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Offline rivercat

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6pdr cannon carriage
« on: March 14, 2013, 11:45:06 PM »
Hi All,
Here are some pictures of a couple of 6pdr carriages i made for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The Fort was the only group that were given permission by the Royal family to be able to fire a 21 gun cannon salute on the day of the wedding.

 
The carriage is made from salvaged English oak

 

 

 

 
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2013, 01:59:40 AM »
Fabulous!!
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2013, 08:16:07 AM »
This is the group of photo's that inspired me to invite Rivercat over here, the wood from what I understand is old timber donated for these projects, I am sure he can clarify that ... are the wheels front to rear different sizes? from the angle of the photos it's hard to tell.... rear should be smaller than the front...
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2013, 08:52:04 AM »
Very nice indeed, rivercat! I'm curious about the marks on the trunnion pockets; how did you go about removing the wood there? I'm also interested in knowing why you opted not to cut out arcs on the bottoms of the cheek pieces?
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2013, 08:22:11 AM »
Nice work Mate - I'll be building one similar - but smaller - Light three pounder. Look forward to seeing more build pcs.
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2013, 01:07:28 AM »
Quote from: KABAR2 on March 15, 2013, 08:16:07 AM
This is the group of photo's that inspired me to invite Rivercat over here, the wood from what I understand is old timber donated for these projects, I am sure he can clarify that ... are the wheels front to rear different sizes? from the angle of the photos it's hard to tell.... rear should be smaller than the front...
Hi Kabar2,
Yes they are different sizes with the larger ones at the front.
The oak was donated and originally came from the drying sheds of the dockyard in which was stored oak dating back as far as the 1700's. Some of the pieces we stil have show the cut outs for the ship ribs which indicates that it would have come from a ship of the line that would have been broken up.
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2013, 01:16:59 AM »
Quote from: Cannoneer on March 15, 2013, 08:52:04 AM
Very nice indeed, rivercat! I'm curious about the marks on the trunnion pockets; how did you go about removing the wood there? I'm also interested in knowing why you opted not to cut out arcs on the bottoms of the cheek pieces?
Well to answer your questions, the trunion pockets were roughly cut out using a bandsaw as the side cheeks are 6 inches thick then cleaned up using some carving chisels. Finally with the barrel lowered down into position the high spots were taken out with a linnisher sander to remove any marks left, job done!
As regards the arcs you mention, most original carriages did not have this feature and I say this based on original plans I have seen or that are in the fort archive which we have used to build the carriages. In saying that the 68pdr carriage that I am now building does have this feature so it could be either that various cannon carriage manufacturers did not do this with the odd regional ones having this done, I do not think it was anything hard and fast design wise.
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2013, 03:13:59 PM »
Thanks for sharing, your posts have been outstanding!
Looks like you are an artisan doing what he loves thanks again for sharing your  GREAT WORK and wonderful artifacts.
 
Mike
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Re: 6pdr cannon carriage
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2013, 10:54:34 AM »
I wholeheartedly agree with Mike's comments, I am very much enjoying your posts & seeing your "play ground", thank you. Adrian
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