Author Topic: Preponderance forward? (Read 5001 times)

Zulu · « **Reply #60 on:** August 10, 2010, 02:59:42 PM »

What kind of wrench does that take

Zulu

Double D · « **Reply #61 on:** August 10, 2010, 03:05:33 PM »

Requires a Gator Grip socket or 1/2" open end wrench to install.

JeffG · « **Reply #62 on:** August 13, 2010, 07:41:53 PM »

Carriage update... after getting some time to work on this I have done the following: I got the cap squares that I had turned around and the irons welded. (great idea by the way.) New ones coming from Ed at HMR.

I got a supply of square head lags from Hardware Source. I found a 1 inch axle at our local steel yard and promptly broke all my 1/4 inch bits drilling the ends

...must have had a lot of chromium content.

I pretty much have everything painted, I will have to touch up the blue where Ol' Numbthumb ran off the lines!

I had a nut welded onto my barrel under the cascabel, that I shaped into a ring. Part of my elevating device is 3/8 threaded rod. I had a nut welded on the top of that too, and shaped it into a ring, to attatch to the barrel with a bolt and nut.

Here are pics of the carriage in the rough, I will post some more, and of the elevating screw later, it's kinda late tonight. Thanks for looking! Jeff G

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #63 on:** August 13, 2010, 07:48:35 PM »

That looks pretty darn nice. Keep up the good work. Thankyou for posting the pics.

Double D · « **Reply #64 on:** August 13, 2010, 08:12:23 PM »

It is looking good!!!

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #65 on:** August 14, 2010, 03:29:27 AM »

The left-hand thread versions are the high-security type.

Zulu · « **Reply #66 on:** August 14, 2010, 04:13:00 AM »

JeffG,
How are attaching the two rails to the axle housing? For additional strength, I think you should cut into the rails at least an inch so they fit over the axle housing.
In this picture you can see that I cut into the cheeks and also into the axle housing. The iron piece that wraps around the axle tree is seperate from trunnion iron that wraps the cheeks. The capsquare bolts go through the cheeks from top to bottom and secure everything together. It is very strong.
Zulu

JeffG · « **Reply #67 on:** August 14, 2010, 05:55:28 AM »

I through-bolted the box to the cheeks, I will "iron them in" a little later.

Cannoneer · « **Reply #68 on:** August 16, 2010, 11:25:04 AM »

It's looking better and better Jeff; I think that you nailed the blue shade that the Continental Army used to paint their arty carriages with in order to pay respect to their French allies.

JeffG · « **Reply #69 on:** August 16, 2010, 01:49:59 PM »

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It's looking better and better Jeff; I think that you nailed the blue shade that the Continental Army used to paint their arty carriages with in order to pay respect to their French allies.

Thanks for recognizing that, my wife and I agonized over that shade!

JeffG · « **Reply #70 on:** August 22, 2010, 06:15:48 PM »

Got 'er done! I finished up the elevation device. I made it out of threaded rod with a ring under the cascabel. The rest of it is 3/8 iron pipe and flange. It works pretty good. The rest are photos we took today. Thanks for looking! JeffG