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Do a google search on them bro, lots of images.
I`m going to make another vid at noon.
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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Because I Can, and Have
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USAF-72-76
God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
BlaineG wrote:With almost 300 cloudy days a year, that wouldn't work in this area....
Be a lot of people missing lunch
I think it needs a bigger base, i think i have a piece of marble somewhere
Because I Can, and Have
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USAF-72-76
God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
Because I Can, and Have
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USAF-72-76
God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
Be careful Pitchy! I knew a guy that shot his cannon at a hill side but missed it with to
much elevation, well the beer can filled with concrete went sailing merrily along until
it came to a fairly sudden stop in the neighbors 60FT silo
I don't think that cannon is big enough to shoot a beer can sized projectile. It looks more like about a .25 or smaller. I am not going to stand right in front of it.
D. Brian Casady
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Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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Even with something that small, I am not going to get in the habit of standing in front of it. It is a very cool Idea. I like the way the magnifying glass is used to set off the powder. I never got that advanced with a magnifying glass. I don't think I got beyond ants.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Thanks guys.
Bill, i know it
I`m going to build another as soon as we are done with the BS shop.
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Bill in Oregon wrote:Pitch, it looks like your touchhole is a touch on the large size. I ought to try that with my golf ball mortar ...
Bill after i thought about it and looked that hole your looking at is just the pocket for the powder, it doesn`t go through. The flash hole itself is only 1/16th
Because I Can, and Have
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Made a small one, cannon is 2 1/2 inch long.
Have to secure the glass stand yet but have to wait until noon tomorrow to get it in the right place.
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God Bless America.
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Pitchy wrote:Made a small one, cannon is 2 1/2 inch long.
Have to secure the glass stand yet but have to wait until noon tomorrow to get it in the right place.
THAT is one I would BUY.
The fact that it can sit on a desk adds $$$ to the coolness factor.
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Bill in Oregon wrote:Whoa, Pitch, did you just turn that barrel on your lathe???
Yepper.
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
Because I Can, and Have
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USAF-72-76
God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
Because I Can, and Have
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USAF-72-76
God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
Were these type of things ever really used? The thing I'm wondering about is that as the year progresses, the angle of light changes and would be soon missing the powder. I could see a line of powder or a line of fuse so that the point of light only has to cross somewhere. I make and sell sundials on occasion and I love the idea. Here's the one I built on the south face of the garage some years ago. It's 40' on that side so my sundial is about 40 feet by 12 feet. I don't have the picture dated but I read it as about 3 in the afternoon around the first of April. Sundials can be used as calenders too.
Gobbler
Pretty cool Gobbler.
Yes they date back a was and yep they had a trough as a touch hole but also the bracket that holds the glass has to be adjustable to compensate for the movement of the sun with the seasons.
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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SargeMarlin wrote:Pitchy, that little cannon is the coolest! What caliber did you make it? I would think that putting a rubber ball in there would be too cool.
SM
Drilled it to 5/16ths.
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Awesome Pitchy but I missed out on your first two videos as I was out of the house this past weekend but that last little guy is pretty neat. Make a nice firing deck ornament. I love cannons. I still have a cast iron carbide cannon my dad gifted close to 20 years ago. She's as loud as a 12 gauge, and almost as fun.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Pitchy wrote:Made a small one, cannon is 2 1/2 inch long.
Have to secure the glass stand yet but have to wait until noon tomorrow to get it in the right place.
THAT is one I would BUY.
The fact that it can sit on a desk adds $$$ to the coolness factor.
Ummmm...Don't set it up in your sun room, Bro....
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