Author Topic: 50 Caliber Toy Cannon (Read 1398 times)

Powder keg · « **on:** July 23, 2005, 06:52:31 PM »

Hi Everybody!

It's been kind of quiet the last week or so. I thought I'd show everyone what I've been working on. This little baby is designed after several antique toy cannons I've seen on the internet. The barrel is simular to a Strong barrel, they made small muzzelloaders and some really nice cartridge signal cannons. The carriage and wheels are cast from the finest scrap aluminum I could find. They are simular to the cannons made by Ives, Grey Iron and J & E Stevens. The wheels are slightly different. I went with 5 spokes instead of 6 just to be different. She isn't scaled to anything, I just went by pictures I've seen. I almost have her done. All I have left is to build three spacers, polish the barrel, drill the vent, and to powder coat the wheels and carriage. The wheels will be Red and I'll coat the carriage glossy Black. The barrel is 6" long with an overall legnth of 9.5". The wheels are 4" in diameter. I made the barrel out of 660 Bronze shaft. Sorry I don't have any construction photos. My camerawoman, er wife, has been working alot. I'll post pictures of my patterns if any want.

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Double D · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2005, 02:01:22 AM »

Wow, Nice....When you Idaho boys get some free time you do nice work! And a bronze barrel, I like that!

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2005, 02:21:09 AM »

That's quite an investment of time and skill!

We're getting quite a collection of professionally built 'toys' here!

Powder keg · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2005, 05:16:23 AM »

Thanks for your kind words. The bronze really looks nice when it's polished. I made the patterns out of a recycled plastic/sawdust decking material called Trex. It was really nice to work with. I'll powder coat the pieces in a couple of days or so and post some more pictures.

Graybeard · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:25:18 AM »

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The carriage and wheels are cast from the finest scrap aluminum I could find.

Uh huh, aka beer cans no doubt. :-D

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:39:58 AM »

Quote from: Graybeard

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The carriage and wheels are cast from the finest scrap aluminum I could find.

Uh huh, aka beer cans no doubt. :-D

Most likely. BUT ONLY PRIEMIUM beer.

Powder keg · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2005, 03:53:22 PM »

Got all of the pieces done today. Just have to drill the vent and powdercoat the wheels and carriage. Over all I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. This was a good project. It seams like every time I cast something I learn something new. I need to inprove my furnace a bit and biuld some more tools. I love being able to pore my own parts.

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Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2005, 04:00:42 PM »

Quote from: Powder keg

.... and powdercoat the wheels and carriage. ....

YO!

Powder coat? At home or work? If at home, I'll bet you even built your own powdercoat setup!

Powder keg · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2005, 04:08:23 PM »

At home of coarse. Hey, I don't build everything. I bought the powder coating gun at harbor freight and a local thrift store gave me a junker oven they were going to throw out. Later

Powder keg · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2005, 01:27:04 PM »

I have one of these done also. I took it out and shot it when I shot Jeeper1's boat howitzer. It had about 3 feet of recoil when shot with 60 grains of 1F and a .490" ball. Here's the video http://myweb.cableone.net/wesleyp9/videos/MVC-595V.mpg

Powder keg · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2005, 01:37:24 PM »

Here is a photo of the finished baby! I polished the bronze and powdercoated the aluminum parts.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2005, 02:05:40 PM »

I can smell the sulpher and hear the fuse -

and the next picture ...

and the next picture ...

and the next picture ...

Good looking cannon!

irishman · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2005, 05:07:16 PM »

Very nice, clean piece!

Michael

Santa Dave · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2005, 08:00:03 PM »

love it!
I'm envious!
Dave