Smithbrown
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"We"? People who know about historic artillery and its manufacture.
Antique Cannon (Estate Sale find)
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And if you know... then I guess you know.
Funny though... you should know that ALL were CAST POURED MOLDED.
YOU GUYS must have missed that one.
Want some better drawings that only exist in private ? ? ? heh
Might have to wait a bit... OR forever beings the owners #1 wouldn't care about any of this... #2. they have remained privatized for a reason.. #3. why bother,,, you already know.
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Shesh now I have to go back and clean up this thread with deleting half or more of my posts... beings I am lost now.
hmmm but beings the OP has basically been told he has a lawn ornament... whats the point.
Great place to debate cannon and its manufacture.
hmmm but beings the OP has basically been told he has a lawn ornament... whats the point.
Great place to debate cannon and its manufacture.
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Patterns ,flasks,gates.
My career ended in a foundry. Nope , no cannons poured...Would they need a gagger down the bore?
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/di...asting-3-plates-ix-xxv?rgn=main;view=fulltext
https://maritime.org/doc/foundry/part2.htm
My career ended in a foundry. Nope , no cannons poured...Would they need a gagger down the bore?
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/di...asting-3-plates-ix-xxv?rgn=main;view=fulltext
https://maritime.org/doc/foundry/part2.htm
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Molds are how most things of any consequence were made...
Mold making is a 6000-year old skill passed on through... working in the same technique that is passed to our children and grandchildren...
Stone molds for making axes has been found dating back to 3000 BC.
With the exception of bladed weapons almost ALL others have been cast for eons... INCLUDING your flintlock parts etc etc etc.
OH.. and err back to bladed ... even those had cast / molded parts.
Mold making is a 6000-year old skill passed on through... working in the same technique that is passed to our children and grandchildren...
Stone molds for making axes has been found dating back to 3000 BC.
With the exception of bladed weapons almost ALL others have been cast for eons... INCLUDING your flintlock parts etc etc etc.
OH.. and err back to bladed ... even those had cast / molded parts.
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lol.. oh brother... not you 2. :/
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No , I wrote no cannons poured , meaning no cannons poured in the foundry I worked in. (Lest folks think otherwise when I'm posting about being in the foundry industry , and cannons..)
C'mon AARC , you can read my mind better than that...
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Ok I skipped the rum...
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Before I leave I would just like to throw a few more bones out in this thread...
There are some "key" words that will point anyone interested / learning aspect that can begin the trail off the beaten normal paths...
One of which is "Gunfounding"... "gun founding"... "gun foundry" and variations thereof.... etc.
OH and here...
Heres a nice plate for SB...
From... "The Art of Gunfounding"... "The Casting of Bronze Cannon in the Late 18th Century."
Beer, Carel De.
There are some "key" words that will point anyone interested / learning aspect that can begin the trail off the beaten normal paths...
One of which is "Gunfounding"... "gun founding"... "gun foundry" and variations thereof.... etc.
OH and here...
Heres a nice plate for SB...
From... "The Art of Gunfounding"... "The Casting of Bronze Cannon in the Late 18th Century."
Beer, Carel De.
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Pkease back off with the attitude AARC.
Honest Samuel
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Yes, I do.Oh and whats this "we" ?
IS there more than one of you ? OR
You got a mouse in your pocket ?
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I think what happened is...
My confidence was confused with cockiness.
Dialed back.
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Btw...
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I think what happened is...
My confidence was confused with cockiness.
Dialed back.
Thank you sir.
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