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« on: September 24, 2009, 04:02:21 PM » |
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I made this on my old Bridgeport at home. It makes 4 .750 rond balls each pour.
Now I just need to make a cannon to shoot them in.
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2009, 06:31:30 PM » |
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Cool, I love it!
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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2009, 08:14:39 PM » |
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Neat mould check out this barrel I made 3 in od 1.250 bore 6 oz ball ( lead)
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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2009, 10:24:29 PM » |
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I love you guys...
I've wanted a cannon for over 40 years. When I was 5-6 years old, I used to drill out big bolts, fill with firecracker powder and a lead ball I hammered round from a piece of tireweight.
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2009, 05:51:16 AM » |
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I know what you mean when I was a kid I would cut open dads shotgun shells to get powder for a 1/2 in water pipe cannon amazing all my fingers survived to adult hood you can see the first firing of this barrel on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FfhKp0nh-o recoil was stiff with 3 oz pryodex black powder substute no ball just thick wadd of damp newsprint |
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 12:02:22 AM » |
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Neat mould check out this barrel I made 3 in od 1.250 bore 6 oz ball ( lead)
Very nice work. I made one like it but with a bore to shoot tennis balls filled with concrete. The barrel/tube weighed 90 lbs alone. I used one .22 Stinger box heaping full of 2F black powder to fire it. I got the super sonic crack with this load. The fireball was huge. I have it on video but it is 20 megs and I cant post it anywhere. |
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2009, 10:23:11 AM » |
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How was the recoil on a tennisball full of concrete?
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2009, 12:13:01 PM » |
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Neat mould check out this barrel I made 3 in od 1.250 bore 6 oz ball ( lead)
Very nice work. I made one like it but with a bore to shoot tennis balls filled with concrete. The barrel/tube weighed 90 lbs alone. I used one .22 Stinger box heaping full of 2F black powder to fire it. I got the super sonic crack with this load. The fireball was huge. I have it on video but it is 20 megs and I cant post it anywhere. would like to check out that video  . have you tried to upload it to youtube - it will convert it to a flv (flash video) and then others can view it. if you are not familiar w/ that, are you familiar w/ ftp? i can create you a username/password to one of my ftp servers and and then convert it to a smaller size for you and then get it back to you or host it on firearmsfiles if you want. lmk your computer knowledge and i can make a short video of how to install and work w/ a ftp client if you want. FUBob |
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2009, 05:53:07 PM » |
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How was the recoil on a tennisball full of concrete?
The tube was sitting on a few boat cusions to give it the correct elevation. It jumped up at the front about 10 inches and the whole thing went back about another 12 inches. Not to bad, but when you consider it weighed 90 lbs that was a lot of recoil. |
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« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2009, 06:15:35 AM » |
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Just wondering "banned member" sounds like you might be one of those guys who have a boat to spend his grocery money on. that plus testing a cannon barrel on boat cushions. my wife and I have a 72 model 35 morgan sail boat we restored a few years ago enjoy all your postings and learn a lot keep up the good work
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« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2009, 06:30:15 PM » |
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Just wondering "banned member" sounds like you might be one of those guys who have a boat to spend his grocery money on. that plus testing a cannon barrel on boat cushions. my wife and I have a 72 model 35 morgan sail boat we restored a few years ago enjoy all your postings and learn a lot keep up the good work
23' Rabolo, 17' Whaler Montoc, 8' homemade hydroplane, a couple of kayaks (Made from molds I made myself, hence the name "banned member"). The last snail boats I sailed were a SanJuan 21 and Victoria 18. I really like the Morgan and would love to get one some day. |
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2009, 06:59:38 PM » |
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Just wondering "banned member" sounds like you might be one of those guys who have a boat to spend his grocery money on. that plus testing a cannon barrel on boat cushions. my wife and I have a 72 model 35 morgan sail boat we restored a few years ago enjoy all your postings and learn a lot keep up the good work
23' Rabolo, 17' Whaler Montoc, 8' homemade hydroplane, a couple of kayaks (Made from molds I made myself, hence the name "banned member"). The last snail boats I sailed were a SanJuan 21 and Victoria 18. I really like the Morgan and would love to get one some day. cool more boat folks  mb (YellowLogic guy) is one too.... me, i spend a lot of time messing about on boats too, for both work & play. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2009, 06:15:30 AM » |
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old proverb says God dosent deduct time spent sailing from your life span . Need to spend more time on the water
I guess I need a boat with a shop on board good to hear from boat folks
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« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2009, 06:53:10 AM » |
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good to hear from boat folks
Aren't boating and gun collecting along the same lines as hobbies go, a great way to get poor quick? I've got to figure a way like goober to make my interest in boating pay the bills to some degree, but not much chance of that for me in Central Texas. Anybody near Austin wanna go barefooting or wakeboarding just say the word! Wish sailing was better here too, makes me miss the Seattle area... Sorry about the thread jack... |
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« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2010, 01:03:04 PM » |
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This has me thinking. I looked over at atf but couldn't make sense of anything. If anyone has exp, what is required to manuf a cannon? Alway's wanted to build one but just assumed it wasn't legal.
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« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2010, 12:17:34 AM » |
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I don't think black powder stuff falls under the definition of 'firearm' or at least not 'destructive device.'
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