Casting a Cannon from Brass | Part 1

[@eggbertfarnsworth5787]

My mess during casting was almost as bad. Close, but not quite. Makes me feel so much better about my own ineptitude! Thanks for a great video!!!

[@edgarhelbling6525]

I made one when I was a kid in grade 9 at Central Tech high School in Toronto in 1958. I just turned it on a lathe as a project, drilled it out and rigged a carriage, fired it with ball bearings, and still have it. No muss, no fuss, and got a keepsake.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

I love how precise you were collecting the excess bronze.

[@lemnoch]

The name of your channel is spot on from the professionalism ive seen so far haha, good shit!

[@ElementalMaker]

Just FYI.... I need part two. This was awesome.

[@mastersofineptitude]

Thanks! Had to take a break for a while but we'll be back at it real soon with more vids.

[@mastersofineptitude]

PART 2 IS LIVE NOW!

[@Flymochairman1]

I've watched a few home smelting-casting videos on here and I've seen a few myself. What many of the casts I've seen lack are vents for the hot escaping air and gasses to stop them getting forced into the casting sands.

[@rcollas4795]

im just happy i can now be called professional at everything i do .lol great work fellas

[@faramund9865]

Too funny! Also, cool stuff!

[@mxcollin95]

Good job guys! Cool project...nicely done for non-professional professionals...like my self. Lol 🤙 A few burned up molds....eh...no worries. It turned out good!

[@ademdogan1]

J'adore votre professionnalisme j'ai rarement vu une si belle video. 👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@johnthreesixteen5643]

Man, this is neat. Please do the part 2

[@ChatterontheWire]

Nice set of vids. Not sure how you pulled off 1000+ subscribers on 3 videos, but this one alone has a ton of hits, nicely done! GL on brass cannon #3 some day.

[@sethmullins8346]

The pipe cast in as a liner is an idea I got myself. Even just a thin one would greatly improve barrel life and strength.

[@BarryAir]

FANTASTIC!!!!! you guys will improve as time goes on.....but awsome start!

[@devemch7851]

OMG You guys are crazy. Calmly saying you want to put that out…… as the garage is about to burn down… Classic..LOL

[@GypsyPaz]

lol, that's great. At the start you guys had me convinced that you were being all sanctimonious.

[@mastersofineptitude]

PART 2 IS FINALLY HERE! Thanks for your patience. I hope you will take the time to check it out.

[@swbyrd]

Fire!! 🏃‍♀️ Run!!

[@minnesotaproud1949]

So goddamn funny watching you continue to pour molten metal into the inferno

[@rodneynormanhersom3583]

a few years ago, i asked the SSAA how to build a cannon and i was told to make the liner from a Hendrikson walking beam if i wanted to use it on the range or i had to buy it from the foundry in Maryborough qld aust

[@bigstackD]

Great stuff👏🏻. I was laughing pretty hard when you were pouring into the muffin tins🤣😂😅. That pour reminds me of a lot of mine (although you got the piece you wanted ,half the time I don’t). Can’t wait to see part 2😁👍🏻

[@mastersofineptitude]

Thanks! Yea we were laughing pretty hard at the time too. We lucked out big time that it turned out as well as it did. We have had several failed casts in the past as well.

[@schelsullivan]

You guys totally earned my subscription on this one. You guys should have a whole lot more

[@barefootinbriefs]

Ya'll need a little CO2 fire extinguisher! 😁 Thay are just right for situations like this, i.e. well ventilated area, partially dischargeable without leaking, works well on wood fires, and no mess to clean up because it's an inert gas. Much safer, and cleaner than spraying water on super hot metal. What I use is actually just a small CO2 bottle with a pistol type valve, all it takes is just a quick puff and fires out, no mess.

[@steveskouson9620]

When melting brass, ALWAYS do it outside. Brass is copper and zinc. Zinc will boil off, and zinc oxide is quite poisonous. (It is also that yellow stuff in your dross.) Bronze is copper and tin, and is much less poisonous. steve

[@daytondumont6564]

When I was in high school we made a cannon simular to this used brass couplings from the fire department. We had to remove the bearings from them by cutting them out. It was solid brass no steel or pipe core because use was for wading only no shot. Used black powder and old newspapers for the wading fuses weren't used had tap and smolder cord. It was awesome for football games and firing for touchdowns. Times have changed since then the school has the cannon but the barrel is filled in with brass now.

[@get-the-lead-out.4593]

Cool video! Was interesting watching how you are learning the steps through trial and error which there's nothing wrong with that . So the video was uploaded in May 2018 and so 1 year later and is there a part 2 yet? Where is the link so we can easily find it?

[@mastersofineptitude]

Working on it as we speak! Sometimes the best things in life are worth waiting for. Of course, this is NOT gonna be one of those things! Just saying.

[@softsmoken]

Great job

[@Arachnos27]

The title should have been ‘How to make a campfire with molten metal’

[@mastersofineptitude]

Excellent suggestion. Might use it for future video!

[@airborn101st]

awesome work, keep it up. wish there was a part 2.

[@mastersofineptitude]

Thanks. Do to unforseen circumstances we were delayed. There are other projects currently in the works including a canon update and I think we will have more time for videos in 2019.

[@airborn101st]

@@mastersofineptitude Awesome, ill def check them out.

[@kristjanjonsson7723]

I'm so exited about part 2 that you got yourself a new subscriber 😄

[@mastersofineptitude]

Working on it right now. Just for you! ;)

[@kristjanjonsson7723]

@@mastersofineptitude I'm absolutely thrilled 😀😀😀 Good luck and keep safe 🙂

[@mastersofineptitude]

PART 2 IS NOW LIVE

[@kristjanjonsson7723]

@@mastersofineptitude 😍😍😍😍

[@gearsofinspiration8528]

Should be able to use lost pla so that yiu don't need to use the pipe anymore. And it would all be solid brass. However the pipe is probably easier. Would be interesting to see you guys try lost pla for a cannon

[@shanek6582]

Why did it have to have the steel pipe barrel? Were the original bronze cannons lined with steel?

[@geraldmahle9833]

No, they weren't. Steel liners are for extra protection, liability, etc.

[@fatroberto3012]

Some people make this dangerous stuff look so easy. Others make it look dangerous. I like the second sort.

[@mastersofineptitude]

Exactly! We are actually saving lives here. You're welcome world.

[@mastersofineptitude]

Thanks to everyone for your support and I am so sorry that I still don't have part 2 ready. Will try to post an update video soon but life is pretty busy and I like to only release quality content (lol) so no deadline yet. Thanks for your patience!

[@SergeyPRKL]

It is surprisingly hard to find a video where the Bore is made also traditionally.

[@trex283]

Wouldn't it be better to cast it vertically?

[@jeremyowen1]

That's not a cannon! That's a bomb! Still entertaining.

[@mastersofineptitude]

Why cant it be both?

[@geraldmahle9833]

@@mastersofineptitude It will be when you fire it.

[@YamiKisara]

Great tutorial on how to burn your workshop down, shame part 2 never came...

[@GlassDeviant]

... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGO6aqFuab-thJo

[@mikehammond7828]

I'd be afraid to let them pour me a beer :)

[@fredwild190]

Is the 3d printer file available for purchase? Thank you. Fun video.

[@mastersofineptitude]

For commercial or personal use?

[@fredwild190]

@@mastersofineptitude personal

[@mastersofineptitude]

I can't find the original STL files but here is the link to the fusion 360 file. Hope this helps. Enjoy! a360.co/3v9nS6Y

[@fredwild190]

@@mastersofineptitude Thank you. Very elegant design indeed.

[@alphawolffestudios1169]

What scale r u making this the mold looks realy snakl

[@markissboi3583]

🤵👉Warning we R professional Amateurs 👉😳Do not Copy our chit🤓 we blow things up 🙄& burn things down 😁😂👍

[@geraldknapp4958]

Cool video eight years ago I ordered drawings from Dixie Gun Works and built the 1857 Napoleon Cannon to exact half scale every part handmade there's nothing like it on the planet I bet and it's accurate as hell two and a quarter inch bore 28 1/2 inch tall Wheels I take it to Memorial Day and Fourth of July and Labor Day parties of people just melt down and freak but I only shoot blank charges around people by the way the LED balls that shoots I made my own to cavity aluminum mold those balls weigh 35 Oz

[@geraldknapp4958]

I am a professional just so you know

[@bestelectronicmusicfromnew5189]

jules verne wrote an account of the cannons of the time which could knock over 50 men in a line one year, and 70 men in a line the next year, as the ingenuity of the inventors of the city to help with the soldiers and the war effort.

[@dantespardason7508]

Thanks for caring about my house dude, much appreciated!

[@hecklarandkoch]

I have one of those old cannons, whole thing needs restoration.

[@waskasoometalworks3329]

howdy! may i suggest leather chaps? a group from Makerfaire Bay Area last year suggested them to me and they work wonders. Also: cannons are awesome!!!

[@wilsoncrocker]

& YOU get brass plating, & YOU get brass plating, & YOU get brass plating!!! everything gets brass plating!!!

[@randommusicman1852]

I love these guys

[@justdustino1371]

Cannon were never cast from brass. It is too soft. Brass is a copper, zinc and lead alloy. Cannon were cast from Bronze, that is a copper and tin alloy.

[@kezzler9556]

They did cast it around a steel pipe so it should be safe enough to fire. Pouring water onto molten metal on the other hand, is just plain stupidity.

[@othnielcreator]

First comment, First Sub, First like, Nicely done guys.

[@mastersofineptitude]

Always leading the pack. Thanks man!

[@EmeraldForester777]

Algorithm boutta pick this one up.

[@caseyrees2656]

If u casting with a floating barrel tube in the mold. Y didnt u weld ribbs to the out side of the barrel tube to cast in rifleing, to make whar was callled a parrot gun…

[@Kurogane_666]

And that children is what happens when you don't oil your muffin tins, lava lol

[@rustyaxelrod]

Just a little PAM on that muffin tin and the results would have been perfect- said the internet expert. Lol

[@Kurogane_666]

@@rustyaxelrod I was thinking bacon grease or some good old bear fat lol

[@BrianJohnson-ih1hb]

How can you say that that is a 12 pounder due to the size of the carriage what you poured is no bigger than a signal gun on a ship

[@kmalnasef1512]

good job ;-)

great video, it is fun trying, nice try.

[@TheDesertwalker]

Brass or bronze? Which one?

[@mastersofineptitude]

Brass!

[@RabbitusMaximus]

Awesome

[@jeremiahbarr8335]

you guys have to invest in meta Tarsul protection. look into foundry ppe...I wouldn't do any more work in sneakers and lace up boots. just a word of wisdom

[@awldune]

Just keep pouring until the house burns down! :D

[@danielgyepes1190]

Disclaimer: this video was done by professionals Proceeds to nearly burn down garage

[@mickowen568]

once u have put the fine sand over u should just shove the rest in doesn't need 2b fine all way up / pound it with a flat mallet

[@Doctor26yt]

Exactly how do you two define the word professional?

[@mastersofineptitude]

"A person with a profession". Mine happens to be walking dogs! It is actually quite easy to be a professional. Who knew!

[@barthamburg4351]

Where is part 2?

[@mastersofineptitude]

NOW LIVE!

[@vladodjuric3385]

Come to Holland. :-) Make canonns for Dutch Royal Navy. We fight tribes, we can win wars with old cannons. Probably no one wants you. Come to Holland to work, or send us cannons. To win food.

[@beardo52]

Need a Runner box around the Filter there boys, Helps keep you safe from yourselves.

[@DEmma1972]

Part 2 ever?

[@mastersofineptitude]

Yes! Hopefully real soon.

[@cplcabs]

During part 1 they burnt their place down

[@jetman1963]

you guys are freakin DANGEROUS

[@Funnychannel-22-d9e]

Reminds me of Minecraft when you accidentally pour lava near a tree

[@Scrap5000]

Still no part 2?

[@mastersofineptitude]

Check back end of the week or early next!

[@BlueEyeDK]

everything is burning...... it is a video of what not to do

[@_P0tat07_]

Such a cool project. But God damn, that was the sloppiest pouring I’ve ever seen on KZbin lol. Not saying you’re bad at it, whatever the case was, mistakes happen. I appreciated the video though :)

[@modifiedG54B]

No part 2?

[@mastersofineptitude]

Yes, part 2 is here!

[@iiinsaiii]

You think you got enough powder on it? Damn that was an over kill lol

[@kinzieconrad105]

Can not cast a strong cannon with a horizontal mold historically the cannons are pored verticaly with muzzle at the top will help eliminate micro bubbles around the breach.

[@mastersofineptitude]

Next attempt will probably be a vertical pour!

[@davidhall8874]

Professional? I can't imagine who in the hell would pay you to set their place on fire or to make that kind of mess!

[@simpleman806]

What happened to part 2

[@mastersofineptitude]

Now live!

[@junit483]

Where's part 2? Been damn near a year

[@phoenixme74]

You suck at fire prevention. Good work, though. It's more than I am doing. It's good to see traditional craftsmanship preserved through passion. I appreciate your work.

[@ryansandquist7858]

the lack of responses is because they made a brass covered pipe bomb pros my ass

[@mayflowerlash11]

The method of gripping, lifting and turning the ceramic pot with the molten metal was dangerous. The tool used in foundries is held by one man either side, each with a handle with two arms so they can lift and turn the pot to pour out the metal without spilling too much. The method you used was bloody dangerous as evidenced by the spillage and the fire on the wooden formwork. I'm glad nobody received a splash of hot metal.

[@MichSignMan]

Normally one of them stands on their skateboard and pulls the bottom of the crucible with a garden hoe.

[@johnhartman3149]

Y'all are a SPECIAL kind of dangerous. Wow.

[@randomguy7481]

Where's part 2?

[@mastersofineptitude]

Now up!

[@Bl0ckfett]

Okay, I want to try to copy all of this Video. Wish me luck!

[@MichSignMan]

Don't forget to add some gunpowder to your green sand, and it wouldn't hurt to mix some water with the brass as your pour it... lol

[@ryansandquist7858]

they gotta wait to get off probation before they can make a part 2

[@mastersofineptitude]

Don't tell my PO and I'll get you a part 2!

[@jeffreywelch3268]

We are professionals! Ha Ha Ha.

[@DerekGraham777]

Where's the overflow spout. Your gonna have air pockets in that hope you dont plan on shooting it

[@mastersofineptitude]

Don't worry! We'll put on safety glasses first.

[@cplcabs]

Haha....sign saying we are proffesional....cuts to a guy pouring molten metal all over the place

[@sharkfinbite]

I wouldn't be too hard on them. It was literally only placed there as a legal disclaimer warning to viewers not to try this themselves so they won't get sued. It's legal protection instead of credentials proving they are prfessionals. Any time I see this kind text I know what is about be shown will be so dangerous the maker has to cover their ass from stupid people watching and getting bad ideas of how to try it.

[@alterego4218]

Ineptitude, Yep, nailed it! Would someone please take their box of matches away. Fred

[@imagineaworld]

Coulda just used the pipe for the cannon no?

[@travnicek]

"Plagerism" Lmao.

[@theimperfectgod7140]

Professionals... yep... JUST IMAGINE IF THEY WEREN'T [ house burning on the background ] 🔥🔥👍😎👌🔥🔥

[@OriginalMudSlinger]

you are not packing the sand I correctly mate . all the sand needs compacting to some degree as you fill not so much as to move the cast but enough to knock the air out you cannot do this properly from the top after filled is will not compact the bottom

[@waynelima7713]

We are prof.... just kidding....

[@donalddick7642]

No Muffins anymore.

[@daningrim475]

The laughing hyena ruined this one for me. Keep your day jobs guys. 🤯

[@CaptCorgi]

Oh boy you didn't use gun metal, I mean I guess as long as you don't shoot it constantly it should be fine.

[@oldscout2514]

You ruined somebody's cornbread pan !

[@robertgroover3316]

Should have titled this, "how not to cast a cannon barrel".

[@riomio7852]

I'm going to copy there idea as they do not have copyright