My New Cannon Barrel

[Shadowalker164]

Zulu… I have built some models myself, but my hats off to you. Excellent fit and finish! Gorgeous execution

 

[Rich44]

Beautiful. But, you could shoot it...........once.

Do you mean like this?

 

[Rich44]

Fantastic workmanship. You are a true craftman.
Brian

Thanks Brain

Certainly not trying to put you in your place. I have never seen a barrel like that turned out of a solid piece of iron.
It is a masterpiece of workmanship! My extreme admiration to you!

I loved your post, Great minds thinking alike.

 

[Rich44]

Rich I was trying to think of an unused superlative, but I’ll just ask if you can cut a new crank for my 351 Windsor build?

What did I get myself into?

 

[Shadowalker164]

Slugs too

 

[jefair1]

Fantastic workmanship. I really enjoyed the slide show.

 

[Bullit]

Frickin awesome dude ! Great job. A neighbor of my folks lives on a high hill up in SW Illinois. One day we were at my other neighbors place when this really strange whistling noise went overhead and then out of earshot. We asked our neighbor what it was and he said that the neighbor on the hill - a good mile away- shoots his cannon over my farm, down to the next farm. The whistling you hear comes from the holes in the bowling balls he shoots as it flies overhead spinning like crazy. He shoots them about two miles. After several shots he goes out in the field and looks for his bowling balls.

 

[Rich44]

Bullit,
Thanks for the good words.
That story does sound a little dangerous, maybe something like this?
I do not live in an area that will support that!

 

[Rich44]

I promised a video of my new Cannon Barrel Firing.

 

[zulu]

Really nice! Gotta love it! Here is one of mine firing.

 

[Rich44]

Really nice! Gotta love it! Here is one of mine firing.

Glad you added those closeup still pictures with the video. That cannon is a real beauty with such wonderful detail. That is a keeper.

 

[Rockflyer]

What a great job you did on that barrel ! Your attention to detail surely gives away your past tool and die experience ! So many setups but so worth it. The hand finishing speaks for itself if you've ever held a file and stone

 

[Rich44]

What a great job you did on that barrel ! Your attention to detail surely gives away your past tool and die experience ! So many setups but so worth it. The hand finishing speaks for itself if you've ever held a file and stone

Thank you for your thoughtful words. Somehow I get that feeling you have a mechanic background also or at minimum a lot of knowledge. And I will be looking forward to seeing your post in the future.

 

[zulu]

Rich44,
Do you have plans for another barrel? I think you should. These things are your legacy!
They could be around for hundreds of years! Do you date or mark them in any way?

 

[Captndan]

Bullit,
Thanks for the good words.
That story does sound a little dangerous, maybe something like this?
I do not live in an area that will support that!

How much powder was used? Didn't look like much in the video.

 

[Rich44]

50 gr of 3F was used. Could it take more sure, but trying to keep the recoil looking more realistic in not over charging. I guess it is a personal choice.

 

[dylan84]

My new cannon barrel came in kit form. A one piece kit of cold rolled steel 3x3.5x18 inches long. First job was to shorten the overlong piece to 12 inches. The scrap yard only had this small length of cold roll in this size. At 12" it now weighs 37 lbs. and has a lot more of weight reduction to do if it will eventually resemble a muzzle loading black powder cannon. Actually there will be 31 lbs. of chips, some large and some small. Used relatively light duty, hand operated machines. 12"Sears Craftsman lathe, small Clausing Milling Machine, small Indexing Head with plenty of filing & stoning. Five min. slide show will show the work performed and the results. If interested please watch. After I apply the browning solution I will try to get some video of the new cannon firing.

That is very cool how you made that from a solid piece. Do people usually weld or braze on the trunnions? Great work!

 

[Rich44]

That is very cool how you made that from a solid piece. Do people usually weld or braze on the trunnions? Great work!

Takes a little extra work and yes there is more waste as a larger piece is needed to start I just like having the trunnions part of the cannon. But there are lots of other ways that work also.

 

[zulu]

This cannon is artistry at it's best!

 

[springfield art]

My new cannon barrel came in kit form. A one piece kit of cold rolled steel 3x3.5x18 inches long. First job was to shorten the overlong piece to 12 inches. The scrap yard only had this small length of cold roll in this size. At 12" it now weighs 37 lbs. and has a lot more of weight reduction to do if it will eventually resemble a muzzle loading black powder cannon. Actually there will be 31 lbs. of chips, some large and some small. Used relatively light duty, hand operated machines. 12"Sears Craftsman lathe, small Clausing Milling Machine, small Indexing Head with plenty of filing & stoning. Five min. slide show will show the work performed and the results. If interested please watch. After I apply the browning solution I will try to get some video of the new cannon firing.

Beautiful piece of work! Amazing!