[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Lyle313/P1170015.jpg[/img]CAV:
Since the problem with replying to a post is unresolved, thought I would try a new post and adding a picture at the same time. Clicking on preview there is the selected picture---WOW!! Onward!!!
By the way, the pictures should have had a size reference included, but in the haste to get the pictures and work on how to upload them, this was forgotten---shouldn't happen again.
They began life as 13" bronze stock from Enco. One is 1 1/4, the other 1 1/2" in diameter. They both have 1/2" bores. The bigger one couldn't be bored in my lathe, so was done at a machine shop--cost as much as the material did. The other was cut down to 10" and, although awkward and a chore, was bored in my lathe. The carriages are of oak from Home Depot, and the wheel rims are this brass strips from a local hobby shop.
Both have been signal fired a number of times--they helped blast in the new year along with the obiligatory fireworks. However, they have now been somewhat "retired," as they were mainly built to see if I could. To fire I wanted something---BIGGER!! This means the barrel has to be purchased.
To that end, the 1/3 scale 6-pounder barrel I had ordered from Gray-Star arrived last week. To get it up and fireing in the not too distant future, I am putting together a "quick and dirty" carriage with two pneumatic tires from a Harbor Freight sale last week.
When discretionary time or funds (whichever comes first) permits, I will build or buy the wheels to construct a field artillary mount. Hopefully the barrel will forgive me for this initial humiliation.
Later, Dudes
