Cannon Tools

[john pike]

anybdy got any info, web pages,
discriptions,

on how to make the "tools" for a cannon,

sorry i dont knw the right teminoligy

johnp

[intoodeep]

Are you looking for service tools ie. Ramrod, Sponge, Sponge Bucket and Worm? If, so what scale?

[john pike]

Are you looking for service tools ie. Ramrod, Sponge, Sponge Bucket and Worm? If, so what scale?

yes service tools
1/2 or 1/4 scale

johnp

[Cat Whisperer]

anybdy got any info, web pages,
discriptions,

on how to make the "tools" for a cannon,

sorry i dont knw the right teminoligy

johnp

John - I LIKE your style!  Can't type worth a damn, but that doesn't slow you down and you get right to the point!  GOOD QUESTIONS!

Here's a page out of Round Shot and Rammers, an introductin to Muzzle-loading Land Artillery in the United States by Harold L Peterson.

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There are several other pages of tools, but these are the basic ones for loading an firing.

Now that you have some of the names, look in the Sticky on where to get ... and go to some of the sources listed for the tools needed.

Additionally, do a SEARCH in this forum on the tool names and find some of the many posts that folks have put up on how they've built the tools.

[john pike]

anybdy got any info, web pages,
discriptions,

on how to make the "tools" for a cannon,

sorry i dont knw the right teminoligy

johnp

John - I LIKE your style!  Can't type worth a damn, but that doesn't slow you down and you get right to the point!  GOOD QUESTIONS!

Here's a page out of Round Shot and Rammers, an introductin to Muzzle-loading Land Artillery in the United States by Harold L Peterson.

[/url]

There are several other pages of tools, but these are the basic ones for loading an firing.

Now that you have some of the names, look in the Sticky on where to get ... and go to some of the sources listed for the tools needed.

Additionally, do a SEARCH in this forum on the tool names and find some of the many posts that folks have put up on how they've built the tools.

thanks.
ya i cant type, tok it in school, but was only there for the girls,
ive got lathe,swag under my keys too,

ill d the searches, now that i knw the names f what im lookin for

johnp

[Calamity Jane]

Made my cannon tools from dowel, wood, and some brass rod for the worm - they work good.

The mops are pillow foam with a "sock" made from an old bath towel, closed at one end and tied at the other. They do an EXCELLENT job of mopping the bore without much effort. When the sock gets dirty, I cut the string that closes the sock, take the sock off, and wash it. The foam also holds a lot of water to do a good wet swab.

http://www.geocities.com/diannebest/Cannon/Cannon10.html

The tools are (left to right) rammer (for round ball), cleaning jag, worm, and 2 sponges.