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This is a .54 caliber shootable black powder canon. My own design. The barrel is alittle over 7” wood is walnut with a varathane finish. I’ll post some pictures and a short video of it’s first shot.
I like mixing wood and metal working. I turned and bored the barrel on my old Atlas metal lathe that my wife bought me. It was a fun little project that I completed in one evening, typically I have more than one project on the go at the same time, so when one part is glueing or drying, I move on to the other project, and back and forth.
-- Ray
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GaryK
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#1 posted 1865 days ago
Very cool. I think I still have my molds for my .58 mini ball.
I have an old Atlas metal lathe also. I think it’s older than I am.
-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX
trifern
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#2 posted 1865 days ago
Looks like alot of fun. You should talk to Betsy about shop safety. Thanks for posting.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
romansfivefive
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#3 posted 1865 days ago
that is a neat project. I love those one night projects too, they feel so good wrapping up.
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Scott Bryan
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#4 posted 1865 days ago
This looks like a fun project to build. I am sure my 4 year old grandsons would love something like this (but of course their parents would shoot me). :)
You are a busy man.
Keep the posts coming.
-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine
Grumpy
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#5 posted 1865 days ago
Very nice job Dave, neat design. Don’t you start another civil war over there with that Cannon wiil you.LOL
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
HAP HANSON
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#6 posted 1865 days ago
YOU”LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT …. YOU”LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT…. kidding hey you might hit BinLaudin with that thing – cool concept ps don’t die
that is all
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RobS
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#7 posted 1865 days ago
Interesting desk toy, could bring a whole new meaning to “being fired”. Nice work.
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ND2ELK
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#8 posted 1865 days ago
Beautiful looking cannon. You did a very nice job on it.
God bless
tom
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kansas
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#9 posted 1865 days ago
Say, how would that work for a security system? Can you rig it with a remote trigger? I think if you could figure out how to get it to fire off of sawdust you’d have me hooked. Thanks for posting.
Bob A in NJ
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#10 posted 1865 days ago
Cool, makes me want to buy a small metal lathe.
-- Bob A in NJ
toyguy
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#11 posted 1864 days ago
That is a really cool little cannon….... Looks great. I love this type of project.
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mcoyfrog
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#12 posted 1490 days ago
Neat
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drfixit
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#13 posted 1294 days ago
I want one!
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Dennisgrosen
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#14 posted 857 days ago
hey this is a cool little canon :-)
I have just been thrugh your project´s
and my oh my some godies you have made
but wasn´t it about time you posted some newer stuff :-)
take care
Dennis
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#15 posted 857 days ago
Well I sure do like this little cannon. I sure would like to know how far that canon kicked back when you fired it. I would imagine it was a pretty good recoil. It doesn’t look like it weighs to awful much.
-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
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