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    Cannon restoration

    And a few more pictures.
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    Cannon restoration

    Its a 3 pounder.
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    Cannon restoration

    Thanks very much, most of it is completed now and just need to do the rope work to finish it off. We will install the side boxes and barrel over the weekend so should be able to get some pictures up early next week.
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    Cannon restoration

    Been a while since being on here last. Please see the attached pictures of the current restoration project. Most of the original carriage was rotten.
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    6pdr cannon carriage

    As we are a volunteer organisation most of the materials we use have been donated to the Fort although we do buy in a lot of materials as well. The Oak you asked about was donated by the dockyard many years ago when it closed as a Royal Navy dockyard and it came from the drying sheds where the...
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    6pdr cannon carriage

    Thanks for your comments,Yes we do have our work cut out for us. As with the trunnions issue some of these they have had these repaired but it does cost a lot of money and this would only be done if it was worth it due to the history of the piece. A lot off these barrels once they were returned...
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    6pdr cannon carriage

    Yes it was finished as painted, we do have others on site that have been finished with Linseed oil but these are some what of a drama as linseeding these every other year is quite a messy operation. I will try and post some more pictures upin the next few days as I have quite a bit on with the...
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    6pdr cannon carriage

    Just thought as a newbie I would post up some pictures of a cannon carriage I made that was used as part of a 21 gun cannon salute for the Royal wedding of Prince William. This was the only Royal salute santioned by the Queen and Royal family which was a great honnor. This was made from...
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    Hi All new member

    Hi To everyone, I have been reading the posts after finding this forum for a number of weeks now and have decided to join the forum. I head up the restoration of Fort Amherst in Chatham Kent England. Along with covering the general maintenance of the site as a whole I also restore the cannons...
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