Royal navy 24 pounder

[john pike]

anybody got any plans for a  royal navy 24 pounder? theyd like to share,

i can swing, 7.75 inches over my carrage, and have30 inches between
headstock and live center,

johnp

[GGaskill]

Read this thread.  Your machine is big enough to do the outside of a 1/4 scale version (30" length) but drilling the bore will be a serious problem.

[john pike]

Read http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=53901&highlight=24+pdr" target="_blank">this thread.  Your machine is big enough to do the outside of a 1/4 scale version (30" length) but drilling the bore will be a serious problem.

i can get it bored out for me, here local, or ill talk to wes,

would you send me the plans?

johnp

[kappullen]

John,

You can take the tailstock off and drill it like this with the carriage;



No muss, no fuss.

kap

[john pike]

Thanks, a pic is worth a thousand words,

i just got a piece of 4X24 1018 for 25 bucks, so ill be making a 1/5 scale first,

but im looking to build as big as i can get on this lathe, with the biggest bore i can have, for the biggest boom, for my chips,

so next will be a 30 incher, of unknown  bore,

i just finished turning my signal cannon, 2.5 X 9 with a 3/4 bore,

test fired it,  it was foggy out, 930 in the morn,
no wind,
 its loud, but not loud enough,  i used a bread-ball, so i didnt kill any ducks,

johnp,

John,

You can take the tailstock off and drill it like this with the carriage;



No muss, no fuss.

kap