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Offline birdaug

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Where can I find a Blue print
« on: July 30, 2011, 03:14:13 PM »
Hi everyone I'm new to this forum and would like to know where I can get a blue print for a small thunder mug of at least 3/4" bore?
Thank You,
birdaug
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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2011, 03:45:24 PM »
I am not aware of any plans for a thunder mug.

To me a Thunder mug isn't something that you need plans.  Look at  few pictures and go from there.  3/4  inch bore will need an minimum 2 1/4 diameter.

Have a look at the ones sponsor Dominick Carpenter makes http://www.blackpowder-cannons.com/
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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2011, 04:34:51 PM »
Douglas, Thanks loads for the information. It looks like it will be alot cheaper to buy then to make. Thanks Again for the URL.
birdaug :)
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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2011, 05:10:17 PM »
You will find that four sponsors we have can provide you with everything you need and reasonably also. The are all active here on the board.

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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2011, 05:38:49 PM »
birdaug -

WELCOME to the board!

Thundermugs are easy!  (Quic route is to contact our sponsors - they're GOOD.)

As DD mentioned - keep wall thickness equal to bore diameter.  Use good steel - 1018 or better.

Keep inside corners rounded to keep stress-risers down.
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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2011, 08:47:02 PM »
Birdaug ,welcome I've looked at alot of thunder mugs and as best I can tell ... there where no two that were the same . Other than the modern massproduced one .
 
Stay tuned I have one coming along and should be ...something !  8)
 
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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2011, 01:52:45 AM »
If you have a drill press, use your imagination and go for it.  Plenty of large diameter drops available cheap on eBay.  You don't need a lathe to do short pieces.

Here is a 3" OD x 4.5" long mug made of 430 stainless that I picked up a few drops of.  It is bored 15/16" ID x 3" deep, so there is lots of metal thickness left all around.   About an hour sanding and then polishing on the buffing wheel turns it into a mirror.  Glued a disk of cork gasket material to the bottom.

Attached is a photo and a video of a low power firing.

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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2011, 02:34:38 PM »
While it's not the best drawing I have ever done, here is a small thundermug in the traditional style:



You don't have to make the base ring as a separate piece as implied by the hidden lines.
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Re: Where can I find a Blue print
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2011, 04:33:37 PM »
Here is one that i will have soon .

 
It is bronze piece and pretty big too . I'm going to make more to see if some of my ideas will work out for bronze thunder mugs  8)
 
It will .
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