A model cannon barrel I made recently

[Beazld]

Very nice work George! Question, how do you hold,the barrel while turning the cascabel?

 

[george wilson]

The cascabel was held against the tailstock center. I have a nice little Royal one,which has a slim point that comes out from inside the #2 MT. shank. Not real cheap,but great for small work. You can see the left over nub in the picture where the breech is just clearing the carriage. I'll machine it closer to a finished ball,then file the rest off carefully. I haven't gotten rid of the nub yet,as I still want to put the barrel back in the lathe to polish it with fine abrasives. I'll turn a brass stub with a wee bit of taper to it and put it into the muzzle and hold it with a collet. The power required to polish the barrel is very low,so the lathe will turn the barrel quite well.

 

[clevinski]

Wow! Absolutely beautiful work! Thanks for sharing the photos! :yourock:

 

[ML_Woy]

I'm not familiar with the Remington salute gun. However,the Winchester has a very weak breech design. It's o.k. for blanks,but some try shooting shells with shot in them from that gun. Not a good idea at all.

Seems I have not pulled mine out of the closet in a long time and it is a Winchester. Says WRA on the side of the carriage. Cannon carries a lot of memories from the gentleman who passed it on to me years a go. Thanks for the information, never would consider firing real shells in it. It is hard to get blanks for it anymore here in Sacramento cA.

 

[nightowl499]

beautifull work , reminds mmeone day i home to make a chess set. .

 

[DavidL]

You guys might be interested in the definitive work on 18th & 19th century cannon.
"A Treatise of Artillery" by John Muller - Professor of Artillery and Fortification, 2nd Edition 1768 - yes 1768.
I downloaded my copy from Google books who had digitised a hard copy held by the New York Public Library.
The book is facinating with diagrams and formula that Muller developed from practical experiments.
I drew up and machined a 1:25 scale model 18 pounder naval canon from the information contained.