Sweet polish mini-cannon i made

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Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:11 pm

Here is my mini cannon. :roll: it is loud as anything you will ever here. it shoots 50 caliber shotgun slug balls. i have shot them through very thick plywood. :twisted: :twisted: enjoy.


btw this is a really hard board that is 2.5" this
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:30 pm

1) Click "Add Reply". Usually at the bottom of the page.
2) Scroll down the reply page (you should only see a blank box, no other posts) and look for the "Add an Attachment" header.
3) Look for the "Filename" box, and click the "Browse..." button to the right of the box.
4a) Click on the image you want to add.
4b) Add a "File Comment" in the "File Comment" box if you wish.
5a) Click the "Add Attachment" button which is to the right of the "File Comment" box.
5b) Add another attachment if you wish.
6) Once you are done with the posts, click "Submit".
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:37 pm

thx cod for the help...peace out...hope u like my pics
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:54 pm

Lol, nice....cannon? If I was the enemy, I dont know whether I should run or laugh, the thing is so tiny, it could almost be considered "cute". But nice anyway.

I was bored for the past 15 minutes so I decided to make a short tutorial on how to add images (or other files with .ace, .gtar, .gz, .rar, .tar, .zip, .swf, .gif .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tga or .tif extensions).

By the way, the pictures start from the bottom up, as in, you submit your last photo first, and your first last if you want it in some sort of order (just discovered this).
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Step 3. Accidentally spelled "Your" without an "r", so it looks like "You".
Step 3. Accidentally spelled "Your" without an "r", so it looks like "You".
Step 4. Again with the "You" instead of "Your".
Step 4. Again with the "You" instead of "Your".
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Step 6. Damn, why dont they just change "Your" to "You" in the English language.
Step 6. Damn, why dont they just change "Your" to "You" in the English language.
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:32 pm

Black powder, I pressume?
Did you machine the barrel/cannon, or find/purchase the whole unit as is and modify it a bit?
This is pretty darn cool, can you describe how you came across the idea adn construction?
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:46 pm

well my last cannon broke and i decided to make another one...and yes i molded the barrel with my dad down at his shop and we used a ban saw to cut out designs of a polish cannon on the internet. we pretty much just used a peice of oak, a big piece of brass, and some brasss screws. the wheels are machined out of the same wood as my sides pretty simple design but really really powerful.
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:07 pm

Well don't say you shoot projectiles on this site just say its a "noisemaker"
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:21 pm

yeah aren't solid propelents against the rules (I dont really care)
sweet cannon
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:23 pm

no you are aloud solid propellents your not aloud to use them or say you use them in *spud cannons* not other cannons
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:29 pm

you could start a miniature war with that thing
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risto wrote:you could start a miniature war with that thing
Napoleon Bonaparte anyone?
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:44 pm

lol napoleon.....niceness.... you be bonaparte ill be dynamite....and oh can you get my chap stick i forgot it in my house in the spanish war...
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:00 pm

Awesome cannon. That fact that you made all of it on your own (in your Dad's shop) makes it complete. My hat's off to ya.
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Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:05 pm

:idea: im going to make another mini cannon....c ya
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Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:44 pm

Man thats a nice little cannon.
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