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Offline Double D

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What cannon do you see?
« on: August 11, 2009, 02:40:53 PM »
I have piece of seamless tubing.

ID 1 1/2", OD 2 3/4",  length 16 inches.



What cannon do you see?
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2009, 02:46:34 PM »
what cannon do I see? .............

It's hard to say from here.........

send it to the following address (pm'd)

and I'll let you know  ;D
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2009, 03:24:19 PM »
well ,you certainly have a good mold ....
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2009, 03:25:27 PM »
i would make it into a grasshopper gun with carriage .
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2009, 04:04:44 PM »
Outstanding thunder mug, needs very little added to make big noises.  Then the minor addition can be removed to make something else.  You could even do the absolute minimum and make a muzzle-ignited T.M., or ignite it electrically in the normal position with a squib on thin wire led down the bore.
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2009, 04:06:28 PM »
I see a Mt. Howitzer, or a Carronade, something that needs a powder chamber, because the walls are a bit thin, compared to the ID. "Course, I'm partial to the Mt. Howitzer, with the great little beauty the Irishman built for me! Li'l workhorses, they are! BoomLover
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2009, 06:51:16 PM »
 First cannon thought of when the tube was seen.

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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2009, 02:40:27 PM »
It would have to be something with a chamber with those relatively thin walls.
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2009, 02:44:02 PM »
Looks like a Mountain Howitzer in the rough to me.
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2009, 05:11:45 PM »
How about a cannon like this one..
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2009, 06:34:17 PM »
The maximum diameter on a mountain howitzer (the base ring) is 7.6" so scaling that to 2.75" gives a scale of .3618.  The breech face to muzzle length is 32.9" gives a length of 11.9".  The minimum diameters (over the chamber and behind the muzzle ring) are 6.3" which scales to 2.28".

Now if you could add the base ring as a separate piece shrunk onto the basic tube, you could use 6.9" as the max diameter giving a scale factor of .3986.  The corresponding measurements would be 13.11" and 2.51".
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2009, 05:30:11 AM »
Tell ya what, Double D, send it over and I'll see what it looks like after I finish it, then, you'll know what cannon I saw in it! LOL Just kidding, of course, but it does look like a Mt. Howitzer to most respondents of your question! BoomLover
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2009, 06:32:14 AM »
Quote from: phantom on August 12, 2009, 05:11:45 PM
How about a cannon like this one..

Hello Phantom,

Welcome to the forum. You've got a nice looking gun; what's the bore size, and what's that next to it?
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2009, 06:46:06 AM »
if it me i think i mght just look at it for a while .... it does look like a mt. howie .....but  , would you paint it , plate it ? , were there any iron ones ?

how about a 'mary rose' main gun....or the biggest iron breach loader you can doument onboard ? see just how good a seal modern machining get ?

or a full scale 'hailshot swible gun' .....
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2009, 07:45:16 AM »
Quote from: BoomLover on August 13, 2009, 05:30:11 AM
Tell ya what, Double D, send it over and I'll see what it looks like after I finish it, then, you'll know what cannon I saw in it! LOL Just kidding, of course, but it does look like a Mt. Howitzer to most respondents of your question! BoomLover

So what would you send back in return?
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2009, 08:30:44 AM »
This is off topic but this is a pic of the two I built when I see a Tube the wheels start turning.. Both of these were built for under a hundred bucks each.. My other cannon is a Dom Carpenter Parrott and I was glad to have him build for me he does great work.. BoomJ the Bore is two inch with 1 1/2 powder chamber on the naval cannon. The trunionless barrel cannon w/carriage is golfball bore..
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2009, 01:45:33 PM »
Phantom,

Thanks for the photos, and specs, (on the other thread too) you've got a fine collection growing there. I also looked at the vid on YouTube of you firing the Dom made Parrott; good show!
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2009, 05:27:15 AM »
Question being, what would you get in return...Of course, it would have to be a finished product, not a project in progress. But, would it have to be this piece? That would give me lots of experience at completing the project, and the benefit of that experience, however, I don't think I could afford the shipping expences or the machining/milling costs, too! I'll think about it, and see what I come up with. BTW, following your directions, I did complete a K.I.S.S. Mortar, using your general directions, with a few improvements, in Confederate style, with Port Orford Cedar base, entered it into the P.O. Cedar Festival this year, got lots of interest! If you could PM me an address, I'll send you pics. Can't post with WebTv, sorry! BoomLover
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2009, 05:36:25 AM »
Can you send me pictures as an attachment to an email?

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What I had more in mind was something like seafood of the month delivered fresh to my door.
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2009, 11:55:11 AM »
Douglas, PM sent, I'll call later, BoomLover
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2009, 07:42:14 PM »
"What Cannon do you see" has brought some others to mind. First, cut that tube in half. One half would be bored out, and fitted with a powder chamber plug, and a trunnion bar to make a nice Golf Ball Mortar. The other half would be cut in half again, and each would be plugged, trunnioned, would be used as powder chambers for a couple of mortars designed along the lines of the Florida Bowling Ball Cannon, from the thread back in 2003. Only the tubes would be from scuba tanks I rescued from a yard sale. Steel, 6 7/8" dia ID, about 20+" long after the bottoms were cut off. That would make the most use of this 16" long tube! Now, "The Catch of the Month" could be delivered to your door, fresh caught and filleted, flash frozen, overnight delivered, or in the "canned" mode instead.... something to think about? BoomLover
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2009, 03:09:35 AM »
Jim,

Will one of those red plastic Folgers coffee cans fit down one of those scuba tanks? Are those scuba tanks steel?
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Re: What cannon do you see?
« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2009, 06:37:53 AM »
Uh, those red plastic Folger's coffee cans? Perfect fit, including windage! And yes, these tanks are steel, at least my magnet sticks! Jim
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