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can i make a heavy bopper?

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beartail:
sup yall.I just received some beautyfull I got in a trade.b I need a heavy bopper to do the job.is there any way I can make one that will git the job done right?

Bone pile:
hammer stones, solid copper, copper cap with lead inside glued to a handle are a few options, moose billet is another.
Bone

Chippintuff:
Go to the hardware store and get a copper plumbing end cap. Get a dowell that exactly fits inside it. Put the copper end cap on a socket that is just right to support the socket without letting the copper cap fall inside it. Take or make a rod with the end rounded and put the rounded end into the copper cap. Hit rounded rod with a hammer till the copper cap is rounded to the desired shape. Place the copper cap on something that will not burn. Heat the copper cap with a propane torch and melt a lead tire weight into it filling it about half full. Let it cool. Mix a little epoxy glue and put it into the cap. Insert the dowell and let it sit overnight. It's cheap and ready.

WA

beartail:
I done some googlin and seen a bopper made just as you described chippin.thank you.
If you read this mullet,what size spall should I expect to get from that biggest piece with a large bopper like this one? and if you know,could you pleas tell me the names of the material? thank you again so much! this is gonna be fun!!

mullet:
You should be able to get spalls as long as any of the pieces you pick up. The Georgetown, Kentucky Blue or the Butterscotch Coastal Plains all spall good.

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