Author Topic: Spanish 10" Mortar (Read 5017 times)

Zulu · « **Reply #60 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:45:57 PM »

I'd like to see it.
Zulu

dominick · « **Reply #61 on:** March 16, 2010, 04:03:43 PM »

Zulu, Very nice job on your mortar! Dom

Zulu · « **Reply #62 on:** March 16, 2010, 04:08:21 PM »

Thanks for the comments everyone. I think this is one of the nicest I've done. My wife wants me to put it on ebay. We will see.
Zulu

GGaskill · « **Reply #63 on:** March 16, 2010, 09:31:47 PM »

I'd like to see it.

OK, here is the cutter set:

And here are the instructions:

View the images directly for bigger images.

It is designed to sit on the cross slide on a metal lathe; for a wood lathe, the base should be at the bottom instead of the middle since it would mount to the ways.

Zulu · « **Reply #64 on:** March 17, 2010, 10:27:54 AM »

Quote from: Double D on March 15, 2010, 01:04:02 PM

kewpie? maybe...are the chains wood?

Okay, okay okay. Next time I'll make the chains out of wood.

Zulu

a4beltfed2000 · « **Reply #65 on:** March 17, 2010, 01:14:28 PM »

I have a noisy little question? if you don't mind, with all of your unbelieveable carpenter skills, why do you build out of wood and not the real deal?

sorry just wondering.....

Zulu · « **Reply #66 on:** March 17, 2010, 01:32:09 PM »

Quote from: a4beltfed2000 on March 17, 2010, 01:14:28 PM

I have a noisy little question? if you don't mind, with all of your unbelieveable carpenter skills, why do you build out of wood and not the real deal?

sorry just wondering.....

This one is the real deal. I built the carriage and wheels and bought the barrel from South Bend. Barrel is 36" long and wheels are 36" tall.
I don't have a metal lathe nor the knowledge to use one currently.
This stuff is my artwork. They are lightweight, easily moveable and I can have them all over the house. I couldn't do that easily with metal barrels.
I disassembled my full scale 10 pounder Parrott Rifle and put it in the house once.

It took 6 guys to get it in and 6 to get it out. Never did that again. I'll see if I can dig up a picture of that.
Zulu

Zulu · « **Reply #67 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:07:48 PM »

A 10 Pounder Parrott fills a whole room. You should have seen it when I stuffed a full scale limber in there too.
This was the day I brought it home.

Sold it a year ago.

Zulu

a4beltfed2000 · « **Reply #68 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:31:30 PM »

If you fire it off indoors the room would get a little bigger

dan610324 · « **Reply #69 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:35:39 PM »

without the supporting walls the height between floor and cealing would be a bit less then it is in the photo

Cannoneer · « **Reply #70 on:** March 18, 2010, 10:30:08 AM »

Holy Zamboni, Zulu! Full sized repro cannon inside the house! A Zanboni Machine came to mind, because if I so much as broached this idea to my wife, just the look she would shoot me would be enough to turn the blood in my veins to ice.
With all the activity on the board concerning awards for different events, maybe someday there’ll be an award for the most understanding cannoneer’s wife, and if that ever happens I know who the first recipient should be. This award will be easy to name, the first two that come to mind are the St. Barbara, or the Molly Pitcher Award.

Zulu · « **Reply #71 on:** March 18, 2010, 12:39:48 PM »

Thanks Boom J,
She really is cool

It was too much work to move it in and out. So it went to a storage shed where I could never see it unless I was re-enacting.
So I sold it after 10 years and actually made good money on it.

Zulu

Zulu · « **Reply #72 on:** March 22, 2010, 12:40:43 PM »

Well,
I listened to some of my respected critics and decided to replace the "new" wood with some very old, warped, split, white oak I had laying around. I gave it a light sanding and coated it with linseed oil. Then I killed the shine on the gloss black on the hardware and roughed them up a little.
I have to admit it looks a lot better.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Zulu

gulfcoastblackpowder · « **Reply #73 on:** March 22, 2010, 01:21:33 PM »

Looks really good!

Still not quite as distressed as I'd prefer (if you think about how many years it would take for bronze to patina like that), but a notable improvement. Something I've used to distress oak is by making ferrous acetate by dissolving steel wool in vinegar. This carriage (red oak) was treated with it (may turn purple) then I applied linseed, which changed the color to what it is currently. Different woods respond differently, though oak being high in tannin, it tends to darken nicely.

In no way am I trying to say that this should be done, just offering my opinion on how I would have finished it. The pieces you chose look great, and what better way to use the unusable scrap wood?

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #74 on:** March 22, 2010, 02:44:30 PM »

One masterpiece after another!

Cannoneer · « **Reply #75 on:** March 23, 2010, 11:31:33 AM »

Zulu,
Replacing the pine with that old oak, and dulling the black paint finish on the nuts, chains, and capsquare keys makes your mortar look all that much more realistic; terrific job!

dan610324 · « **Reply #76 on:** March 23, 2010, 12:07:39 PM »

it looks super, it really looks older now
if you want to go further with tha ageing you could stain the steel parts with a little rust and some strokes from the iron parts down the bronze in rust color brown

Zulu · « **Reply #77 on:** March 24, 2010, 09:55:05 AM »

Sombody snuck in and gave me a kewpie and I didn't even know it!

Thanks!
Zulu

Double D · « **Reply #78 on:** March 24, 2010, 10:32:02 AM »

You didn't get a kewpie, the mortar got the kewpie!

Zulu · « **Reply #79 on:** March 24, 2010, 10:39:01 AM »

It sits on my desk right in front of me so I get to look at it all the time.
I'm proud of it

Zulu

gulfcoastblackpowder · « **Reply #80 on:** March 24, 2010, 12:13:57 PM »

You're going to have to make a display case for all those kewpies your cannons have been awarded! Better make it expandable, as I foresee many more in the future!

Well deserved!

EL Caz 66 · « **Reply #81 on:** March 24, 2010, 06:00:01 PM »

Zulu, Congrats.. OUTSTANDING!!

Cannoneer · « **Reply #82 on:** March 25, 2010, 09:19:06 PM »

Quote from: Boom J on February 24, 2010, 07:24:38 PM

Zulu,
I'm not even going to bother congratulating you, because your winning kewpies is starting to get downright monotonous. So I'll just save this one up, and when you win your next one I'll congratulate you twice.

Okay, Zulu, I suppose the honorable thing to do would be to keep my word, so here's the first congratulations, and here's the second congratulations!

Zulu · « **Reply #83 on:** March 26, 2010, 11:44:12 AM »

You are a man of your word! Thanks, Boom J

Zulu · « **Reply #84 on:** July 07, 2010, 09:41:58 AM »

Quote from: Zulu on March 17, 2010, 02:07:48 PM

A 10 Pounder Parrott fills a whole room. You should have seen it when I stuffed a full scale limber in there too.
This was the day I brought it home. Sold it a year ago.
Zulu

I just ran across the picture of my full scale limber sitting in my foyer. The parrott rifle is just behind me when I took this picture.

Zulu

KABAR2 · « **Reply #85 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:18:17 AM »

Julu,

By the looks of it, this arrangement made it hard to get the the library and to the hall closet.......

GGaskill · « **Reply #86 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:19:30 AM »

They sure would have been in the way at my house and I live alone.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #87 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:26:12 AM »

BUT the real advantage is that you don't have to go to the range -- just open the screen door and let her rip!!!!

Zulu · « **Reply #88 on:** July 07, 2010, 12:22:32 PM »

It didn't last long.

Even my MOST UNDERSTANDING wife has her limits. So they had to leave. Then I slowly filled the space back up with wooden guns.

Zulu