Adham, Thanks for your question. Happy to help any way I can. I've provided a decent amount of info in this 4 part "How to layout and bend rail". This should help a lot. Part 1 of 4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4uUfYWrmZehqtk Part 2 of 4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3q0eKGGlJuIe9E Part 3 of 4, perhaps better description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4K7g39qrZyMnMk Part 4 of 4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2bPaHx9pciDfZI

Mister V, thanks for your comment. I thought proofing had to do with blocking the barrel with ammunition so as to raise the chamber pressure, whereas I'm only using a little aluminum foil to aid in providing a good "Boom". - Steve

@@SHunsader You are not entirely wrong; There's a nice little article about proofing from the NRA onLine: plug "Proofing a gun" into your search engine and it should come up. Of course, proofing in the days of black powder was a bit different, but the goal was the same= a safe-to-use firearm.

@@mister-v-3086 Thanks again.

James, happy to help any way I can. Vent is straight bore on all 4 of my cannons. If you'd like to chat via phone, Google Me: Steve Hunsader San Carlos for my land line. I'll call you back.

Thanks @michaeliperson7256 for your comment regarding barrel type. I'll have to ring Hearn Gunworks in Idaho and let them know they've been labeling their barrel incorrectly for all these years. I've been using the name because that's the product I purchased from Jack Hearn, the 2nd generation owner. If you have a URL you could provide with more information, this would be even more helpful. - Steve

@@SHunsader I dont know what a url is, I'm just a long time cannon shooter (1985) & have seen this come up a lot of times. A carronade has an underlug on the bottom of the bbl witch puts tremendous down force on the rear of the carriage. Your gunnade has the older below center trunnions that puts a bit of downforce too. That was fazed out about 1764 to centered trunnions to put the force to the rear not down. I shoot 5 mortars of WW2 style, 2 use bowlingballs, 40mm muzzle & breech loaders, full scale 3" parrott & ordnance rifles that have to share one field carriage & the other ones in a naval truck because it only cost about $50 to make (I scrounged). Look up carronades on google, I've seen stuff on it there in the past😊

As soon as I got done here I found a vid by funniest superheros, called: demi-cannon & carronade. Naval art in age of sail. At 6:12 it shows carronades. What's your bore size if that's not to personal😊 on my 40mm's I use 2oz pdr & 1 1/2lb connical projos. with blanks 4 to 5 oz pdr & 2 or 3 wads of dry toilet paper, what I don't pick up doesn't stay on the ground long😊

Thanks for sharing. Would love to see what you've already created. I needed something I could pull around on a hard surface in order to use it, which required being able to pivot one set of wheels. Using a field carriage would have worked, but felt that it was too bulky for me to store.

Perhaps sneaking up on a large rabbit!

AXO, great idea. Thanks for taking the time to comment. - Steve

Thanks. It took awhile to realize that I had all the necessary track/switches to make it happen. The truck and hitch needed to be modified to allow the truck to completely revolve around the car bed.

It depends on the load. 1000w maybe .5gpm, 5,000w ~.7gpm, 10,000w ~.9gpm.

Hello, thanks for the post. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and found this material at Peninsula Building Materials (Redwood City), but I'm sure that it can be had from all their branch stores. They're very helpful people. I'm sure if you call them, they'd be happy to supply you with the name of the manufacturer if you don't live in the area. - Steve

@@SHunsader Thank you Steve! I am in Southern Oregon, so maybe I can find where to get it not too far away. :)

It's a power inverter which comes as part of a solar system, except it should really be called an 'Energy System'. It allows one to choose where power from Solar, Battery, Grid, and Generator go. Solar can be sent to Grid, Batteries, Load, or combinations of those. When the grid goes down (over the past 25 hours), home runs on battery (and solar when the sun's out), and then finally calls Generator when reserves are low. www.outbackpower.com/products/integrated-systems/skybox

@@SHunsader Oh, I have one of those. We call it a Power Gateway. It controls energy distribution and supply. It's the hub where the Grid, Solar, Batteries, and house meet.

@@DoingHawaii Good to know. What unit do you have, and what is it rated for? (Load)

I did the layout on the floor in blue tape, and built it from there. No formal plans. Initially, I thought I'd be doubling the 1/2 scale 1941 Six pounder, but recognized pretty quickly that the geometries of these to barrels is completely different. It took me 2 tries to make appropriately sized wheels. Did your barrel come from Jack Hearn?? If not, maybe your geometry is a little different than mine. What state do you live in? I'm out here in CA.

Thanks for asking. Jack Hern in ID sells quite a few models. Here's a link to his Carronades: hernironworks.com/product-category/us-carronade/

Thanks i am looking for a 3pounders or 6 pounders cannon and its hard to find thanks

Gus, thanks for inquiring. We installed the railway to address a number of things on our property. 1. To move equipment/supplies in/out of the workshop to/from the driveway. A good example is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnylm6qDltWeaK8 2. We burn wood to keep warm, and have built a number of 'wood cars' to store wood. This keeps me from using a wheelbarrow every other day to get wood on neighbor's property. Seasoned wood is now kept next to the workshop. 3. We've learned that once one has a railway, there are plenty of possibilities. The utility car we were using doubles as an excellent work bench, and when we break ground next year, it'll be very easy to load up the work bench, and roll it onto site. 4. Using rail is a more compact and hidden method of moving things to/from the workshop. Once we've finished landscaping the back yard, it'll be the only way to move heavy things to/from the workshop. 5. Of course, the cool factor. I'm an engineer, and wanted to give it a try. It's cool.

Gus, I think it has something to do with the amount and type of powder, as well as what goes in front of that powder. I'f found that big wads of aluminum foil packed in with the rammer improve the quality of the BOOM. (Called the 'report')

Thanks for your feedback! You might need to discuss this with Jack Hern of Hern Ironworks. Here's the link: hernironworks.com/product/u-s-carronade-58-scale/ I spoke to Jack about this barrel last year while giving me the tour of his plant. I seem to remember him mentioning that he reduced the size of the barrel to reduce the risk of what could be stuffed in it (liability, even though we need to sign release of liability forms). Shape wise, seems to be what I've seen in pictures outside of Hern Iron Works.

Wikipedia has a Nice article on Carronades...and they re-inforce what my memory told me -- this is NOT a carronade.

Carronades had a chamber that was one-caliber smaller than the bore; for example, an 18-pounder carronade had its chamber bored equal to a 12-pounder. This reduced the weight of the cannon, but also had the effect of reducing the velocity of the cannonball, and hence range. A factor mitigating the deficiency in range was that carronades could be bored with a much tighter windage than long guns, so that more of the propellant went to moving the shot, rather than bypassing it.[citation needed]

@@DavidStrasburg Funny thing tho. Although the carronade has a lower velocity than a gun, and a shorter hitting space than a gun of similar bore at a given range... it is not a short ranged weapon. The range by top line of metal is longer for a carronade than for a gun, because the velocity of roughly 900fps is angled at between 3.5-4 degrees above the sight line.... while the gun with a roughly 1500-1700fps is angled between 1 and 1.5 degrees (higher velocity and lower angles pair). Apex is lower for the flatter firing gun, and the hitting spaces are longer, but the but-en-blanc range for pointed ordnance is longer for the carronade than for either the full gun of the same bore or the smaller gun which stands in the same 'castles' battery. While the carronade is also significantly weaker than the co-calibre gun in terms of penetration... but the smaller guns are equal at around 12pdr gun ~= 32pdr carronade and 9pdr gun much weaker - (The frontal area is also identical for co-calibre and less for smaller guns). Carronades became very significant in the 1820s with the early 'all 32pdr' armament or 'enhanced anncienne' pattern armament (nothing smaller than 18livres), or new 'all 30 livre armament), where all smaller ordnance was entirely replaced by 32pdr carronades, 36 livre or 30 livre caronades - the 120 gun French 3 ponts vaisseaux carrying no fewer than 50 36 livre carronades on the upper deck (replacing 12 livres) and gaillards (replacing 8 livres) - but they were then rapidly squeezed out by the newer medium and light patterns of the standard bore guns. (32 pdr, 30 livres) - a lot of the hostile publicity of the 'better at longer ranges than a 12pdr gun, 32pdr carronade' came about because of resistance to manufacturing new light guns of low weight but better length and velocity - as well as the universality of indexed sights (previously only seen on carronades since 1782). With fewer advantages over alternatives - basically only a modestly reduced weight (17.125cwt, vs 25 cwt for the light gun) - the carronade was the weakest link in the ordnance set, and it's availability in large numbers was a hindrance to replacing it with the newer, better 'carronade like gun' - you don't need the new light 32pdr because you have light 32pdr at home. So Douglas and others exaggerate the weaknesses, mis-state the position of the carronade within it's history and use and then simplified and misunderstood fiction and 'coffee table' histories as well as political apologetics (such as Cpt Porter, caught well inside carronade range crippled by mishandling of the vessel with too much canvas on exiting from under a high shore to windward, and anchored in shallow water with no springs on her cable - she was shot to pieces from a position in which not a carronade could bear - with weasel-words 'could not reach' being used to imply this was an unavoidable range issue. Midshipman Farragut uses the phrase 'brought to bear', Hilyar reports an action from ~800-400yds from the quarter, to which the reply was *mostly* just 12pdr guns in the retreat ports. All three vessels engaged had damage from 32pdr carronade shot, and Cherub was also armed exclusively with carronades - 32pdr and 18pdr on castles. Either she was not an issue in the action, or the engagement was inside carronade range. Another action stated as demonstrating the detrimental effect of carronades is one of the actions on the lakes - where a US squadron carrying substantial numbers of 24pdr and 32pdr long guns, and 32pdr carronades had a range and effectiveness advantage over British ships with a predominant mix of 12 and 9pdr guns and 24pdr carronades. "only 4 24pdr guns could reach" - again, also a question of broadside vs chase and retreat armament as well as the absolute inferiority of the entire British ordnance set.

@@gracesprocket7340 Not my words, just a direct quote from wikipedia article about carronades. Perhaps you should address wikipedia if you believe you know better.

Thanks for your comment. Yes it is. I searched for nearly 2 years to find this generator. Apparently it was used for payment to an electrician from a Telco provider. He just needed to get his payment out of it, so I got quite the bargain.

Thanks for your suggestion. We're in the middle of the SF Bay Area. Thousands of people for miles and miles. No co-op in the area.

Close is the appropriate word. I frequent the I-4 going between Bradenton and Titusville. Here in Bradenton now, will be in Titusville tomorrow night....and back again on Friday.

2nd Home, future primary residence. I suppose I need a mic for my phone. Any recommendations? I uploaded straight from the phone, suspected issues with audio.

@@SHunsader It was just the wind noise... no worries. Our daughter Kate lives about 40 mins south in Loveland/ Ft Collins so probability of us visiting is much higher than CA! :-) As you may recall we lived in Colorado Springs twice before... a couple of hours away.

SST, thanks for the comment. Would love to. I used to be a farmer in Florida, but I'm a 'city boy' in the San Francisco Area, and surrounded by 8+ Million city folk. There aren't any farms in the area, so I'd need to drive 50-70 miles each way just to get Off Road Fuel. Just one of the problems of living in a big city. I think if I used my generator more than the Christmas Holidays, I'd be looking a little harder. - Steve

I'm happy to send you the plans I built the 1/2 scale 1841. I'd make some changes after speaking to the designer. I think 21 inches.

That wood is a work of art for having been pallets, a buddy made a simmiler laminated carriage for me long ago, its had several differant guns in it over the years. I saw a mention of 1/2 scale carriages in a comment. Dixie gun works & antique ordnance publishers has great blueprint books. Mine is #12, artillery for the land services of the U.S. 1849-1865 field artillery - I. It covers the 3" parrott & ordnance rifle, 1841 6pdr field gun, 1841 12lb field howitzer ect. And all the carriage parts for the U.S. #1 carriage. I made a full scale carriage except all in steel😊

Mojo, thanks for the comment. It's our workshop. Last year at this time we were in the process of installing a railway from one side of the property to the other. Here's it being put to use: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnylm6qDltWeaK8

@@SHunsader hell yeah that's pretty spiffy

Jamie, I would love to see what you've made, and how you load and fire your cannon. - Steve

Jamie, have you seen the follow up video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHmUfXWngqdlZ9k

Yes, I recognized that the cheeks should be parallel to the barrel, in whatever carriage I make in the future. I made a mistake when I transitioned towards pivoting back wheels. The filler piece between the cheeks wasn't as wide as it should have been. Take a look at my larger Carronade video. The carriage isn't quite finished yet, but all the critical dimensions have been addressed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHmUfXWngqdlZ9k I essentially had to start from scratch with this model, since 1841 6 pounders and Carronades have such different geometry. Thanks for your comment, Steve

@@SHunsader you clearly have knowledge and experience, didn’t mean to slight you. I have built ordnance myself, more my own interpretations rather than historically accurate reproductions, although i did have an 1880s coastal freighter, ketch rigged, fitted out with deck and swivel guns, once. She sank four years back. But thats another tale. Look at some of my videos.

@@rowbearpucklebuck2331 I didn't feel slighted by your comments. I'd love to see some photos of your coastal freighter. Stay tuned for my completed carriage and test firings. - Steve