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How to Build a Cannon
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Күн бұрынToday we're going over the build process that we used to make our black powder revolutionary war style cannon. We will go over what the barrel is made of and how it's constructed, how and what the carriage is made of, and how we proofed the cannon to make sure it was safe to shoot.
If we didn't answer all your questions, drop a comment below and let us know!
If you have any ideas about things you'd like to see us shoot with the cannon or shoot out of the cannon leave them in a comment below and we will try to get those out for you guys!
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00:00-01:50 Introduction
01:51-07:30 Bore and Barrel
07:31-10:39 Carriage and Accoutrements
10:40-13:08 Barrel Construction
13:09-15:01 Proofing
15:02-19:45 Build Process Photographs
19:46-20:33 Outro
#guntuber #guns #cannon #revolutionarywar #history #explosion #slowmotion #slowmo #rifle #shotgun #entertainment #blank #blackpowder #pistol #diy #civilwar #artillery #construction #carpentry #woodworking
@victormartin2774 6 ай бұрын
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.
@TheCannoneer 6 ай бұрын
There’s always time to fix the cannonless part but I think we’re stuck with the other one!
@victormartin2774 6 ай бұрын
@@TheCannoneer don't worry I'm working on a fix but French laws are kinda restrictive to say the least.
@TheZzzzzzzz 3 ай бұрын
Nice cannon thanks for showing it
@TheCannoneer 3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@_Briegel 4 ай бұрын
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)
@TheCannoneer 4 ай бұрын
I mean you’re not wrong at all hahaha.
@stevecorey57 2 ай бұрын
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.
@TheCannoneer 2 ай бұрын
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 KZfaq thing!
@TheModernDayMountainMan 6 ай бұрын
Boy am I glad this showed up in my suggested videos. Great work! Way cool.
@TheCannoneer 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@samellowery 2 ай бұрын
The minute you showed the shop I was like wait I recognize this place very cool.
@TheCannoneer 2 ай бұрын
Hahaha. Thanks for tuning in! Yeah that shop is very recognizable.
@kwhp1507 7 ай бұрын
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.
@cloviscagle3795 7 ай бұрын
I love this channel it’s educational and entertaining. Keep up the good work
@TheCannoneer 7 ай бұрын
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!
@wireman4029 7 ай бұрын
Your cannon is amazing! Very good 'explanation' video. You guys are truly skilled. Awesome guys!
@TheCannoneer 7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Thanks for tuning in too!
@anned8634 2 ай бұрын
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.
@TheCannoneer 2 ай бұрын
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!
@kendogzx1130 6 ай бұрын
very ingenious! nice workmanship and explanation, Very informative and interesting as well,,
@TheCannoneer 6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@littlehills739 Ай бұрын
shorter fues and birthday sparkler is a very safe time delay for proofing gives you time to walk a way with out tripping
@TheCannoneer Ай бұрын
That’s a good idea!
@liamr6672 Ай бұрын
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.
@TheCannoneer Ай бұрын
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!
@stevinharper3551 2 ай бұрын
This will be cool to see
@micj62 6 ай бұрын
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 😭
@TheCannoneer 6 ай бұрын
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.
@kwhp1507 7 ай бұрын
For the record, I am sub number 373!
@TheCannoneer 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the 373!
@djjaysky9071 18 күн бұрын
that saw mill is small but its fast
@TheCannoneer 17 күн бұрын
A very handy tool to have when you need it!
@nickhouck4309 2 ай бұрын
Nice cannon.
@TheCannoneer 2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@kirkstinson7316 6 ай бұрын
Nice cannon but the wheels are wrong. Diameter is fine but those are way to light weight. Spokes and all should be much heavier
@JuanJosePedroIII 19 сағат бұрын
I'm fairly certain it's a French design, hence the lightness and style.
@robertlennihan3113 4 ай бұрын
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.
@TheCannoneer 4 ай бұрын
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!
@michaelpierson7256 4 ай бұрын
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😊
@TheCannoneer 4 ай бұрын
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!
@michaelpierson7256 4 ай бұрын
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😊
@TheCannoneer 4 ай бұрын
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!
@michaelpierson7256 4 ай бұрын
@@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 4 ай бұрын
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.
@michaelpierson7256 4 ай бұрын
@@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😊
@TheCannoneer 4 ай бұрын
@@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!
@michaellondon69 7 ай бұрын
Hey man, do you shoot grapeshot from your cannon? Try to get ballistic dummy labs to sponsor your channel for some good footage
@TheCannoneer 7 ай бұрын
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!
@grantstringfellow4653 3 ай бұрын
What is the thickness of each pice of pipe, as well as diameter of the second two pieces of pipe?
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 2 ай бұрын
@TheCannoneer >>> Great video. Subbed...👍
@TheCannoneer 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 2 ай бұрын
@@TheCannoneer>>> You're Welcome!
@TheCannoneer 7 ай бұрын
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?
@liamr6672 Ай бұрын
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.
@tatsuhirosatou5513 5 ай бұрын
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
@TheCannoneer 5 ай бұрын
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!
@tatsuhirosatou5513 5 ай бұрын
@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
@TheCannoneer 5 ай бұрын
@@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....
@rickoshea8138 3 ай бұрын
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.
@TheCannoneer 3 ай бұрын
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!
@KingOfChaos213 7 ай бұрын
Fire a full length salami out of it.
@TheCannoneer 7 ай бұрын
Oh I like the way you think!
@user-qq2gb7kv3u 20 күн бұрын
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
@FuzzyWCTX 7 ай бұрын
It's smaller than the Punt gun! @KentuckyBallistics
@TheCannoneer 7 ай бұрын
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.
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