Author Topic: New Swivel Yoke (Read 4276 times)

Tropico · « **on:** June 08, 2007, 09:58:27 AM »

Thank You Dominick !!!

As you can see its a perfect fit ! This will work out great on the ship and in the bar. I am working on the handle and will get another photo later with a tompion ., handle ., and with the yoke painted. Thank you sir., it could not have turned out better.

Div Arty · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2007, 11:27:16 AM »

Tropico
You took some fine shots of great craftsmanship. Both you and Dominick should be proud.

Rickk · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2007, 12:24:49 PM »

Very nice

1" ? ? ? ? what are the stats?

EL Caz 66 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:13:51 PM »

Man that is cool!!! Bronze??? keep us posted..

lance · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:58:14 PM »

Tropico, man that's really great. oh, by the way! i checked out your tropico web site. is there any way you could adopt me?

dominick · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2007, 06:04:03 PM »

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Thank You Dominick !!!

Your welcome Rich. Good to see it fit together OK. Thanks again for your business. Dom

Tropico · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2007, 06:36:31 PM »

Div Arty ., Thank You.., However you must know I am not proud aye..., humbled and grateful am I ....,savvy?

Rickk ., Stats..., Stats you say....., 3 1/2 at the breach 2 1/2 at the muzzle. 1" bore and 21" barrel length from end to end.

EL Cazador 66., Bronze., I dont get many of them., I cherish the golden gun and relish the thought of havin one at the bow.

lance ., i wasn't plann'in on hav'in anymore mate ., tho you could come and man the cannons and or take up scuba diving with us in the islands.

dominick ., Its painted black now and I have had 2 visitors tonight ask me who casted it for me. Your welds and finish-work are outstanding. Its really perfect once the handle is finished it will need another photo.

Tropico · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2007, 02:35:40 PM »

Swivel Gun update.
I found it easy to use 2 clamps that are normally found holding the U-Joint to the differential on most Chevrolets..., the bottom one with a nut welded to it. This allows me to unscrew the "Steering rod" and ball from the cannon very quickly.

This will be fun on the boat or mounted to an oak barrel in the bar....., however I am also working on a quick assembly tripod that can be used for the cannon as well as melting lead cannon balls............., or cooking (Differant iron pot).
I will upload the completed cannon with tripod when finished., hopefully it may share an idea or two with some of you cannon camper types ..., Arrrrrrrgh!

intoodeep · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2007, 02:55:35 PM »

Tropico,

It looks good. I'd like that on the roof of my car to make city driving more interesting....

Rickk · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2007, 03:19:38 PM »

It would look lice up top opposite my air horns. I could make them both work off the same button

EL Caz 66 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2007, 03:42:24 PM »

Man tropico that looks real nice... I just might invest in pair Swivel Guns For my backyard upper deck!!

lance · « **Reply #11 on:** June 13, 2007, 03:45:14 PM »

looking good Tropico, sometime i'd like to take you up on the offer to come to the islands and man the guns, maybe for a whole month??? these mountains can be mean in the winter time..........

rusty barrels · « **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2007, 05:23:03 PM »

That would look really good on the rollbar of my jeep!

rifleshooter2 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2007, 10:57:06 PM »

You have some sweet toys there. Maybe there's something to this pirate stuff

. Being from Pittsburgh I have a fond spot for Pirates

Andy

opatriot · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2007, 08:52:48 AM »

WOW ITS A LOOKER TROPICO !!! Congratulation's !! Nice gun should be really functional on the high seas .... I notice your guns have nice looking Tampions " think i spelled that right " in the barrels ... How do you make them ?? Are they made of wood ??

accuratemike · « **Reply #15 on:** June 14, 2007, 09:04:31 AM »

Quote from: opatriot on June 14, 2007, 08:52:48 AM

Tampions " think i spelled that right "

I think it Tompion. So as to avoid confusion. MIKE

Tropico · « **Reply #16 on:** June 14, 2007, 02:03:22 PM »

Swivel gun finished

Everything is there now except for the cast iron pot hanging from the chain to cast bullets and cannon balls. This should be a bit of a fun package to take onto our next outing. B)

The Tompion was invented I believe to keep ones powder dry .,and of course it was with-out question named by a french men ...., ?

Opatriot the majority of my Tompions are to the end of my bore., this serves the purpose of Ramrod., Tompion., and foil mold all in one.,I just use a wooden dowel then attach a decorative piece of wood or a brass knob or whatever seems to be right for me at the time. and then of course paint it red on the visable end !

GGaskill · « **Reply #17 on:** June 14, 2007, 02:42:08 PM »

I assume you aren't going to fire anything except salutes from that arrangement as recoil from a shotted load would tip it over in an instant.

Rickk · « **Reply #18 on:** June 14, 2007, 02:50:43 PM »

with some weight hanging from below it might not be too bad with a projectile.

I've fired by Brooks 1 incher with lead ball and not that mild of a load and the weight of the barrel tends to absorb a substantial amount of recoil.

Besides, you will be hanging onto the "tiller", which will help a bit.

intoodeep · « **Reply #19 on:** June 14, 2007, 03:19:51 PM »

Quote from: rusty barrels on June 13, 2007, 05:23:03 PM

That would look really good on the rollbar of my jeep!

rusty barrels,

You got me thinking.... It's kind of a "Rat Patrol" thing...

So, I thought I'd give it a try. I guess I'll need a passenger in the back seat.

Sorry, Tropico. I'm just having a little fun. Your swivel gun looks great!

Tropico · « **Reply #20 on:** June 14, 2007, 03:58:16 PM »

Whoooo Yea thats awesome intoodeep !!!

We were laughing pretty hard at that.,we love your picture !!
Thanks everyone for comments .,this has been alot of fun so far.
Yup George I am going to put that brass ball in the palm of my left hand facing AWAY from my body about sternum height using my fore-arm as a sort of spring for some re-coil. About 8" to 12" from the chest with a firm forearm and in a braced position and send a 1" lead ball to its target with 150 grains fg ., touched off with a slow match. Recoil will be there.,but the tripod is sturdy and stable.,and the shooter will have to be ready for it. Its only a 1/4" more bore than the Blunderbuss . I will be careful and work up.
This is actually the gun Elmer Fudd went after Bugs Bunny with...., we fire it all the time...., its amazing what .70 cents in dimes will do to a 3.00 dollar watermelon.

I will try to get fire and smoke for this thread soon then a few photos., perhaps video captures.

EL Caz 66 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 14, 2007, 04:06:49 PM »

Tropico, cool stuff There Brother.. You need a test run with a few blank loads and some with shot then give us the results...Love that Bunker buss... Intoodeep love the photo.. Dam I remember that show ... The Rat Patrol... WOW thats like decades ago Black & white TV and stuff...

rusty barrels · « **Reply #22 on:** June 15, 2007, 02:32:47 AM »

Wow Intoodeep that looks better than the 1919 A1 I was thinking about, Tropico is that the same gun that was offered on the web not too long ago?

accuratemike · « **Reply #23 on:** June 15, 2007, 03:43:11 AM »

Looks like it may be one of these. http://www.middlesexvillagetrading.com/Blunderbusses.SHTML. I like it too!
MIKE

Tropico · « **Reply #24 on:** June 15, 2007, 04:54:45 AM »

It is the Middlesex Trading Village Blunderbuss on your link accuratemike . I got a few flinters from them that I am happy with.
Yes being a pirate is Fun !!!

lance · « **Reply #25 on:** June 15, 2007, 03:20:21 PM »

Quote from: Tropico on June 15, 2007, 04:54:45 AM

It is the Middlesex Trading Village Blunderbuss on your link accuratemike . I got a few flinters from them that I am happy with.
Yes being a pirate is Fun !!!

thank you fellows, for posting that info on the blunderbuss, i've been looking for a good place to get some flintlocks. you live the life Tropico, every once in a while i drop into your website and just day dream.

Tropico · « **Reply #26 on:** June 18, 2007, 12:24:56 PM »

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Tropico is that the same gun that was offered on the web not too long ago?

rusty barrels
Yes it is in fact a Barrel I got the high bid on eBay. I tried to get a 1" bore at 17" in length a 6 pounder......, but I lost it..., I am actually happier with this one tho.

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you live the life Tropico, every once in a while i drop into your website and just day dream.

lance

I am trying to live the life Lance....., real life keeps getting in the way but we are getting closer to completing our grand plan.
Please do stop into the website once in a while. We have updates on the building construction and also a few cannon builds and also a few test videos. Watch for 4'th of July fire and smoke updates as well.

Rickk · « **Reply #27 on:** June 18, 2007, 01:56:23 PM »

The blunderbuss is cool Tropico, and Middlesex trading village is about a two hour drive from me. Maybe I'll pay them a visit as soon as I recover from the current projects. I have quite a few percussion guns, but I don't have a flintlock.... a void needing filling I guess.

I noticed they have brass 18 inchers and steel 15 inchers. Bummer that they don't have a brass 15 incher as that would be cool.

Now I have to make a decision. Maybe one of each? Na, wife would kill me, or worse

lance · « **Reply #28 on:** June 18, 2007, 03:42:28 PM »

Quote from: Tropico on June 18, 2007, 12:24:56 PM

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Tropico is that the same gun that was offered on the web not too long ago?
rusty barrels
Yes it is in fact a Barrel I got the high bid on eBay. I tried to get a 1" bore at 17" in length a 6 pounder......, but I lost it..., I am actually happier with this one tho.

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you live the life Tropico, every once in a while i drop into your website and just day dream.
lance

I am trying to live the life Lance....., real life keeps getting in the way but we are getting closer to completing our grand plan.
Please do stop into the website once in a while. We have updates on the building construction and also a few cannon builds and also a few test videos. Watch for 4'th of July fire and smoke updates as well.

Tropico, i think it's great what you are building. i get tired of snow in these virginia mountains, and one winter i would like to take some time off and visit your resort. you've got a great start, it's a great ideal, and i look at it like why visit any same old beach resort, when you can visit a pirate resort and kinda know the guy that owns it. and i will be watching the Tropico web site!!!

lance · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2007, 05:16:18 PM »

Tropico, that fort you are building. how many cannons? are you putting in an armoury full of flintlocks too? you know i like that kind of stuff and want to hear about it.