Hello

I posted some pics of a Cannon I made to the Metalworking dropbox. If
you are interested, they are called Cannon1 - Cannon5

Cheers
Jason


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"Jason" wrote in message
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I posted some pics of a Cannon I made to the Metalworking dropbox. If
you are interested, they are called Cannon1 - Cannon5

Hey cool, much shinier than a real one too! ;-)

BTW where's your brass monkey? What's holding up the ball bearings?

Tim

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Tim Williams wrote:


Hey cool, much shinier than a real one too! ;-)

BTW where's your brass monkey? What's holding up the ball bearings?

Tim




I managed to get my fingerprints off in time for a few pictures.
Hopefully it can stay that way for a bit.

I mounted the top piece of the base in the mill, figured out the
mesurements, and spotted the base with a 5/16 ball mill. I then used a
little bit of 5 min epoxy, and it worked like a charm.


Cheers, Jay



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--Nice! I've got one such barrel mounted on a really crappy
carriage. Think I'll use this design when I build a new one.
--What's the bore on your barrel? Mine's designed to fire golf
balls, heh..

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In article ,
Jason wrote:
Hello

I posted some pics of a Cannon I made to the Metalworking dropbox. If
you are interested, they are called Cannon1 - Cannon5

That looks like a very nice first project. One question occurs
to me. Are the trunions inserted in a cross-bore, or are they machined
in place form basic stock? (And did you start from a casting, or from
brass rod stock?)

Congratulations,
DoN.


P.S. I don't find Cannon1 in the Dropbox, just Cannon2.JPG through
Cannon5.JPG, plus Cannon.txt.txt
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My question as a newby to this group is, where is the metalworking
dropbox????

Clif
On 13 Aug 2003 20:45:50 -0400, (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:

In article ,
Jason wrote:
Hello

I posted some pics of a Cannon I made to the Metalworking dropbox. If
you are interested, they are called Cannon1 - Cannon5

That looks like a very nice first project. One question occurs
to me. Are the trunions inserted in a cross-bore, or are they machined
in place form basic stock? (And did you start from a casting, or from
brass rod stock?)

Congratulations,
DoN.


P.S. I don't find Cannon1 in the Dropbox, just Cannon2.JPG through
Cannon5.JPG, plus Cannon.txt.txt

It is easy to post the full link rather than forcing people to go
search/navigate to find something. Many people on this NG seem to
find this distasteful for some reason. I don't get it. Anyway:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon2.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon3.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon4.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon5.JPG

Shiny!

Grant

Joe wrote:

My question as a newby to this group is, where is the metalworking
dropbox????

Clif
On 13 Aug 2003 20:45:50 -0400, (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:


In article ,
Jason wrote:

Hello

I posted some pics of a Cannon I made to the Metalworking dropbox. If
you are interested, they are called Cannon1 - Cannon5

That looks like a very nice first project. One question occurs
to me. Are the trunions inserted in a cross-bore, or are they machined
in place form basic stock? (And did you start from a casting, or from
brass rod stock?)

Congratulations,
DoN.


P.S. I don't find Cannon1 in the Dropbox, just Cannon2.JPG through
Cannon5.JPG, plus Cannon.txt.txt

Thanks Grant! Hello jmdoiron, that is awsome! *Details* please!?! How
did you fasten the wheels to the axle? Barrel composition, construction,
description? I cant decide if I like cannon2, or cannon4 better for
my wallpaper!!!! You rock!

mark(unsuccessfull jealous cannon builder wannbee...)

Grant Erwin wrote:
It is easy to post the full link rather than forcing people to go
search/navigate to find something. Many people on this NG seem to
find this distasteful for some reason. I don't get it. Anyway:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon2.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon3.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon4.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon5.JPG

Shiny!

Grant

Joe wrote:

My question as a newby to this group is, where is the metalworking
dropbox????

Clif
On 13 Aug 2003 20:45:50 -0400, (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:


In article ,
Jason wrote:

Hello

I posted some pics of a Cannon I made to the Metalworking
dropbox. If you are interested, they are called Cannon1 - Cannon5


That looks like a very nice first project. One question occurs
to me. Are the trunions inserted in a cross-bore, or are they machined
in place form basic stock? (And did you start from a casting, or from
brass rod stock?)

Congratulations,
DoN.


P.S. I don't find Cannon1 in the Dropbox, just Cannon2.JPG through
Cannon5.JPG, plus Cannon.txt.txt

In article ,
Grant Erwin wrote:
It is easy to post the full link rather than forcing people to go
search/navigate to find something. Many people on this NG seem to
find this distasteful for some reason. I don't get it. Anyway:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon2.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon3.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon4.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon5.JPG

The full link is a lot quicker for me, as I will use "wget" (a
unix web downloader program) to grab the images and look at them later,
with a program which lets me zoom into them at will.

But the links won't work when someone finds this article (or
others) in a google search some time from now, after the images have
been moved to one of the RETIRED_FILES directories -- named by year.

So offering *both* is a good idea in my mind, with the warnings
that the links will go stale after some time, and require searching
anyway, based on the date in the posted article found in the Google
archives.

But in any case, when someone says "I have uploaded images to
the dropbox", they should at least give the
"http://www.metalworking.com" URL for new users or people with short
memories. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.
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First off, Thanks Grant for posting the links, I didn't know that.

DoN, you asked about the trunnion. After I turned the barrel down, I
made a small collett to hold the flat section squarely in the mill, and
I reamed a 5/16 hole, and the pin is the same diameter, with a few prick
punches in the centre to hold it in securely. Also, the material was 2
in. Naval Brass round stock.

And Mark... Thankyou for the compliments. Much appreciated. The axle
began as 1 in. round 6061 aluminium. I turned both ends down to 5/16,
and the centre of the wheels reamed to the same. I then put the
aluminium on the mill and made them 1/2 in. square. The inside "hub" of
the wheel is 5/8, so I them made brass washers to the same diameter,
reamed 5/16, with a thickness of 1/8. Putting the wheel on the axle,
then the washer left 3/16 of aluminium sticking out, which I then put on
the arbor press (with my thinking, the softer 6061 would expand,
pressing the wheels on) It worked as planned, and then I buffed the
hell out of them. And thats about it.

Cheers all, Jason

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mark wrote:
Thanks Grant! Hello jmdoiron, that is awsome! *Details* please!?! How
did you fasten the wheels to the axle? Barrel composition, construction,
description? I cant decide if I like cannon2, or cannon4 better for
my wallpaper!!!! You rock!

mark(unsuccessfull jealous cannon builder wannbee...)

Grant Erwin wrote:

It is easy to post the full link rather than forcing people to go
search/navigate to find something. Many people on this NG seem to
find this distasteful for some reason. I don't get it. Anyway:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon2.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon3.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon4.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/Cannon5.JPG

Shiny!

Grant

Joe wrote:

My question as a newby to this group is, where is the metalworking
dropbox????

Clif
On 13 Aug 2003 20:45:50 -0400, (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:


In article ,
Jason wrote:

Hello

I posted some pics of a Cannon I made to the Metalworking
dropbox. If you are interested, they are called Cannon1 - Cannon5



That looks like a very nice first project. One question occurs
to me. Are the trunions inserted in a cross-bore, or are they machined
in place form basic stock? (And did you start from a casting, or from
brass rod stock?)

Congratulations,
DoN.


P.S. I don't find Cannon1 in the Dropbox, just Cannon2.JPG through
Cannon5.JPG, plus Cannon.txt.txt

Jason scribed in

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First off, Thanks Grant for posting the links, I didn't know that.

DoN, you asked about the trunnion. After I turned the barrel
down, I made a small collett to hold the flat section squarely in
the mill, and I reamed a 5/16 hole, and the pin is the same
diameter, with a few prick punches in the centre to hold it in
securely. Also, the material was 2 in. Naval Brass round stock.

why does it appear to be skew on the carriage?
refer cannon5.jpg

swarf, steam and wind

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I noticed the same thing. Probably to account for "P-factor".
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Jason scribed in

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First off, Thanks Grant for posting the links, I didn't know that.

DoN, you asked about the trunnion. After I turned the barrel
down, I made a small collett to hold the flat section squarely in
the mill, and I reamed a 5/16 hole, and the pin is the same
diameter, with a few prick punches in the centre to hold it in
securely. Also, the material was 2 in. Naval Brass round stock.

why does it appear to be skew on the carriage?
refer cannon5.jpg

swarf, steam and wind

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