My home made Civil War replica Cannon

[karthikbans]

Get ready to URBAN DOMINATION!

[iamnedd]

I have made a cannon in my machine shop class and im wondering if my barrel needs to be hardened to shoot

[tkthorn]

@iamnedd

NO, Do not harden your Barrel it needs to give a little when fired. If you harden it it can't give or (Stretch), it will shatter and wound you and anyone near you or worse. Go to "Graybeard Outdoors" on the internet for a lot of great info and advice on safe firing of Cannon.

[doubletrouble3769]

Any chance of the blueprints or technical drawings being available. I would love to make one.

[tkthorn]

@doubletrouble3769

Sorry but no. I made mine by looking at a lot of pictures, I have no prints.

[crystalahmed2008]

what ammo did u used ?

[hovanti]

That's a beautiful model, nice job! The fact that you made the wheels is especially impressive! You've got some great talent.

[DoctorHowitzer]

Nice, how long did it take to build? What kind of range does it have?

[tkthorn]

@DoctorHowitzer

I have about 150 hours in the build mostly in the wheels. I don't know exactly how much range it has but I shoot 800 grains of FF black powder behind a 1 lb. lead ball and I put a round through a five gallon bucket full of water at 75 yards and it was another 75 to 80 yards to the tree line and a friend heard the ball crashing through the trees :)

[Bigjohnnywad]

Aim it in the direction of Florida..Shoot some rednecks down..

[rammsteinfreak1996]

cool its a very smal nice cannon i will make a cannon too

[NoShame86]

very well made. you can make a couple of them and fly to Afghanistan to fight the taliban with it

[Q3HackerPolice]

Stfu you posted that on the field gun video too.

[NoShame86]

lol so what? I like to post whatever and wherever i like you peasant

[Q3HackerPolice]

And the man with no brain jumps straight to insults

[NoShame86]

I love to insult cops, you dog

[Q3HackerPolice]

And there you go. The only thing you can do is attempt to insult me and thumb me down. The weakest type of coward.

[mhytbuster52]

i want to hunt antiloop with this cannon:)

[disturbedone5009]

did you have to get the tax stamp for this? or does it not need to be registered?

[Nwest82]

Looks beatifual!! How did you go about making the barrel? Or was it a pre-made donner berral?

[fuckinghellyoutwat]

that's just fucking cool, ever loaded it with anything other then lead balls, like grape shot for example?

[crazycuntryboy2]

They didn't use grape shot in the War between the States. They used Canister Shot. a lot smaller and a lot more effective.

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[rgrrmy]

@crazycuntryboy2 If they didn't use grapeshot in during the war, then Why do I find grape shot when relic hunting? They definately did use grape shot as well.

[destroyer4416]

where do you get that giant iron tube ?

[GodOfAllDrummers31]

That's what she said... :-)

[rebelstang]

HELL YEA! That"ll Work!

[moparnutalways]

Very cool. check my vid's off my dads cannon.

[damonh25]

how much powder do u use and where do you buy it. I am a cnc machinest and would love to make my own. any info would help thanks

[sensejengi]

Is this really home made? I can't believe it

[TeamCrusade]

Good for hunting deer.

[SBskater6969]

thats sweet.. i wish i had one..nice cannon

[RAMPG]

Indeed a very nice looking cannon

[Roossell93]

man i want a cannon like that for my films. very nice gun by the way. 5 stars.

[dominic13100]

nice

[clibanarii123]

Vey delicately(and cute!) made.

That must have taken much time and money.

How much does this piece weigh?

(Including the gun and the carriage.)

[blindeyesbleed]

thats quite something well done nice vid :)

[marviepet]

how did u make the barrel of the cannon? And what did you use at the end were the fuse goes????

[tkthorn]

The barrel was Lathe turned from a solid bar of 6150 High Tennsil Strength steel. The bore was drilled and reamed back 20" and the 1/8" fuse hole drilled a 1/2" forward of the back of the bore.

[nepychu798465132]

omg your the best , to built a cannon like that

[just2w4tch]

That's a very nice piece of work.

[richardphat]

Sorry i dont understand english very well but the metal you use was pure aluminum or did you use steel you found?

[tkthorn]

I used 6150 High tensil strength steel for the tube. I used Aluminum only for the Cannon Ball Mold that I cast one pound lead balls with.

Terry T.

[ninja6kid]

you made it yourself on a lthe??

[two0sixTay]

@tkthorn How much did the length of steel cost you? minus the machining of course...

[tkthorn]

This White Oak is seasoned 120 years and is extremly hard. I stalled my mill out just trying to cut the taper on the trail and twisted the heads off the square head lag screws I used even with a pilot hole drilled! If you do the history the original carriges were made from White Oak.

Terry

[10lbsparrott]

oh boy white oak. not good make sure you

check the wood everytime you fire it we had a cannon about 5-6 guns from us and the tail snaped off after the last shot. Thank god for matt switlik (civil war artillery expert.) We fire live with shells at camp grayling

[nearadyn]

that's pretty respectable for a little gun! Do you fire it live at all or just blanks? You might look into getting some friction primers from a Civil War Sutlery so can pull a lanyard like they really did instead of bits of fuse.

[tkthorn]

I machined a mold from Aluminum and have been casting 1 LB. Lead balls. These make a teriffic impact :) I only fire these at the gun club range, anywhere else it's strictly wadded paper towels!

Terry

[habanerosteele]

Thats a nice cannon! Check out my cannon blowing up santa claus. Its a huge explosion!

[cowtipper97]

nice

[shamushi]

how did u make that?

[tkthorn]

In my garage Machine shop, working with photos from the Civil War, I used White Oak from a collapsed 110 year old barn, steel that I had lying arround my shop and about 150 hours of work.