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Images of the cannon barrel
Images of the cannon barrel
Historic trades poured the barrel of a light three-pounder October 25. The resulting casting shown here is still covered with mold material and flash and is actually prettier than it looks. Next, the barrel will be drilled and polished.
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Created on: 16 Nov 2012 | 9:42 am
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News from the cannon project
News from the cannon project
Setting the mold in the pit.It looks like we have a barrel! With many of the same folks at the furnace as this past May, we made a pour on Thursday, October 25. The experiments, records, and insights that came out of the spring attempt had been applied methodically as[…]
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Created on: 14 Nov 2012 | 5:00 am
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Success eludes; but progress is plentiful on the cannon project
Success eludes; but progress is plentiful on the cannon project
Thursday’s pour was one of those half-full, half-empty glass days. But, in the end, I am certain that the half-full was way more important than the half-empty.
We had a great crew at the furnace all day. As you can see in the video, there was a much greater mix[…]
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Created on: 6 Jun 2012 | 11:51 am
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Fires are burning in the cannon furnace
Fires are burning in the cannon furnace
Quick update:
Turns out that we do not have the connectivity to set up a webcam out at the furnace, but we will try to post pictures as they are available.
In the meantime, we began preheating the furnace on Monday and have been heating it slowly since with a[…]
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Created on: 24 May 2012 | 7:35 am
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An update from the cannon project
An update from the cannon project
Our apologies for the absence of recent posts to the cannon blog. Historic Trades’ attention has been focused on the Armoury project and a host of smaller undertakings around town, but a group of folks has been working diligently behind the scenes to get ready for another pour.
After our[…]
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Created on: 11 May 2012 | 7:24 am