solder the ends, leave 4 cords to make a belt mount
Follow the sequence of illustrations to tie the mount
Cut the ends and tuck them in