OOOOHHHHH SHIT HERE IT COMES!!! THE HIGH TECH HOODS PRESENTS... File date 12-24-92 Twas the night before christmas and all through the house.. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ~^ ^~ ~^ HOW TO BUILD A .22 ^~ ~^ CAL. LIGHTER ^~ ~^ ^~ ~^ Taken From DELTA PRESS ^~ ~^ Converted to text by ^~ ~^ THE RAVEN ^~ ~^ ^~ ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ This is a wonderful piece of workshop plan that I've been after since 1979 when I got my first Delta Press Catalog but at age 7, Your funds are limited. So now I'm a big boy and I have the funds for almost anything I wish (If you read my files you'll understand why). Any this file comes to you in 2 parts this is the instructions part, the other part is the diagrams. The diagrams are GIF's cause with something such as this text diagrams, just simply won't do. This file will tell you how to take a lighter and convert it so it can shot a .22 cal round from it. This has a lot of potential! Also in the works is how to make a .32 beeper gun! Anyway for those who ask my bbs will be up by feb. in either area code 212/718 or 410/301. So look for the name: INSTALLITION FIVE. Now it's that time forrrrr....... Note: This information is presented for academic and informational purposes only. The actual construction or possession of this device may be in violation of local, state, and federal laws. The bbs that this file is distrubuted from is not responsible for the misuse of this file. ENOUGH!!!! THE RAVEN ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BEFORE PROCEEDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS MUST FIRST BE FULLY READ SO AN ACCURATE IDEA OF THE PLAN CAN BE VISUALIZED. THE LIGHTER USED MUST BE THE PUSH-DOWN TYPE (ZIPPO IS NOT A PUSH-DOWN TYPE!) ILLUSTRATED IN THE GIF IN AVERAGE TO GOOD CONDITION. ALL OPERATIONS MUST BE DONE IN THE ORDER GIVEN HERE, WITHOUT HASTE, AND WITH THE UTMOST CARE, FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE RESULT. 1. Assemble the tools which will be needed- small pair of pliers, few pieces of thin piano wire, jeweler's type screw driver, soldering iron, acid core solder, ladle for pouring lead, drill,bits,file,vise,saw,tap & die, tweezers and hammer. 2. Remove fliud screw, then clean out lighter using all cotton with tweezers and wire; then remove wick, flint screw, and flint. Allow light to COMPLETELY air out. 3. The wick holder is then VERY CAREFULLY removed with pliers. The lighter's top assembly is then taken apart to facilitate removing of the push spring in Fig. 1 in the GIF. This must be done with the utmost care, being sure that the assembly when replaced will be in exactly the same working order as before, except for the push spring. The assembly is then replaced and the lighter is then set in a vise with the base plate up, and VERY CAREFULLY filled with molten lead or solder through the fluid hole. Make certain that there are no loose areas, the lighter must be completely filled with lead throughout. WHEN SOLDERING OR WORKING WITH HOT LEAD, EXTREME CARE MUST BE USED BOTH FOR YOUR OWN SAFTY AND BECAUSE THE LIGHTER'S SEAMS ARE SOLDREED; AND THE HEAT OF THE LEAD MAY, IF CARELESSLY USED, OPEN THE SEAMS. 4. A Barrel must now be chosen of sufficient lenght to override the lighter itself by the amount of space taken up by the wick holder. The barrel is first tested with a .22 short, for snugness of fit. The inside diameter of the barrel should be between .217" and .220"; it may be made either of steel or hard brass tubing. The thickness or wall of the barrel should be large enough to allow the lip or rim of the shell to rest there. The top end of the barrel is then threded to match the thread of the nut available (see Fig.1-nut "b" in GIF) and it can also hold a silencer. 5. After the barrel is completed, a hole is drilled through the lead-filled lighter; of a diameter making it necessary for the barrel to be lightly tapped into place. The barrel is then installed, and the nut is placed on. A mainspring is now selected (an old cloch mainspring will do, if it has the corect tension) and a section of it is cut off about 1-3/4" length and a 3/8" wide (width). Through here a hole is PUNCHED as in drawing and the firing pin assembly is constructed. This is done as illustrated in Fig. 5, with a screw, nut and washer. The screw is filed down halfway, and the rest is adjusted and filed down after the completion of the firing pin assembly. This must of course be adjusted as a RIM-FIRE firing pin. 6. The spring housing is constructed as shown in the template of Fig. 3. The lip or rim of the lighter must be filed down even with the body at the place where the housing will be set, so as to insure a solid and closely tolerated joint (as in Fig. 4). It may be made out of brass or steel, of a tensile strenght enough to hold the mainspring in a strong friction joint. The housing is made about 2" x 1/2" x 1/32" (depending upon size of each respective lighter), then tapped as per Fig. 2, and respective holes are drilled through the lighter for juxtapostion (look it up) with the plate. This assembly must be adjusted so the clearence between the base of the lighter and the plate is just enough to enable the spring to move back and forth by maens of the friction joint. THE SPRING MUST BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH SO AS TO ALLOW THE CARTRIDGE TO BE EJECTED. The housing itself is attached to the lighter by two bolts directly through the lighter and then tightly adjusted with the corresponding nuts to prevent any slippage whatsoever. The ejection is performed with a metal rod 3 inches long and 3/16" in diameter - by pushing the shell out backwards. This rod is also used to clean the barrel with swab. POINTS TO REMEMBER ================== Ball ammunition should be used ONLY after careful testing: first, with a .22 short BLANK SHELL to test the strenght of the lighter. THEN ONLY : .22 short, .22bb or .22 cb should be used, and these must NOT be of an express or hi-speed type load. The lighter should NEVER be carried in pocket or left in a desk drawer,etc. when there is a shell in the chamber; as there is no safty feature and any sharp blow can detonate the shell. After each firing, the empty shell must be removed immediately to prevent undue stress on the spring and wear on the firing pin. Before firing the barrel the barrel must be inspected to make sure there are no obstructions in it, and after firing,the barrel should be cleaned with ejection rod,cotton and suitable gun cleaning fliud. ALWAYS BE SURE THAT THE BARREL IS CLEAR OF ANY FORIEGN MATTER...WHEN FIRING BE CERTAIN THAT THE SNUFFER IS ENTIRELY CLEAR OF THE BARREL MOUTH (done by pressing the lighter as if to light it, the removal of the push spring (para. 3) keeping the snuffer in the upright position). TREAT THE LIGHTER THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD TREAT A GUN! IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTION ARISING FROM THESE PLANS, JUST CONTACT ME ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BBS'S: BLITZKRIEG (502) 499-8933 DEVIL'S CAULDRON (414) PRI-VATE RIPCO (312) 528-5020 THE HAWKS NEST (201) 347-6969 UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS +44-636-708063 The plans for the beeper gun will be on only the following bbs's: INSTALLITION FIVE & UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS If your a SYSOP and you want a High Tech Hood file realesed on your bbs 1st then contact me for info. THE RAVEN HIGH TECH HOOD #3