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Got another one, Not a Bike (Read 114 times)
Ed L.
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Got another one, Not a Bike
03/13/14 at 16:59:23
I'm in love with things that go BOOM !!! here's my latest addition to the collection.
I won an auction on E-bay about two month's ago for a 16 1/2 inch long raw bronze casting of a British style ships cannon and went a bit crazy machining and building it in my home shop. The carriage is made out of 5/4 Coco Bolo which is an exotic wood almost as hard as Ebony. I spun the barrel on a south Bend 10 inch metal lathe which almost didn't fit. To bore the barrel to .54 caliber I ended up using a wood lathe and rigged up an outboard bearing to keep everything straight. I couldn't find any machine shop that even wanted to touch the boring job so ended up getting creative.
After a lot of work it ended up as a 20 inch long working model of a British 24 pounder from around 1780. It's a shooter with a .54 caliber bore 15 inches long and it weighs in at 17 1/2 pounds.
Here's a video grab of the cannon at the local range shooting 75 grains of FF black powder (a medium to light load) pushing a .53 patched lead round ball.
Think I'm in love
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Grrr Arghhhh!....
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My cousin is making one of those, using a cut down .303 barrel inside a brass outer barrel.
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03/14/14 at 09:01:55
I always wondered just how much "action" there was at the touch hole..Thats a great picture.
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Yea the firing pic is great!
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03/15/14 at 19:00:04
Did you ever get a value on the other one?
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03/15/14 at 19:44:51
I haven't had a chance to get the .50 caliber Parrott cannon appraised yet. Missed the local antique show that hits the fair ground every 4 months and am just having fun shooting it along with the ship's cannon.
Going under the knife next week for a busted off bone spur in my left elbow and will be out of action for 10-12 days. It would be a good time to find someone to appriase it, won't be able to play in the shop.
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very awesome
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Ouchy!,, I can only think of one way to knock a bone spur loose.. & it hurts..
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Thats a great pic of a cool toy!
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