British light six pounders

[Boom J]

"I'll be the judge of that." "Judge not lest ye be judged." "Here comes the judge." That's all folks!

[Double D]

Michael ,Seacoast , and Dom are automaticly 'in' for sure !

No one is automatic...they must earn it.

[RocklockI]

I only meant that those three's work is beyond reproch . and worthy . maybe you should award ....half kewpie's for other but less worthey efforts ?  . not that everyones contribution is not worthy of the full kewpie ? but something is better than nothing . like an E for effort .

i want half a kewpie !  .

[Ex 49'er]

i want half a kewpie !  .

Which half?       

[RocklockI]

YI CURUMBA  ..... I'll take the LEFT HALF ! we can eat the right half for breakfest ! or as in 'a boy and his dog' once noted ,

'she wasnt that bright  .....   yes thats true  , buts she had exceptionaly good taste .'  OR something like that ,in the last 30 seconds of the film ......
don johnsons first and Benji's last film ....first semi respectable film that is for johnson



i think the right half should go    ..  ' directly to the farm ! .....and he was such a good boy , it's ashame ....' 

gary

[Siskiyou]

Very nice!

[Double D]

I have been remiss in awarding Kewpie's to sponsor...that is about to change...you should have seen what got in my email.

[Zulu]

Rocklock1,
I could turn out a naval carriage in a week but I've been advised by the powers that be that I am considered a manufacturer because I have sold a couple of things.  I can't sell on this forum.
Zulu

[Zulu]

Here are a couple of pics of a simple naval carriage I built for a 36" barrel I turned.




The barrel is a single piece of 6" X 6" cedar.  Carraige is pine 2 X 12.
Zulu

[Zulu]

Okay, here are the last of the carronade pictures.





first you cut with a hole saw.  Then clean out everything with a spade bit.  then chisel out the rest.  Repeat, repeat, repeat until bore is complete.

[Zulu]

peg everything together but no glue yet

[Zulu]

bore for trunnions

[Zulu]

finished product





This is a ton of work but the end product is nice.
Zulu

[little seacoast]

Very inventive and beautifully done work, I'm jealous! Kinda wonder if you couldn't slip a liner in them and metal vent tube to fire salute charges?  I may have to try one of these full size in wood since 1/2 scale is as big as I'll go in metal, waaaaay too heavy for an old fart.

[GGaskill]

Kinda wonder if you couldn't slip a liner in them and metal vent tube to fire salute charges?

No reason you couldn't although you would have to go under standard bore diameter to maintain the recommended wall thickness=bore diameter.  Plus you would have to make a flash tube for the vent.

As long as you used salutes only, recoil shouldn't be an issue.

[Zulu]

I would think that mixing steel sleeves with wood could cause some serious problems.  In making something like that you have something that likely will be around long after your demise.  What happens then?  Somebody sells it in a garage sale for $2 and the lucky buyer blows himself up.
Zulu

[little seacoast]

Good point.

[Double D]

I would think that mixing steel sleeves with wood could cause some serious problems.  In making something like that you have something that likely will be around long after your demise.  What happens then?  Somebody sells it in a garage sale for $2 and the lucky buyer blows himself up.
Zulu

No what George is saying you build the liner in such a manner that it is a cannon with the proper wall thickness and construction. That is slipped in and secured and a vent liner added.  The wood around the liner is just  "decoration'.   

I don't know what your current diameter is.  Lets say for discussion purpose it is 4 inches.  For a straight tube you could 4 inch OD, and 1.33 inch bore.  You could also do a chambered howitzer breech plug.  4 inch OD with a 3.25 inch bore and 1.33 chamber.  I would be more inclined to stick with the straight bore, to keep down battering of the wood

I would think you have to drill the trunnion pockets all the way through the wood so you could put steel trunnions in.  But i would still make wooden false trunnion to slip over and hid the steel.  The other compromise you would have to make would be steel cap squares and cap square hardware.

But I do think you could make a safe firing wooden cannon.  You could do one in "bare wood".  The "iron fittings" painted black.  The barrel and carriage natural wood.  Pine with all its bold grain in round work would be cool.  Oak would be interesting and stonger, but boring figure and its propensity to keep moving long after curing.

My advice, get with one of our sponsors and have them build you a cannon barrel liner.  Then get busy building!!! 

[Zulu]

I think for now I will just look at it. I have plenty of time to decide what to do with it.
Zulu

[Zulu]

A lot of you liked the unpainted versions of my wooden guns.  Here is one I did that I only varnished.  No stain.  Barrel 18" made out of ash.  Carriage white oak.  Accents in walnut.
Zulu