It's said that nerds have the coolest toys, judging by how cool of a toy you have here you must be a hell of a nerd. I'm a nerd too but sadly a cannonless one.
Im doing the research now but my goal is a 3" civil war artillery rifle with the plan to use the period load of 1 pound of powder and a 9.5 pound conical projectile
That’s my dream gun that to hope to get once the channel gets a bit bigger and shoot fun stuff with it! Make sure you post some pics or videos and be safe! That’s gonna get pricy quick at a pound or powder a shot!
@TheCannoneer yeah im gunna have to start making my own powder, ive got a machinist friend that im gunna get to help me build the rifling broach and get it rifled and i found a vender for the oils drilling stem pipe
@@tatsuhirosatou5513 Awesome! I've also heard some folks use high pressure boiler pipe as well and there's a cool video on youtube of guy making one out of that with a massive lathe but I can't ever find it when I want to....
Shooting those mini baseball bats seems like a proof test all by itself. Just using a lot of propellant is not enough. You also need a heavy projectile in front of it. "The Idahoan" channel has some interesting videos on proofing his muzzle loaders. Also, iraqveteran8888 deliberately overloads a Kentucky rifle with lots of powder and ball to the point of destruction; suggesting proof and normal loads are "mild" by comparison. Friction in the bore is another factor that can chase up pressure with unconventional projectiles; so watch out.
I’ll have to check out their channel and some of those videos! Thankfully the bats were a bit smaller than the bore so easy in and out and they also had a backer chip behind them to make sure they got pushed out for sure!
Hi Jonathan, thanks for showing us the making of this cool cannon. I don‘t mean to offend, but i have 2 suggestions for you. The first is that you talk way too fast. It seems like you’re in a hurry to get this over with. Second, don‘t tell us what you’re going to show us, just show us. Otherwise, great vid.
Question: "How do you build a cannon?" Answer: "You take a hole and put metal around it!" Question: "And where do you get the hole from?" Answer: "Quite simply, you take a stovepipe and cut off the metal!" Best regards from a former German artilleryman (RakArtBtl 4-22)
You shared this link to me because I was asking about how you came to own this cannon, everything presented was so badass, you have access to tools I could only wish to and the skill to embark on such a project and see it through in a similar fashion as it would've back when. Just very freaking cool, keep it up brother, you're going to get much larger here (unless yt is biased against this kinda stuff, which i kinda feel it is, hopefully tides turn drastically)
Haha Thanks! You can build one with basically anything you have access too but it might just not be as big as ours! I sure hope YT wants to play ball but ya know....I do appreciate you tuning in either way haha.
That plug seems like its just being held by that pin. The plug isn't welded at all, without the pin there's nothing really preventing it from shooting right back at you.
It’s also an oversized plug that’s driven down in there and quickly quenched for a pressed fit. It’s taken up to 1600 grains a few times and we never shoot anywhere near that on a regular basis. In fact the carriage just broke a bit as the force of the shot cracked one of the risers. I’ll be posting that before too long too. Good question!
i have built a few cannons. i plugged the breach by threading the tube with pipe thread tap and the plug with a pipe die heated the breach to blue hot and threaded the plug in and let the barrel srink down on the plug then welded the plug in with 120.000psi welding rod. then put it in the lathe and rounded the base and welded a trailer hitch ball on the base area.. the over tubes i cut on a lathe to a light interfearance fit then heated the outer tube and cooled the inter tube with CO2. this gave a very tight fit.
I built a small 1" bore cannon, just drilled out a hole on a lathe in a big chunk of steel, then shaped it roughly cannon shaped on the outside. The hard part was making the ball mold for the lead balls, but a fun project overall.
I’m watching how you guys built this. I have only one concern and please I’m not trying to be a know it all. The breech face was eventually made concaved because hot embers that were stuck in the right angle of the breech face from a previous shot would set off a powder charge of a follow up shot. The wet brush wouldn’t reach the burning embers in the corners. Resulting in unexpected detonations with ram rod in hand.
No worries at all! Thankfully since it uses a plumbers cap at the end it’s actually convex in there but I didn’t know about that issue with the flat back ones! I’m hoping to do a cannon accidents video one of these days and we will for sure have to replicate that happening. Thanks for tuning in!
The rear lower end of the carriage should be rounded like a runner on a sled so it doesn't dig in😊 your gun looks real good. If u can steel stamp it that would be better especially for in the future. I stamp mine with cal, date, my name, model & for s/n I use the aprox mfg date & proof load the last one i stamp on an out of the way place, the others on the muzzle or end of trunnion like the originals😊
I wish we would have decorated it a bit more just in general. Hopefully we will be able to make a bigger one or get that 3' gun and if we build it from scratch we will for sure mark it up. I'll have to stamp on it somewhere the charge though!
I haven't been able to find any blueprints on a rev. war carriage, I need to make a 1/3 scale one for my 1/3 scale sea service 1 1/4" gun from south bend replicas. All my other cannons are of civil war & newer types. Antique ordnance publishers has real good blueprint books on guns & carriages. The one I use is titled artillery for the land services of the U. S. 1849- 1865 field artillery-I. it covers the 1841 6pdr, & 12pdr field howitzer, 3" 1861 parrott & ordnance rifles ect. And all carriage parts for same. I highly recommend it. I've got 4 full scale 3" guns. An M1861 ordnance rifle, an M1861 parrott rifle, a 3" whitworth breechloader & another 3" breechloader that's not done yet. I also have 5 40MMs 2 are muzzleloaders, 3 are breechloaders but 2 of those aren't done and unfortunately won't get done as I retired & I made them at work on my own time😊
I'm so jealous of your collection. We couldn't shoot them anywhere but the fancy range in the newest video as our neighbors would lose it over anything that loud. I hope if our channel gets big enough we can get a 3" ordinance gun as they are my favorites. We go to the TN military collectors show and they have a ton of cannon builders for civil war stuff and it's such a good show anyway that just a bonus. We just based the carriage on drawings and what other people had for their reproductions, and the wheels aren't period correct per se, but it's just a pattern we just came up with at the time. I wish I had access to your old shop to build some of those guns!
@@TheCannoneer I left out some of my other cannons, one is a russian M1932 45x310Rmm anti tank gun. It's got 5 bullet dents in the armor shield, all from the rear. It's still deactivated but it is registered. I cant find anybody to reweld it around here since a 76mm M18 hellcat tank destroyer gun blew up & killed 2 guys that were inside at the time. Even the tires are written in russian. I've got shells, projo's, & reloading press I just need it welded😊 P S I've just got a lot of years head start is all. Happy shooting. O ya I just made arrangements today to get a 20x102mm single shot chambered for the 20mm vulcan ctg😊😊
@@TheCannoneer I would like to do vids just because I see so many dangerous things with cannons on some vids. I would also like to do some on my mortars for the same reason & because I perfected my mortar rds to be very accurate & others could benefit from it. But I don't know this modern tech much or how to do vids😊
@@michaelpierson7256 I'd be willing to be that there is a film student that would jump at that opportunity to film. If there's a college or university around it might be worth asking!
my son has been been watching your videos and talking about making a cannon we forbade him from all the tools and told him he couldn't watch your videos , we didn't know he was making a cannon of sorts until a few days ago we were at work like usual and I got a call from our local police department .... its so hard to think about it... because your videos my son made a cannon my 12yr old son was coherst by you to do this! your instructions were not safe my son made one of your cannons and blew himself up killing him and his neighborhood friend .... we plan on taking legal action how could you do this to him he loved your videos , and you murdered him how dare you
Sorry for your loss and the loss of his friend, but they were not coerced into building anything. They were two twelve year olds, I assume, and should not have been left unsupervised. They needed an adult, but perhaps they just needed someone old enough to have more sense. He can't be held liable for your loss and coming here to threaten the channel owner won't bring your boy back.
True! Our cannon is actually the smallest that was actually fielded too. They used one in the civil war that was the same diameter on the CSA side. I’m hoping to make one of the weird projectiles it fired in the future to try out and do a little history on that gun.
It's said that nerds have the coolest toys, judging by how cool of a toy you have here you must be a hell of a nerd. I'm a nerd too but sadly a cannonless one.
There’s always time to fix the cannonless part but I think we’re stuck with the other one!
@@TheCannoneer don't worry I'm working on a fix but French laws are kinda restrictive to say the least.
Boy am I glad this showed up in my suggested videos. Great work! Way cool.
Thank you!
Im doing the research now but my goal is a 3" civil war artillery rifle with the plan to use the period load of 1 pound of powder and a 9.5 pound conical projectile
That’s my dream gun that to hope to get once the channel gets a bit bigger and shoot fun stuff with it! Make sure you post some pics or videos and be safe! That’s gonna get pricy quick at a pound or powder a shot!
@TheCannoneer yeah im gunna have to start making my own powder, ive got a machinist friend that im gunna get to help me build the rifling broach and get it rifled and i found a vender for the oils drilling stem pipe
@@tatsuhirosatou5513 Awesome! I've also heard some folks use high pressure boiler pipe as well and there's a cool video on youtube of guy making one out of that with a massive lathe but I can't ever find it when I want to....
Shooting those mini baseball bats seems like a proof test all by itself. Just using a lot of propellant is not enough. You also need a heavy projectile in front of it.
"The Idahoan" channel has some interesting videos on proofing his muzzle loaders. Also, iraqveteran8888 deliberately overloads a Kentucky rifle with lots of powder and ball to the point of destruction; suggesting proof and normal loads are "mild" by comparison.
Friction in the bore is another factor that can chase up pressure with unconventional projectiles; so watch out.
I’ll have to check out their channel and some of those videos! Thankfully the bats were a bit smaller than the bore so easy in and out and they also had a backer chip behind them to make sure they got pushed out for sure!
Hi Jonathan, thanks for showing us the making of this cool cannon. I don‘t mean to offend, but i have 2 suggestions for you. The first is that you talk way too fast. It seems like you’re in a hurry to get this over with. Second, don‘t tell us what you’re going to show us, just show us. Otherwise, great vid.
Thanks! I’m a natural fast talker and it’s been something I’ve had to work on my entire life! This has been a learning journey of the UA-cam thing!
38mm is pretty big, there’s several small cube cameras on the market, if they would survive the G forces and provide a video would be pretty cool.
Question: "How do you build a cannon?"
Answer: "You take a hole and put metal around it!"
Question: "And where do you get the hole from?"
Answer: "Quite simply, you take a stovepipe and cut off the metal!"
Best regards from a former German artilleryman (RakArtBtl 4-22)
I mean you’re not wrong at all hahaha.
Nice cannon but the wheels are wrong. Diameter is fine but those are way to light weight. Spokes and all should be much heavier
I'm fairly certain it's a French design, hence the lightness and style.
You shared this link to me because I was asking about how you came to own this cannon, everything presented was so badass, you have access to tools I could only wish to and the skill to embark on such a project and see it through in a similar fashion as it would've back when. Just very freaking cool, keep it up brother, you're going to get much larger here (unless yt is biased against this kinda stuff, which i kinda feel it is, hopefully tides turn drastically)
Haha Thanks! You can build one with basically anything you have access too but it might just not be as big as ours! I sure hope YT wants to play ball but ya know....I do appreciate you tuning in either way haha.
That plug seems like its just being held by that pin. The plug isn't welded at all, without the pin there's nothing really preventing it from shooting right back at you.
It’s also an oversized plug that’s driven down in there and quickly quenched for a pressed fit. It’s taken up to 1600 grains a few times and we never shoot anywhere near that on a regular basis. In fact the carriage just broke a bit as the force of the shot cracked one of the risers. I’ll be posting that before too long too. Good question!
The minute you showed the shop I was like wait I recognize this place very cool.
Hahaha. Thanks for tuning in! Yeah that shop is very recognizable.
shorter fues and birthday sparkler is a very safe time delay for proofing
gives you time to walk a way with out tripping
That’s a good idea!
Nice cannon thanks for showing it
Thanks!
Hey man, do you shoot grapeshot from your cannon? Try to get ballistic dummy labs to sponsor your channel for some good footage
For sure! There’s a few videos of it getting shot around. I’ll have to check them out and see if they want to help us out!
i have built a few cannons.
i plugged the breach by threading the tube with pipe thread tap and the plug with a pipe die heated the breach to blue hot and threaded the plug in and let the barrel srink down on the plug then welded the plug in with 120.000psi welding rod. then put it in the lathe and rounded the base and welded a trailer hitch ball on the base area.. the over tubes i cut on a lathe to a light interfearance fit then heated the outer tube and cooled the inter tube with CO2. this gave a very tight fit.
I watched a guy turn one on a lathe a bit ago and that was fascinating to watch that shape come together. That sounds like a pretty good method!
very ingenious! nice workmanship and explanation, Very informative and interesting as well,,
Thank you so much!
that saw mill is small but its fast
A very handy tool to have when you need it!
Your cannon is amazing! Very good 'explanation' video. You guys are truly skilled. Awesome guys!
Thank you so much! Thanks for tuning in too!
What is the thickness of each pice of pipe, as well as diameter of the second two pieces of pipe?
I love this channel it’s educational and entertaining. Keep up the good work
Thank you! If you want to see us shoot anything let us know or if you have any ideas about cannon history stuff to recreate!
I need to visit you guy's. I love that sort of thing. I've started making match lock muskets but, I don't have the shop that you do 😭
That’s awesome btw. We have some friends that make flintlocks but I’ve never built one myself. You should make some videos! Thanks for tuning in.
What else do you want to know about our cannon? Have you ever built your own? What do you want to see us shoot with it?
I built a small 1" bore cannon, just drilled out a hole on a lathe in a big chunk of steel, then shaped it roughly cannon shaped on the outside. The hard part was making the ball mold for the lead balls, but a fun project overall.
Fire a full length salami out of it.
Oh I like the way you think!
I’m watching how you guys built this. I have only one concern and please I’m not trying to be a know it all. The breech face was eventually made concaved because hot embers that were stuck in the right angle of the breech face from a previous shot would set off a powder charge of a follow up shot. The wet brush wouldn’t reach the burning embers in the corners. Resulting in unexpected detonations with ram rod in hand.
No worries at all! Thankfully since it uses a plumbers cap at the end it’s actually convex in there but I didn’t know about that issue with the flat back ones! I’m hoping to do a cannon accidents video one of these days and we will for sure have to replicate that happening. Thanks for tuning in!
The rear lower end of the carriage should be rounded like a runner on a sled so it doesn't dig in😊 your gun looks real good. If u can steel stamp it that would be better especially for in the future. I stamp mine with cal, date, my name, model & for s/n I use the aprox mfg date & proof load the last one i stamp on an out of the way place, the others on the muzzle or end of trunnion like the originals😊
I wish we would have decorated it a bit more just in general. Hopefully we will be able to make a bigger one or get that 3' gun and if we build it from scratch we will for sure mark it up. I'll have to stamp on it somewhere the charge though!
This will be cool to see
@TheCannoneer >>> Great video. Subbed...👍
Thank you so much!
@@TheCannoneer>>> You're Welcome!
I haven't been able to find any blueprints on a rev. war carriage, I need to make a 1/3 scale one for my 1/3 scale sea service 1 1/4" gun from south bend replicas.
All my other cannons are of civil war & newer types.
Antique ordnance publishers has real good blueprint books on guns & carriages. The one I use is titled artillery for the land services of the U. S. 1849- 1865 field artillery-I. it covers the 1841 6pdr, & 12pdr field howitzer, 3" 1861 parrott & ordnance rifles ect. And all carriage parts for same. I highly recommend it.
I've got 4 full scale 3" guns. An M1861 ordnance rifle, an M1861 parrott rifle, a 3" whitworth breechloader & another 3" breechloader that's not done yet. I also have 5 40MMs 2 are muzzleloaders, 3 are breechloaders but 2 of those aren't done and unfortunately won't get done as I retired & I made them at work on my own time😊
I'm so jealous of your collection. We couldn't shoot them anywhere but the fancy range in the newest video as our neighbors would lose it over anything that loud. I hope if our channel gets big enough we can get a 3" ordinance gun as they are my favorites. We go to the TN military collectors show and they have a ton of cannon builders for civil war stuff and it's such a good show anyway that just a bonus.
We just based the carriage on drawings and what other people had for their reproductions, and the wheels aren't period correct per se, but it's just a pattern we just came up with at the time. I wish I had access to your old shop to build some of those guns!
@@TheCannoneer I left out some of my other cannons, one is a russian M1932 45x310Rmm anti tank gun. It's got 5 bullet dents in the armor shield, all from the rear. It's still deactivated but it is registered. I cant find anybody to reweld it around here since a 76mm M18 hellcat tank destroyer gun blew up & killed 2 guys that were inside at the time. Even the tires are written in russian. I've got shells, projo's, & reloading press I just need it welded😊 P S I've just got a lot of years head start is all. Happy shooting. O ya I just made arrangements today to get a 20x102mm single shot chambered for the 20mm vulcan ctg😊😊
Man I’m so jealous haha. You should start a channel and shoot all your cool stuff! You’d get so many views and subscribers.
@@TheCannoneer I would like to do vids just because I see so many dangerous things with cannons on some vids. I would also like to do some on my mortars for the same reason & because I perfected my mortar rds to be very accurate & others could benefit from it. But I don't know this modern tech much or how to do vids😊
@@michaelpierson7256 I'd be willing to be that there is a film student that would jump at that opportunity to film. If there's a college or university around it might be worth asking!
For the record, I am sub number 373!
Thanks for the 373!
Nice cannon.
Thanks!
my son has been been watching your videos and talking about making a cannon we forbade him from all the tools and told him he couldn't watch your videos , we didn't know he was making a cannon of sorts until a few days ago we were at work like usual and I got a call from our local police department .... its so hard to think about it... because your videos my son made a cannon my 12yr old son was coherst by you to do this! your instructions were not safe my son made one of your cannons and blew himself up killing him and his neighborhood friend .... we plan on taking legal action how could you do this to him he loved your videos , and you murdered him how dare you
Sorry for your loss and the loss of his friend, but they were not coerced into building anything. They were two twelve year olds, I assume, and should not have been left unsupervised. They needed an adult, but perhaps they just needed someone old enough to have more sense. He can't be held liable for your loss and coming here to threaten the channel owner won't bring your boy back.
It's smaller than the Punt gun! @KentuckyBallistics
True! Our cannon is actually the smallest that was actually fielded too. They used one in the civil war that was the same diameter on the CSA side. I’m hoping to make one of the weird projectiles it fired in the future to try out and do a little history on that gun.