Civil war cannon

[ClaytonEDavis]

Hi, I have built a cnc lathe, and a plasma cutter and have been thinking I might like to build some small desktop size cannons for some friends. I would appreciate some ideas about types, drawings or photos to see what kind I would like to make. Thanks for your help
Clayton

[dragons_fire]

im actually building a civil war cannon, i will post pics and dimensions later if i can..

[ClaytonEDavis]

Thanks, that will be great! I also ran accross another group - model_cannons.

[dragons_fire]

havent seen model_cannons. my dad is kinda a civil war guy, and he had a plastic model that isnt built, so i just measured that, and copied it.. i iwll go take pictures now...

[dragons_fire]

[thkoutsidthebox]

That is sweeetttt....nice job.

[fractaledge3]

Hi,
Very big photo how did you do that

[dragons_fire]

the photos were taken with an 8mp camera, so i tried to make them smaller but it didnt work...

[fractaledge3]

Originally Posted by dragons_fire the photos were taken with an 8mp camera, so i tried to make them smaller but it didnt work...

Hi dragons_fire;
I am just kidding , you can make it smaller with that simple steps:
-Open it in Ms paint from accessories group.
-From Image menu select stretch / skew or press (Ctrl+W).
-From stretch dialog decrease the horizontal and vertical values to 50 % or less.
-Save it as (new file name) then attach it like that.

[GaryCorlew]

Very nice work!!!!

[dragons_fire]

thanks, its not finished yet, i still need to make another wheel for it, and all th little accessories to go on it.

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

Careful with those things. I made one in high shool. It fit 1" marbles and pinballs. Took it to the beach on Lake Michigan, dug out a "gun emplacement" in the sand, loaded & fired. Very loud noise, large splash way out in the lake & empty gun emplacement. Never did find any of it.