24 Pounder Field Howitzer PARTS: 01:25 -- The seven wheel pieces are called felloes 02:22 -- The tar is wheel lubricating grease 02:27 -- Field gun carriages did not normally carry a tar bucket, the limber did 02:45 -- Washer hook for the right side handspike should be there 03:33 -- Box of the elevating screw has an oval shape with only 2 bolts 03:56 -- The cap-square chain (located rearward) is missing 04:14 -- The linstock goes into the linstock socket there, located on the right cheek only 04:44 -- The ramrod (wooden end) has a sponge on the other end (2 ramrod/sponges per gun) 04:54 -- The worm is for removing debris from the barrel (1 per gun) 05:07 -- Handspike (2 per gun, stored on the cheeks) 05:47 -- Sponge chain for securing the two ramrod/sponges underneath 06:28 -- Longer chain is the lock chain for braking one wheel on steep hills, it has a hook on the end and is usually located on the right side of the gun 07:39 -- The rope is not plain rope, it is the prolonge with spliced eyes on the ends. One end has a T toggle the other a ring Not nitpicking the uploader - the historical information is available if you know where to look
The worm (spiral thing) was indeed used to clear any loose paper or cloth debris left in the cannon after firing. The swab was used to smother any remaining embers and clean the barrel for the next load. But man... your skill and dedication on this build is absolutely breath taking. Seriously, this was very impressive!
It's so beautiful... It's like the real thing, you made all the pieces meticulously. I just started and realized how much of a novice I am. Congratulations...
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Since the video the tung oil finish has turned into something that makes it look look an old antique. It's very pleasing and authentic looking.
You are fine craftsman and have a lot more patients then I have. Your miniature howitzer looks like museum quality to me. The little twisted ram device was called a worm and with cannons it purpose was to rake any smoldering coals out of the barrel and breach left from the canvas powder bag or wadding befor you placed another charge in to the gun this prevented premature explosion of the charge. Note: a much smaller and similar device was used on the end of a ramrod for removing wadding from unfired muzzleloading shotguns.
Very nice piece of work. This is a bucket list item for me. Maybe for 2018. I plan to use more brass than wood, but I really like the contrast. Thumbs up.
Hi, awesome piece of work!!!!! really beautifully done. I love the ratio of the dia of the wheels to the canon size. REALLY NEAT. I know you can not find one as detailed like this, no way. Whoever makes a piece like this will do it one time and keep it for him/herself. I love miniature canons, haven't got any cause they are not made like what you have done, have been thinking of doing one myself, have gotten a sherline lathe now to start with. LOVE the brass work, man ,real nice.
hey, thanks John!! I am into old things like these, old tractor steam engines, sailing ships, old 1920s cars and trucks, anything vintage and I love to make or get miniature versions of them, all real and working. I have just gotten the lathe after earning enough to pay for it, still need to get cutting tools for it though, it just came with one cutter. You are a great inspiration. I just want make a canon, I don't care much for firing. Hey one more thing I forgot to tell you, get a brass polish with natural carnauba, this is what I have at home, the carnauba coats it and the brass stays shiny!
I really enjoyed your video, thank you. Your skill set is amazing and it is indeed sad that we are witnessing the passing of an era. I was totally captivated by your clip and all of the fine detail that you reproduced at 1/10th scale.
Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot to me. Actually I found a place that sold reprints of actual museum drawings of the cannon. I just divided all the dimensions by 10 and got to work. Let me know how your project turns out. Thanks. John
7:13 Use Boiled Linseed Oil for the wood and metal. Dries much, much faster than raw linseed oil and is a time honored preservative for things like garden tools, shovels, axes especially for the steel as it coats the steel and helps prevent rust.
I have just completed my Miniature Cannon from scratch built.... it is nowhere like your totally perfect model, I would love to get an insight into how you made the Rivets and your process for making the small brass parts such as the trunion caps, they are brilliantly made. regards Terry O'Brien
Ya know what, that's a good question. I can't find mine to begin with. I started the project when I was a Tool & Die Maker apprentice in the 60's, and I can't remember where I put the drawing. But OK the drawing was a print that I ordered from someplace and it was a flammable copy of an original museum drawing like was sent to the people making cannons at that time. That would be blacksmiths or whom ever. If I run across a source, I'll post it here and let you know. John
Thannks you know your stuff. I guess I missed a few things in the 30 years that I worked on it off and on. There was just to much time to forget about things in the years I didn't work on it. I'll keep your corrections in mind if I take it down to work on it again. J
It's a shame you have to stop doing it because I'm sure there's a lot of people that would love to have one of those I came out suburb you done one hell of a job my friend it's a beautiful Cannon it really is
Hey Raven. thanks allot for the compliment. I'll tell you something funny. I worked on two of these for over 30 years on and off. It was just a project that I wasn't in a hurry on. Take care. John
+DadHav Actually I was kinda joking. That's a great piece of craftsmanship. I have a few model cannons that I do fire. I have a different outlook than "normal" people. "What goods a toy if you don't play with it?" When I'm dead and gone what meant the world to me probaly won't mean much of anything to others so I enjoy everything for what it was intended.
I really enjoyed watching your video and the detail. You did a fantastic job! Thanks for putting your video up to see. I made one also and shoot it. I didn't do all the specs like you did but it really looks about the same. I know what you are talking about because I also hand made everything myself. I used Mesquite wood for the carriage and it looks about what yours looks like. What wood did you use? I used Mesquite because it's strong and available. The barrel I made was not using any drawings like yours I just turned what I thought a cannon barrel should look like and many years later compared it to what other cannons and it looked like a Napoleon 1857 cannon so made the carriage as close to spec as possible. I changed a few things so it would withstand shooting full charge (.69 caliber). Was afraid exact copy would have been weak to shoot. Thanks again for your work and video explaining it all. Very Nice!!!
really cool, if it is 50 cal, it is too small to fire. the 50 cal cannons we made we 25lbs, considerably bigger with far less detail and would flip over when we would just shoot wadding.
Hello, I'm sorry but I could never sell this cannon. Every part on it is made by hand and took me years in the making. I don't think there is a cannon anywhere that is manufactured with such detail. John
Hi Vince. Yes, it would fire but I'd be afraid of the recoil. I might put some black powder in it some day just to get a powder burn on the barrel and the smell of the burnt powder. J
@offline111 I fired some black powder in the barrel to get a the smell right. He he. Afraid to fire it. It may be to delicate. If I remember right it's something like 50 caliber. John
@cDog8766 Hello Colton. It's nice to see someone as young as you interested in the machining trades. The only good thing about the decline in the need for manual machining is there should be plenty of small tool shop equipment available. I'm planning on making machining videos. Maybe it will encourage others with the skills to do the same. John
Love the detail! I'm in the middle of doing research into building a 80-90% scale model cannon. What resources did you find that might help me? This may be neither here nor there but its the 3 inch ordnance rifle. Thanks anyway and I sorry for the pun but that model blew me away.
Do you sell your cannons? I own one of two 24 lbs spherical shells found at Gettysburg, shot from Moody’s battery, CSA. Moody was the only one who had 24lb howitzers during the battle. It was collected along Emmitsburg rd, around the peach orchard.
Hi Chris. I couldn't sell the cannon. My son is expecting to inherit it. Actually, I wouldn't even know how to put a price on it. I worked on it for years. Wow. Thanks for telling me about the shell. Very interesting.
Very beautiful cannon and a superb craftmanship! I also make miniature firearms, lately handguns. Take a look at my channel. Your cannon reminded me a 1/30 scale British napoleonic wars 9 pounder cannon that I made from scratch some years ago (I will upload a video of it one of this days). Its brass pieces are also tarnished :(, but now I discovered a product called Renaissance Wax polish that I´m going to use to protect my future miniatures. That´s what they use in the British Museum so it must be good.
Luís Pita Hello Luis, thanks for the compliment I looked at your videos and can see you're a real craftsman yourself. Thanks for the tip on the wax, I'm going to order some. I have some straight boiled linseed oil on in now and it's been pretty nice for about 5 years so far. It took a month for the strait linseed to dry though.John
Luís Pita Hello Luis, thanks for the compliment I looked at your videos and can see you're a real craftsman yourself. Thanks for the tip on the wax, I'm going to order some. I have some straight boiled linseed oil on in now and it's been pretty nice for about 5 years so far. It took a month for the strait linseed to dry though.John
I feel enviously about you but it is white (good) envy :) I make medieval crossbow, but I have not lot of time. it will be 15X12cm. and it is not easy to do :)
Hi,I was interested in your cannon,I made one myself about 30 years ago.I was a toolmaker with access to a collet lathe, milling machine,dividing head etc.Brass and hardwood like yours,from a plan I had to send away for. At the time there was no internet for visual guides.A British 12 lb er I believe from the Napoleonic wars.With bucket,hammer,chains etc.Can send photo if your interested.
24 Pounder Field Howitzer PARTS:
01:25 -- The seven wheel pieces are called felloes
02:22 -- The tar is wheel lubricating grease
02:27 -- Field gun carriages did not normally carry a tar bucket, the limber did
02:45 -- Washer hook for the right side handspike should be there
03:33 -- Box of the elevating screw has an oval shape with only 2 bolts
03:56 -- The cap-square chain (located rearward) is missing
04:14 -- The linstock goes into the linstock socket there, located on the right cheek only
04:44 -- The ramrod (wooden end) has a sponge on the other end (2 ramrod/sponges per gun)
04:54 -- The worm is for removing debris from the barrel (1 per gun)
05:07 -- Handspike (2 per gun, stored on the cheeks)
05:47 -- Sponge chain for securing the two ramrod/sponges underneath
06:28 -- Longer chain is the lock chain for braking one wheel on steep hills, it has a hook on the end
and is usually located on the right side of the gun
07:39 -- The rope is not plain rope, it is the prolonge with spliced eyes on the ends. One end has a T toggle the other a ring
Not nitpicking the uploader - the historical information is available if you know where to look
The worm (spiral thing) was indeed used to clear any loose paper or cloth debris left in the cannon after firing. The swab was used to smother any remaining embers and clean the barrel for the next load. But man... your skill and dedication on this build is absolutely breath taking. Seriously, this was very impressive!
It's called a worm actually.
@@Hjerte_Verke I was told it was a whisk, I'll edit that in, thank you!!
There are no words to describe the outstanding craftsmanship on that cannon, it is a true work of art!
Absolutely gorgeous is an understatement. That is museum quality.
It's so beautiful... It's like the real thing, you made all the pieces meticulously. I just started and realized how much of a novice I am. Congratulations...
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Since the video the tung oil finish has turned into something that makes it look look an old antique. It's very pleasing and authentic looking.
DadHav i have never seen a model cannon with such amazing craftsmanship it is "loss for words beautiful"
You are fine craftsman and have a lot more patients then I have. Your miniature howitzer looks like museum quality to me. The little twisted ram device was called a worm and with cannons it purpose was to rake any smoldering coals out of the barrel and breach left from the canvas powder bag or wadding befor you placed another charge in to the gun this prevented premature explosion of the charge. Note: a much smaller and similar device was used on the end of a ramrod for removing wadding from unfired muzzleloading shotguns.
Very nice piece of work. This is a bucket list item for me. Maybe for 2018. I plan to use more brass than wood, but I really like the contrast. Thumbs up.
Hello Joe, Good luck if you get into the project and thanks for the compliment.
this is really well done, I have been looking everywhere for a 24 pound cannon as they were the first cannon in our town used by the naval brigade
Hi, awesome piece of work!!!!! really beautifully done. I love the ratio of the dia of the wheels to the canon size. REALLY NEAT. I know you can not find one as detailed like this, no way. Whoever makes a piece like this will do it one time and keep it for him/herself. I love miniature canons, haven't got any cause they are not made like what you have done, have been thinking of doing one myself, have gotten a sherline lathe now to start with. LOVE the brass work, man ,real nice.
hey, thanks John!!
I am into old things like these, old tractor steam engines, sailing ships, old 1920s cars and trucks, anything vintage and I love to make or get miniature versions of them, all real and working. I have just gotten the lathe after earning enough to pay for it, still need to get cutting tools for it though, it just came with one cutter.
You are a great inspiration. I just want make a canon, I don't care much for firing. Hey one more thing I forgot to tell you, get a brass polish with natural carnauba, this is what I have at home, the carnauba coats it and the brass stays shiny!
One of my brothers made a small steam tractor. Used it to tow our Dad to Cemetary for burial when he died.
RESPECT!
that is beautiful work
Thanks, yes a few others mentioned the same think. Glad you liked the video.
John
the thing you werent sure about is called a worm its there to pull the cloth charge out in either a misfire or a jam
Such a art, been watching this video day one
Thank you. I appreciate the compliment. I was thinking about doing the video over in HD some time.
John
amazing workmanship
I really enjoyed your video, thank you. Your skill set is amazing and it is indeed sad that we are witnessing the passing of an era. I was totally captivated by your clip and all of the fine detail that you reproduced at 1/10th scale.
The spiral tool is called a "Worm"....grabs smoldering wadding to prevent accidental firing...
That's stunning well done im impressed it's so nice 👍
if it handmade, that means you have golden hands!!! perfect.
Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot to me. Actually I found a place that sold reprints of actual museum drawings of the cannon. I just divided all the dimensions by 10 and got to work. Let me know how your project turns out.
Thanks.
John
Simply amazing. I own one orf two found 24 lb shells at Gettysburg and shot from Moody’s battery. Is this for sale? or could I get one reproduced?
That’s really cool
Hey love the vids that screw is called "the worm" it's used to put out any hot embers and helps removes chunks of debris before swabbing
Nice work!
@TheAirsoftlover2
Hey tnanks, I kind of figured it was for that but had no idea what it was called.
John
7:13 Use Boiled Linseed Oil for the wood and metal. Dries much, much faster than raw linseed oil and is a time honored preservative for things like garden tools, shovels, axes especially for the steel as it coats the steel and helps prevent rust.
wow, thats pretty cool!
I have just completed my Miniature Cannon from scratch built.... it is nowhere like your totally perfect model, I would love to get an insight into how you made the Rivets and your process for making the small brass parts such as the trunion caps, they are brilliantly made. regards Terry O'Brien
Just found your channel and Subscribe. Very interesting. Nice canon
Ya know what, that's a good question. I can't find mine to begin with. I started the project when I was a Tool & Die Maker apprentice in the 60's, and I can't remember where I put the drawing. But OK the drawing was a print that I ordered from someplace and it was a flammable copy of an original museum drawing like was sent to the people making cannons at that time. That would be blacksmiths or whom ever. If I run across a source, I'll post it here and let you know.
John
I can only imagine that those wheels took some time. Looks very good =)
Thank you. I machined everything you see in the video.
John
Let me know if you post any video on the bow. I would like to see how that turns out.
John
Thannks you know your stuff. I guess I missed a few things in the 30 years that I worked on it off and on. There was just to much time to forget about things in the years I didn't work on it. I'll keep your corrections in mind if I take it down to work on it again.
J
It's a shame you have to stop doing it because I'm sure there's a lot of people that would love to have one of those I came out suburb you done one hell of a job my friend it's a beautiful Cannon it really is
Hey Raven. thanks allot for the compliment. I'll tell you something funny. I worked on two of these for over 30 years on and off. It was just a project that I wasn't in a hurry on.
Take care.
John
+DadHav Actually I was kinda joking. That's a great piece of craftsmanship. I have a few model cannons that I do fire. I have a different outlook than "normal" people. "What goods a toy if you don't play with it?" When I'm dead and gone what meant the world to me probaly won't mean much of anything to others so I enjoy everything for what it was intended.
I really enjoyed watching your video and the detail. You did a fantastic job! Thanks for putting your video up to see. I made one also and shoot it. I didn't do all the specs like you did but it really looks about the same. I know what you are talking about because I also hand made everything myself. I used Mesquite wood for the carriage and it looks about what yours looks like. What wood did you use? I used Mesquite because it's strong and available. The barrel I made was not using any drawings like yours I just turned what I thought a cannon barrel should look like and many years later compared it to what other cannons and it looked like a Napoleon 1857 cannon so made the carriage as close to spec as possible. I changed a few things so it would withstand shooting full charge (.69 caliber). Was afraid exact copy would have been weak to shoot. Thanks again for your work and video explaining it all. Very Nice!!!
amazing detail-great job-any chance you will ever put some black powder in there and fire it?
really cool, if it is 50 cal, it is too small to fire. the 50 cal cannons we made we 25lbs, considerably bigger with far less detail and would flip over when we would just shoot wadding.
Hello, I'm sorry but I could never sell this cannon. Every part on it is made by hand and took me years in the making. I don't think there is a cannon anywhere that is manufactured with such detail.
John
Hi Vince. Yes, it would fire but I'd be afraid of the recoil. I might put some black powder in it some day just to get a powder burn on the barrel and the smell of the burnt powder.
J
Nice work
Well done!!!
@offline111
I fired some black powder in the barrel to get a the smell right. He he. Afraid to fire it. It may be to delicate. If I remember right it's something like 50 caliber.
John
@cDog8766
Hello Colton. It's nice to see someone as young as you interested in the machining trades. The only good thing about the decline in the need for manual machining is there should be plenty of small tool shop equipment available. I'm planning on making machining videos. Maybe it will encourage others with the skills to do the same.
John
Excellent !!!
That is a beautiful cannon. Would you ever consider selling it? I would love to make it part of my collection and youtube channel
Love the detail! I'm in the middle of doing research into building a 80-90% scale model cannon. What resources did you find that might help me? This may be neither here nor there but its the 3 inch ordnance rifle. Thanks anyway and I sorry for the pun but that model blew me away.
Holy crap, such detail!
Do you sell your cannons? I own one of two 24 lbs spherical shells found at Gettysburg, shot from Moody’s battery, CSA. Moody was the only one who had 24lb howitzers during the battle. It was collected along Emmitsburg rd, around the peach orchard.
Hi Chris. I couldn't sell the cannon. My son is expecting to inherit it. Actually, I wouldn't even know how to put a price on it. I worked on it for years. Wow. Thanks for telling me about the shell. Very interesting.
was brass cannons common before rifled cannons?
Yes, I did, Well done
Thank you young man. I appreciate that very much.
John
Super!!!
Very beautiful cannon and a superb craftmanship! I also make miniature firearms, lately handguns. Take a look at my channel. Your cannon reminded me a 1/30 scale British napoleonic wars 9 pounder cannon that I made from scratch some years ago (I will upload a video of it one of this days). Its brass pieces are also tarnished :(, but now I discovered a product called Renaissance Wax polish that I´m going to use to protect my future miniatures. That´s what they use in the British Museum so it must be good.
Luís Pita Hello Luis, thanks for the compliment I looked at your videos and can see you're a real craftsman yourself. Thanks for the tip on the wax, I'm going to order some. I have some straight boiled linseed oil on in now and it's been pretty nice for about 5 years so far. It took a month for the strait linseed to dry though.John
Luís Pita Hello Luis, thanks for the compliment I looked at your videos and can see you're a real craftsman yourself. Thanks for the tip on the wax, I'm going to order some. I have some straight boiled linseed oil on in now and it's been pretty nice for about 5 years so far. It took a month for the strait linseed to dry though.John
I feel enviously about you but it is white (good) envy :)
I make medieval crossbow, but I have not lot of time. it will be 15X12cm. and it is not easy to do :)
Just now I am making a V8 engine, replica Ferrari 308 engine -scale 1:4. I manage to make the heads, but struggeling with the block...
Now lets see ya fire it.
Maybe someday. I'd like to get a powder burn on the barrell.
J
@leonfairhall
Well young man, I suppose it could. It's about 50 caliber. If nothing else you could make a pipe bomb out of it for sure.
John
Hi,I was interested in your cannon,I made one myself about 30 years ago.I was a toolmaker with access to a collet lathe, milling machine,dividing head etc.Brass and hardwood like yours,from a plan I had to send away for.
At the time there was no internet for visual guides.A British 12 lb er I believe from the Napoleonic wars.With bucket,hammer,chains etc.Can send photo if your interested.
Hi Paul. Yes I'd like to see it when you have time. I found a copy of an original and scaled the dimensions down to 10 percent.
@@DadHav Not sure how to send pic unfortunately
Nice work
Nice work