Using Form Tools in a Fly cutter ?? I have to see this !!

[@StuartsShed]

😂 I don’t need a suggestive title to make me click a Joe Pie vid. Really cool to see the brass cannon project go another stage. 👍

[@dennythomas8887]

one thing I learned from doing a little bit of wood work on my bench mill. when you are absolutely positively sure you have cleaned enough oil from the machine so as not not to have saw dust stuck to everything, you ain't even close! LOL.

[@davidmyhre2720]

Hey Joe, I know we could make a wood butcher out of you. Been one for 48 years. You knocked it out of the park brother. Thanks buddy great job.

[@peteengard9966]

Nice. Was wondering about the cannons. Can't wait to see that water bucket hanging on the frame of the army cannon.

[@poppafiveone]

Having the wheels brass gives it a balanced look of materials. Well done.

[@joepie221]

Thanks. I like it.

[@tjh44961]

HI, Joe! Great little cannon -- I built the smaller one in Joe Martin's book a number of years ago, as a Christmas gift for my Dad, who was a Hornblower fan. It also had brass wheels. When you fix the trunnion to the carriage, make sure you mount it so that the trunnion is below the centerline of the bore. It doesn't really matter on a non-firing replica, but on a firing cannon, the recoil forces would tend to lift the barrel and carriage off the deck, and flip it over backwards with the trunnion above the centerline. With it below the centerline, the cannon would be held securely to the gundeck by the forces of recoil. There is a company called South Bend Replicas up in Indiana that makes Civil War era full-size muzzle loading cannons, on some very large antique machine tools. If you can find one of their old catalogs, it is a treasure of pictures of manufacturing the replica tubes. They used to have a bunch of videos on this platform, showing the manufacturing process, but due to the current climate, I think nearly all, if not all of them have been taken down.

[@joepie221]

Thanks.

[@joerogi8401]

Only a wood working Joe Pie can say "a couple thou more". Gotta love it. John 🇨🇦

[@joepie221]

I knew someone would catch that. :)

[@greglaroche1753]

Another great video. Thanks! Using a sacrificial piece of wood is an old carpenter’s trick when sawing wood. Especially plywood. The rim you put on the wheel is called the the tire. That’s where the word for modern rubber tires originated. You make a lot of people happy with your videos. Happy New Year!

[@royreynolds108]

Wagon and other animal drawn vehicle wheels usually have tires also.

[@SpruceSculptures]

These are a blast to fire. Great noisemaker

[@taranson3057]

Very interesting seeing a wood working project made with metal working tools.

[@joepie221]

Nice break.

[@taranson3057]

@@joepie221 that 50 cal replica would make a nice keychain.

[@Laz_Arus]

I sure got a bang out of watching this Joe. See you next year. 🎆

[@joepie221]

I see what ya did there. Good one.

[@markshort9098]

Watching you get such beautiful surface finishes using a fly cutter all the time finally got me off my a$$ and I made myself one for Christmas.. it turned out so beautiful that I instantly regretted not using better material, hopefully mild steel lasts

[@somebodyelse6673]

Make the material better - case harden!

[@markshort9098]

@@somebodyelse6673 I'm thinking about it but I don't have a heat treat over so it'll all scale up badly and I'd have to reduce the shank size.. when it wears out I'll probably just copy it in tool steel or 4140 heat treat

[@joepie221]

My 2" is mild steel. I've had it for years. Just don't make it in 2 pieces.

[@markshort9098]

@@joepie221 that's good to know, yeah mines a one piece and I made it so the 3/8 bit is schinzentight.. I can't wait to get back in the workshop and see how well it cuts, first job is cleaning up some 2×3/4 hot rolled to make standoffs for the dro scales, yet another job I should have done years ago

[@WrenchHead]

"Do not attempt to adjust your TV." Lol, that brings back memories.

[@JETHO321]

You can even faux load it with black powder and paper wadding, just for the noise. Looks great.

[@freemanjackmsiradio]

When he was doing his tool-making apprenticeship my brother came home one day with a 3/4" steel turned cannon barrel he had knocked up while his lecturer was looking the other way. It only had an 1/8th reamed bore with a touch hole, must have been 7-9" long. Anyhoo, being 'creative' we used red match heads and 1/8th ball bearings for ammo, until out firework night in november, then we tried it on actual black powder from bangers, it would pierce both shiplap walls of the shed! All highly illegal here in the UK but the recklessness of youth eh?

[@CorbinMusso88]

Tip for wood on the lathe, ( 13:05 ), start the cut at the plunge, and then work out toward the end. Then you can come back and clean up the shoulder after you get to your desired diameter. Good work man!

[@magiclarry7688]

I never thought of using a form tool on a fly cutter. Cool.

[@NewNormac]

Wow Joe, min 5:00 - 5:40 I got flashbacks from the 60’s but I was born till the 80’s. Happy New Years and all to all

[@al69770-b]

Love it Joe! Thanks for the fix between Christmas and new year! Hope you are having a fantastic break! 🙂

[@joepie221]

Its nice to get a break.

[@mrc1539]

Was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to get back to the cannon, so glad you did and it looks beautiful !! Take care and have a Happy New Year !

[@joepie221]

Thanks. I hope you enjoy the field gun as well.

[@reckcoustom9254]

Been waiting over a year to see this get finished. I am so happy to see this progressing off the bench!!

[@joepie221]

I'm glad I'm back to them. The machine series really took up some time.

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Beautiful cannon. I made a 50 cal cannon from steel one time and gave it a wooden mount but it was not pretty. It does throw a .5 inch ball bearing a good distance though and will penetrate particle board.

[@joepie221]

Greetings Harold. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year.

[@whodat90]

Wood is by far the worst metal I’ve had to machine.

[@christopherleveck6835]

Gotta use a lot of coolant to keep it from over heating.

[@hodaka1000]

Mahogany is pretty good to work with

[@joamonirl]

Surely you mean Material Not Metal

[@whodat90]

@@joamonirl I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley!

[@joamonirl]

@@whodat90 put those reading glasses on mate

[@roberthiggins1142]

That is an absolute work of art it will look absolutely Majestic when it's finished with all its fixing hardware & the wood Stained/polished.

[@joepie221]

Thanks, I hope so.

[@mattomon1045]

happy new year Joe now can you make it go bang!

[@angelramos-2005]

Good approach to wood and good time to rewiew the cannon building past videos.Thank you.

[@kimber1958]

NICE JOB JOE. THANKS KIMBER

[@Dudleymiddleton]

You are the master builder! Master of wood as well as metal - and other substances! Thank you for sharing, Joe - hope you and family had a good Christmas - Let's hope for a great new 2023!

[@donmadere4237]

Nice one! Brass is beautiful

[@michaelclark9409]

Beautiful job working with the tree meat.

[@russellmcclenning9607]

Great video Joe

[@billmcleangunsmith]

I have used that sandwich block technique for many years on wood, plastics, and metal. It prevents a lot of frustration and headache, especially on brittle materials like plexiglass.

[@DH-ds5mg]

Great work, you got a smooth finish on the wood with ease

[@joepie221]

SUPER sharp tools.

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Joe, Glad you came back to the cannon. I enjoyed the first two parts. Have a Happy New Year and stay safe.

[@stuartsurkitt2585]

a man of may talents. great video Joe. hope you and your family had a good Christmas and all the best for the new year. stay safe and well Joe.

[@joepie221]

Thanks, you too!

[@BravoCharleses]

Have a happy and healthy New Year, Joe, friends, and family.

[@ypaulbrown]

wonderful......cheers from Florida, Paul

[@joepie221]

Glad you enjoyed it Paul.

[@christurley391]

Thanks for the video Joe

[@joepie221]

You Bet.

[@practicalplinking6133]

I'll be refering to you as Mr. R Teest. That helicopter chip solution is a great learn for me- had some plastic run me around the same way.

[@TheUncleRuckus]

I actually have a tiny working cannon like that, only difference is that it's all brass. Cool little project! 👍👍

[@joepie221]

Fun so far.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Good day to you old friend. What a great way to start a new year than to spend it here with you. I have always enjoyed working with different mediums on the metal working machines. Especially a nice piece of hardwood. Like yourself I love brass. It complements any material. Since I missed the 2 predecesor to this one I will wander over and see you there. All the best to you and yours for 23 my friend. Take care eh!

[@steveallarton98]

Happy New Year, Joe, to you and yours ! Thank you for all the work and preparation in the videos that you made in 2022, which has educated and entertained all of us, and made a lot of better engineers ! Here’s to a happy and prosperous 2023 ! Kind regards, Steve A.

[@richardsimon5244]

Second - if you’re happy, it doesn’t matter. I greatly admire your work and always learn from your videos. The site won’t let me paste a cannon plan, but the British, French and American eighteenth century navies all used the same basic gun pattern, with the top surface of the trunnion at the mid-point of the bore. No matter - yours looks great.

[@joepie221]

Thanks for the info. I've seen the trunnion in all different locations and didn't know which location was correct. Either way, this barrel is free floating and can easily be flipped over.

[@lennym1636]

Happy New Year...

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

good video joe..thanks for your time and good new year 2023

[@JeremiahL]

cool trick using a square collet to center your wood axle. I had to go back and watch some of your other videos to brush up on centering square stock in a 4 jaw so I could do a project today. I've seen you do it 200 times, but never had a need to do it myself until today. Happy new year

[@joepie221]

Same to you.

[@leonvandervyver8053]

From South Africa you are great. Have a merry Christmas and a blessed new year ❤️

[@jerseyjoe2684]

Happy New Year, Joe! 🥳

[@timmienorrie]

Very entertaining and informative. Thank you.

[@MrArray1967]

Happy New Year Joe Pie! Nice cannon.

[@matthewfort3740]

Nice job Joe!.

[@markstone6368]

Blue Magic is my favorite polish as well. Meguires makes a polish that works well also. MJ

[@kmoecub]

Your build is very similar to a cannon that my father had in the 1950's, except for the oversize marble that he backed up with horsehair wadding and a black powder charge that sat in the cannon until a recent move dislodged the marble. Kids :P

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Joe, for a non wood worker, you sure fooled us all :)> Since I was given some new clean oak last wk, got get of the fly cutter and get in some practice time. Canon balls being turned was awesome to watch how you fixtured the set up,,,another must try ! Bear.

[@mattomon1045]

Joe happy new year

[@petermcneill80]

Looks great Joe , nice to see it coming together been following this build for a while now on and off Very nice 👍🏻

[@joepie221]

Thanks. I'll see it through to the end now.

[@KevinWoodsWorkshop]

Nice looking cannon joe!

[@eyuptony]

Nice work, Joe. I enjoyed watching the machining operations. Tony

[@joepie221]

Thanks, I have some hardware left to do on this one. That should be interesting as well.

[@brianday6433]

I made 2 of these back in the 70s. 1 was steel (for grade @ college) and the last was brass @ work. My boss had a workshop at home so he made me a great walnut carriage.The barrel measures about 7.5" long.

[@joepie221]

This is my first. I've always wanted one.

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Joe, Nice work. enjoyable viewing, thank you. Wishing you a Happy New Year... Take care. Paul,,

[@Dans-hobbies]

when you can't use backer blocks, blue painters tape does a really good job of minimizing tear out (what woodworkers call chipping).

[@joepie221]

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind.

[@mperry9025]

Thanks Joe

[@maitajack]

Interesting toy. Happy new year, health, health and good health.

[@hodaka1000]

I made small brass cannons years ago from triple two "rimmed" cases with twenty two cases to create the lip at the mouth of the cannon, the twenty two is a neat fit inside the triple two case

[@outsidescrewball]

HNY…enjoyed, great discussion on build/finish tips

[@joepie221]

Hi Chuck. HNY to you and your family as well sir.

[@dalemcinnes1834]

After reading the comments about brass and wood wheels and preference l couldn't help but wonder what it would look like if you had both. Be easy to put a wooden wheel on and see how it looked before you cut the axles. Dale in Canada 🇨🇦

[@joepie221]

Hi Dale, Wood would probably look good, but they would need to be jazzed up somehow. Plain wood would be too bland. In my opinion.

[@dalemcinnes1834]

​@@joepie221 Thanks for the reply Joe and I agree with you on the wooden wheels would need jazzing up. What I was wondering say you doubled up your wheels. Say put a wooden wheel on the axle and then put your brass wheel beside it. I have been trying to visualize it but would have to see it. You would have 8 wheels in a sense on it. Might look good?????

[@binomair9326]

cool and amazing finishing work man..

[@Bob_Jones_]

looking good

[@jacknelson8533]

im wondering about the weight and balance trunnion location on the barrel is that a guess?

[@Michigan_Tactical]

When you sand the wood, if you wet it, it will make the fibers stand up and you'll get a better finish.

[@joepie221]

I've always wet sanded after a clear coat for just that reason. I've never done it before. I'll have to test it.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

"Jello cam" is caused by the rolling shutter effect, a property of most video cameras. Just a slight camera vibration will cause it.

[@wallbawden5511]

well finished off there i watched you build the cannon then along the way forgot about it till along comes Joe and brings it out and finishes it off nice job with the wood stuff and turning it on the mill and lathe i was looking at the mess it made ant quietly seed to self i am glad i am not cleaning that up cheers mate and a happy New Year to you and yours and to all the viewers out there

[@joepie221]

I'll get after the mess with a shop vac and dry paintbrush. No big deal.

[@fyffe-b]

Thanks for all your content and Happy New Year!! Uncle Joe:)

[@joepie221]

Same to you!

[@dougiehogarth6652]

Lovely job so far .. may I suggest that you make wooded wheels with a thin brass bush for the axle and a thin brass rim on the OD .. The railway guys call it a tyre??

[@joepie221]

I am considering trepanning the brass and inserting a wood insert to give the illusion of a wood wheel with a brass tire and hub. The back side of the wheel would still be all brass like the front is now.

[@ruperthartop7202]

Great, thanks for sharing. A Happy New Year to you and your family. Cheers

[@joepie221]

Same to you!

[@michaelryan6884]

Nice work, Joe! I'm sure you're as glad as I am that that cold front has moved on...lol.

[@joepie221]

I am. My poor sego palms took a direct hit though. Again.

[@LoneEagle2061]

The banding on the barrel is probably a hangover from the first, wrought iron guns (which really were made like a barrel). The guns on early Tudor ships like the “Mary Rose” were made from bars, forged (by hand) to a segment form cross section and upset to form the breach; they were then locked together by bands hammered down the outside exactly the way a wooden barrel would be made. A lot of early metalworking was adaptations of existing techniques in wood, so adapting your metal techniques to carbohydrate foam is almost traditional :-) As an aside, the term cannon can be thought of as equivalent to the way a modern naval gun would be described as (for example) 15” 45 calibres (the diameter of the tube is 15” (nominal) the length is 15 x 45 = 675”; the consistency isn’t quite equivalent (pre-standardisation); but terms like cannon, culverin & carronade tend to describe different ratios between length and bore.

[@joepie221]

Thanks for the info.

[@gregherbert6089]

Beautiful job Joe. But ship model making is a hobby of mine and the cannon barrel was always hung by the third, meaning the trunnion should below the center. Is it possible your barrel is hung upside down? Otherwise perhaps you drilled it in center of the barrel.

[@joepie221]

To be honest, I'm flying blind on this build and do not consider myself an expert by any means. I'm following the original image I chose, so that may be inaccurate as well. This barrel is easily flipped over.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Rite Joe, Was curious as to when you would get back to the cannon! Neat bit of woodwork from the Dude of metal... Hope your New Year goes with a bang, stay safe n well. TFS, GB :)🎄

[@bentrueblood8144]

One of the first projects done on our "new" company lathe was a tapered cannon barrel - in 12 gauge so it could be loaded with spare shotshell wads.

[@gaildimick1831]

Your “first class”. Nice work.

[@joepie221]

Thank you!

[@beachcomberbob3496]

Is this the same cannon you started a while back?

[@royreynolds108]

Yes.

[@Smallathe]

Very cool!!! Looking forward to see it fire... :) Happy new year!

[@joepie221]

The trunnion pin on this one goes through the barrel. The field gun may be the one I choose to make functional. Undecided right now.

[@fransoosthuizen2151]

cutting your end grain first usually allows you to clean up the chipping when you face the other sides

[@davidt8438]

Yea I saw it before you made your first cut. Always make your end cuts first so the sides, and face cuts remove the chip out. I’m a woodworker and you should see me destroy a piece of brass, aluminum or steel.

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing 👍 Excellent workmanship as always. I know you had the mahogany on hand but did you consider walnut? 🤔 With the brass it would have popped.

[@CJ-ty8sv]

Joe, have you ever tried AUTOSOL metal Polish?

[@ellieprice363]

I have and it also works well. I’m going to get some blue magic just to see how it compares. “Brasso” is what we used to polish our army brass so give it a try.

[@garychaplin9861]

Beautiful work Joe, as always. Should not the ball at the end of the barrel have flattened sides and be through bored to take a rope, and how are you going to fire it with out a fuse hole, flash pan and maybe a flint lock? Now that would be a challenge.😁

[@beachcomberbob3496]

Did you consider phenolic as a substitute for wood?

[@richardchabot7718]

could make another 4 wooden wheels with brass inserts in it. May look cool also.

[@joepie221]

Like the picture I'm following.

[@johnchung6900]

@Joe Pie the finish on the flycut for the wood when levelling it. Does the finish have a sheen on the wood itself?

[@joepie221]

No. I wiped the faces on 220 emery to removed the raised fibers. Inline with the grain.

[@James-fs4rn]

👍need to make it go BANG!

[@Laz_Arus]

"Do not attempt to adjust your TV" haha ... showing your age there Joe. 😁

[@anthonycash4609]

I started laughing when I read your comment. The first thing that came to my mind was I don't know how to adjust the new technology.

[@robertoswalt319]

I remember well, hearing that message as a kid. I also remember watching the little dot disappear from the screen of Black and White TVs when they were turned off

[@Laz_Arus]

@@anthonycash4609 Youngsters of today have it all too easy. Send them back 60 years and let them play with the horizontal and vertical hold knobs on the typical TV of that era trying to get a stable image ... LOL. They may develop a newfound appreciation of todays tech and not take it all for granted.

[@anthonycash4609]

@@Laz_Arus that is so true. Or the screen looks like it's snowing a blizzard. Kids today I just don't have a clue how to get through to them.

[@joepie221]

I can't remember how many times I fell asleep on the couch and woke to a snowy screen or a test pattern. Does anyone remember the wavy American flag and national anthem being played when the station signed off for the night?

[@michaelkoch2109]

Very nice work! A successful, healthy and happy New Year! Best regards from Dresden! 🍻🍖🍷🍗🎆🎇🇩🇪❤🇺🇸😎

[@joepie221]

Thank you. Best wishes from the USA

[@Michigan_Tactical]

Your solution to eliminate chips was correct.

[@blackout7615]

I've used blue magic when I was in 7th and 8th grade and I'd polish wheels on semis to make a buck. It was an all day job. I hated it, but always had lots of cash. Nothing else made the wheels shine so good. I never wore gloves and looking back I probably should have.

[@joepie221]

The stuff is amazing.

[@Skaldewolf]

well, a nice cannon would be a nice project in between bigger stuff.

[@glencrandall7051]

Outstanding! 👍👍 I like the mahogany too but I believe in practice the carriages were oak. Also, in my opinion, mahogany wheels would have better. Sorry, I just feel that way. However none of that takes away from my initial assessment. It's still Outstanding! Thank you for sharing. Have a great New Year and stay safe.🙂🙂

[@joepie221]

I wanted a contrast down there. Maybe a wood wheel with a brass tire?

[@martinconnelly1473]

I'm currently making Elmer's #10 wooden grasshopper engine as a fill in between other work. I am making it from a leftover piece of oak shelving but using a vacuum to collect as much of the waste as possible as it comes off, oak is acidic and you don't want it on your machine tools. If you are videoing this work then a constant vacuum hose in view will spoil the shot. Images and videos of this engine (by others) are available in the internet.

[@TheRodgau]

Greetings from Germany

[@joepie221]

Greetings from Texas :)

[@Dagonius.]

LOL Cool!😆