For my upcycle project I plan to use the popular 223 ammo shell cases to make a tank. These brass shell cases were collected after my buddies and I shot targets in the mountains. Since they have already been fired, they are safe to be handled and to be made into artworks. I will be soldering the shell cases together and the final piece should look like one of the army tanks.
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Abhishek Raut
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Abigail Schefer
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Aidan Shelburne
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Ali Alfares
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Alexander Hernacki
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Alex Jakubek
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Alex Kelling
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Alexandr Vassilyev
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Anil Antony Karathra
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Ankit Karkhanis
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Anna Lugthart
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Aryan Gandhi
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Austin Beltz
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Ben Fougere
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Bodhin Peterson-Smart
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Roger Carter
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Cameron Sprenger
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Brewster Beck von Peccoz
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Chris Griffin
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Chin-Hsuan(Andrea) Wang
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Connor Jameson
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Colin Neeson
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Daniel Bojorquez
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Derek Spatola
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Dylan Jackson
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Eileen Reh
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Elvin Chateauvert
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Ethan Street
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George Davis
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Grant Barnes
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Grady Forsyth
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Hannah Matthews
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Hayden Moll
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Will Harris
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Heider Iacometti
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Holly Young
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Hunter Maul
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India Johnson
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Ivan Werne
James Cadagan
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Jon Albaum
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Josh Calugay
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Jonah Chapel
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Jose Salgado
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Lily Gabriel
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Luke Carey
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Lucas Fesmire
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Matt Holleb
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Maddie O'Brien
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Michael Dailey
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Nate Olson
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Nic Garzione
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Owen Hull
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Palmer Dick-Montez
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Peter Jakubczak
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Perry Owens
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Pere Roquet Arroyo
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Rachel Jones
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Reed Beidleman
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Bekah Smith
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Rishi Assar
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Riley Dressel
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Rishabh Rai
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Sam Vallo
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Cody Wong
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Abdulrahman Nashawi
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Austin Maes
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Austin Ross
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Benjamin Chang
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Benjamin Robles
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Brooke Shade
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Charles Keely
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Christopher Lehr
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Davis Butte
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Davis Robertson
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Daniel Straub
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Emily Jordan
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Ethan Elshyeb
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Fiona Bell
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George
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Hailee Pritchard
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Hannah Walsh
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Isabella Colosimo
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Jason Fontillas
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Jamie Frankel
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Jackson Hootman
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Joseph Knapp
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Justin Engbrecht
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Justin Lim
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Kaiya Wahl
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Kensue Kiatoukaysy
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Kevin Yang
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Mary Rahjes
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Miles Radakovitz
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Nathaniel Wang
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Nicole Leon-Molina
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Noah Verspohl
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Patrick Bodine-Ellison
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Paul Tapsall
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Max Armstrong
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Rhys Rueffert
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Ryan Weatherbee
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Thomas Buckholtz
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Victoria Rios
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Will Tse
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Xiang Luo
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Zach Aldrich
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Jean Hertzberg
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Shrey Naresh Solanki
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Brandon Boiko
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Brittany Warly
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Chip Bollendonk
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Albert Como
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Dennis Can
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Jeffrey Gay
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Laura Bonney
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Roshan Misra
3 Comments. Leave new
I’m glad there’s some use to these shells, it always made me said when I was in the mountains and they were left littered all over. I don’t know much about ammunition but part of me is concerned about led content. I love how unapologetic you are about what seems to be an interest with these things, very mcgyver-like.
This sounds like a fun project- I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I’ve never tried to solder directly to brass, so I wonder if that will present a challenge. If it works, I’d be interested in any tricks you discover, as I have a lot of spent brass in bags that I’ll probably never reload, and making things out of them sounds fun.
I really like this idea. As someone who grew up in the mountain, target shooting behind my house was always a fun past time. I’ve always wondered if there was something that could be done with the shell casings. You can repack them, but it is very time consuming and you have to be very careful. What kind of size are you thinking of making the tank? Will the tank be static, as in a sculpture, or dynamic?