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Offline rusty barrels

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Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« on: June 10, 2007, 07:09:28 AM »
It's been completed for 6 months and I still haven't fired it! It's a 2/3 scale 6# by Hern, the carriage is a laminated 2" red oak patterned after South Bend Replicas drawing. For scale I laid my 50Cal Queen Anne pistol in front of it.




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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2007, 07:20:17 AM »
I been waitin fer this...,  Very nice ! ! ! Congratulations !!!  That Cannon project came out really great . I really like your carriage .,  more pics., more pics .
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2007, 07:27:42 AM »
The pistol was for your benefit Tropico, I figured you have one too and could the scale of the gun. I will post more pictures I hope soon.
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2007, 08:46:35 AM »
Now that I learned how to do this, here are some close ups of the naval gun.






Heres some stuff I made to make the charges

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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2007, 09:31:55 AM »
Very nice  ! Did you make the trunnion caps yourself? They look great !!!
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2007, 11:53:13 AM »
Outstanding!! did you do the wheels yourself? I may of missed this project how long did it take you ? you should be proud!!!
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2007, 12:41:23 PM »
Yeah I did make the trunnion caps and wheels, the trunnion caps took a couple of tries before I got what I wanted with heat and bar matching the trunnions dimensions on the gun, the wheels were probably the easiest as well as fun making compared to the rest of the carriage. The axles are wood also with steel sleeves, the steel on the wheels were a bit tough tho, I formed the steel around the wheel and cut them short to create a .060 gap and wire fed them closed which caused them to shrink and stay on ( I guess it's a modern way to install tires on the wooden wheels). The whole project took over 2 1/2 months to complete.
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2007, 10:09:47 AM »
Looks outstanding, I like the finish on the barrel a lot. Great job!  M223
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2007, 10:15:58 AM »
Pic No# 4 does alot for me....,I really like the way this whole cannon came out
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2007, 10:33:07 AM »
I agree , the attention to detail really makes itself evident it pics #4 & #3, wish I had that kind of talent with wood. Great job on the trunnion caps also.    M223
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2007, 07:30:10 PM »
...wish I had that kind of talent with wood.

I'm sure you can learn it the same way you learned to work metal.
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2007, 01:01:25 AM »
Geeze, I hope not.  Just kidding Thanks for the support.
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2007, 06:38:19 AM »
Thanks for the compliments fellas, it makes some of the frustrations that I encountered during its construction worth it.
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2007, 09:07:49 AM »
Beautiful gun. You should be very proud. I also like the cartridge making process. Now get out there and burn some powder!
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2007, 07:09:38 AM »
GEEEEEEE thanks. :-\ Now I have another project to plan and aspire to.... But really, nice job. Looks great!
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #15 on: June 20, 2007, 11:40:19 AM »
Rusty Barrels, I'm sorta taking a survey... do all four of your wheels sit flat on the ground, and did you have to work hard to make that happen?

Rick
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2007, 04:15:51 AM »
Yes Rickk they do, I just paid alot of attention to the over all dimensions.
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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2007, 05:44:37 AM »
What happens if the ground is not level? does it wobble at all?

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Re: Heres a picture of my naval gun (Ithink)
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2007, 06:35:04 AM »
Yes it does, but not to much when the barrel is attached, I guess I built it pretty stiff.
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