Bring it on

[Pitchy]

I`m ready for the rebellion now, made a marble cannon.

[Blaine]

Will it fire?

[Pitchy]

Oh ya but not much power, would work good for knocking toy army men over.
Marble goes in barrel then pull back the rod and let her go.

[OldWin]

That's really cool, Pitchy! My kids would have loved that when they were young.
I traced my 1911 on some pine and made elastic band guns for all three boys. They are all grown and gone and we are still finding elastics from all yhe shootouts.

[Pitchy]

Thanks Jay, I was thinking about rubber band guns yesterday but never got around to making one.

[OldWin]

I put a cut off clothespin on the back with a rod made out if a wire coathanger running through a drilled hole down to the trigger.

[M. M. Wright]

Cool cannon Pitchy!

OlWin, My boys had to learn to fire with thumb release clothespins. I didn't get fancy enough to put triggers on the rubber band guns we made. Made some double barreled ones too.

[OldWin]

M.M.
I hear you. Mine was a very stylish "L" with a clothepin screwed to the back with the "squeeze to fire" system.
Wanted to do something cooler for the kids.

[M. M. Wright]

Pitchy, How about scaling it up to handle bowling balls? What do you think, a pound of fg?

[OldWin]

Careful! Pitchy can no doubt do it!
He could no doubt get us to Mars sooner than NASA.....with stuff he has in the shop!

[Pitchy]

Bowling balls, don`t be giving me ideas pard
Remember the noon signal cannons we made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hvZxRf1qaA

Video of shooting the marble cannon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ly7LlVxkDU

[Bill in Oregon]

Pretty swell, Lenn. If I had some army men I'd ship them ...

[Pitchy]

Thanks Bill.

[rodeo kid]

Pretty cool Pitchy, you continue to amaze me with your talent. God Bless.

[Pitchy]

Thanks rodeo kid, gotta keep the ole brain working.

[piller]

Slingshot ammo comes in little steel balls, and it could be propelled a little faster. A spring fired toy cannon could be a lot of fun with those metal balls. I guess i will have to get some iron pipe and start playing with it until I can make it work. To avoid broken windows, maybe I will need to watch out and keep the power low. If it is anywhere near accurate, the squirrels better watch out. I would love to bombard the squirrels.