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I'm looking for cannon truck/carriage plans for a 1/2 scale cannon barrel I have on order. The photo is of an actual English Royal Navy Bloomfield Cannon circa 1780. This is what I'm trying to replicate. My cannon barrel is 25" long and looks almost exactly like the original, I have the rear wheels as 7" diameter and the front wheels as 8" diameter. I've been scaling from photos for the last several days but would like to get some drawings as a cross check. Any help would be appreciated!
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What part of the great state are you from?

I spent 14 years in Alexandria with the Air Force.

You might use the search function and terms like cannon or carriage to see what posts are out there.

I know we have several excellent gun folks who may have drawings for your use to scale up from.
 
I can’t help on the plans, but you reminded me of a test I carried off of a brass, turned barrel I made in the school workshop. A satisfyingly loud explosion brought a teacher out, and I was amazed at not being in big trouble.

I may still have a small supply of black powder scavenged from fireworks left over from those days. Ah, the days of the penny banger. Kids not allowed matches these days, let alone a hand held explosive device.
Oh, where was I?

Yes. - welcome to the forum. Lots of expertise here for answering the most abstruse questions. You’ll learn lots.


Jim
 
First of all welcome aboard Bob.
I've been digging through some literature I have lying around and have come across some Blomefield cannon barrels, but not a single drawing complete with the carriage.
What I could find was a drawing of a 1760 carriage pattern; found in "The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875" (Vol.II 'The Age of the System 1715-1815') by Adrian B. Caruana.
Ik hope this helps you a bit.
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Herman said:
First of all welcome aboard Bob.
I've been digging through some literature I have lying around and have come across some Blomefield cannon barrels, but not a single drawing complete with the carriage.
What I could find was a drawing of a 1760 carriage pattern; found in "The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875" (Vol.II 'The Age of the System 1715-1815') by Adrian B. Caruana.
Ik hope this helps you a bit.
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Thanks, it's looking like I'm not going to find any drawings with actual dimensions but that's ok, I'm scaling off a lot of photos and cross checking as I go. I think I can develop a set of plans that will be accurate enough. Thanks for the attachment!
 
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Jim Fortnam said:
I can’t help on the plans, but you reminded me of a test I carried off of a brass, turned barrel I made in the school workshop. A satisfyingly loud explosion brought a teacher out, and I was amazed at not being in big trouble.

I may still have a small supply of black powder scavenged from fireworks left over from those days. Ah, the days of the penny banger. Kids not allowed matches these days, let alone a hand held explosive device.
Oh, where was I?

Yes. - welcome to the forum. Lots of expertise here for answering the most abstruse questions. You’ll learn lots.


Jim
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Yep those days back in the day growing up were great and what we did with with those fireworks without parental supervision, LOL
 
Jim Fortnam said:
I can’t help on the plans, but you reminded me of a test I carried off of a brass, turned barrel I made in the school workshop. A satisfyingly loud explosion brought a teacher out, and I was amazed at not being in big trouble.

I may still have a small supply of black powder scavenged from fireworks left over from those days. Ah, the days of the penny banger. Kids not allowed matches these days, let alone a hand held explosive device.
Oh, where was I?

Yes. - welcome to the forum. Lots of expertise here for answering the most abstruse questions. You’ll learn lots.


Jim
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we would go to a pharmacy and buy saltpeter sulfur and charcoal and make our own mix. hahaha
 
Bob196454 said:
Baton Rouge, I did a search and it's led me here LOL. I'm getting pretty good at scaling off photos though. :)
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Bob, Welcome - I live in Lacombe (St. Tammany Parish) The Baton Rouge area has a very good and active model club, they are on Facebook as well.

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