another golf ball mortar

[freekforge]

I've been watching his videos he makes has some pretty cool stuff and i love the hotchkiss. cant tell but it looks like he uses them in the mortars too and sets them of with a pull sting hammer.

It took forever to decide between Magua and Doc Holliday :haha:

 

[TheDoubleD]

Slow down and take your time!

 

[freekforge]

as soon as i can get some oak i am going to make a nice one i just made that because i was bored and wanted to shoot it.problem is oak is EXPENSIVE :shocked2:

 

[Musketeer]

cant tell but it looks like he uses them in the mortars too and sets them of with a pull sting hammer.

I can't tell from the vids either. He could be using blanks or regular perc. caps. :hmm: Email him and see what he says. I have a couple mini cannons on order from him, and he's a super nice guy to communicate with. Very quick replies too. :hatsoff:

 

[freekforge]

made a prototype hammer and it seems to work well hopefully i'll get out to my grandpas to test it with a full charge.here's a video of it shooting just the .22 blank here

 

[Musketeer]

Looks like it works just fine. :hatsoff:

Very high tech too. :blah:

 

[freekforge]

hey you wouldn't believe the r&d that went into that lanyard :haha:

hopefully i can shoot it tomorrow i shouldn't need that much powder those blanks are strong and loud i am going to have to stop shooting those in the garage my ears rang forever

 

[TheDoubleD]

Don't stand behind it when you fire.

 

[freekforge]

here it is shooting you cant tell but i am standing off to the side a little here

 

[Musketeer]

Hey, freek, I was just watching another cannonfab vid and you can definitely see him slipping a blank into place at around :35 or so. I guess that answers the question. :thumbsup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQqDMbelqUU

 

[freekforge]

yeah thats the one i was watching. seems to work on mine too :grin: mine

 

[Musketeer]

I think you're supposed to yell "fore" before you launch a golfball like that. :blah:

 

[TheDoubleD]

yeah thats the one i was watching. seems to work on mine too :grin: mine

Yours is scarey, flipping upside down like that.

Here is 85 grains Fg and a steel golf ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xayna2oBOUw

No flip!

 

[freekforge]

I think part of that was i was pulling to hard because we loaded 90 grains (60 is what i used in the video) later on that night and my cousin pulled the string and he was scared :haha: so he wasn't pulling that hard and it didn't flip :idunno:

 

[TheDoubleD]

I think part of that was i was pulling to hard because we loaded 90 grains (60 is what i used in the video) later on that night and my cousin pulled the string and he was scared :haha: so he wasn't pulling that hard and it didn't flip :idunno:

Well stop! It scares me.

 

[freekforge]

I'm going to buy some weaker blanks because the #4s are sending the ball too far by them selves Link

 

[rescuemike]

That is fabulous! I'll take one!! Lol! Great workmanship!

 

[freekforge]

thank you
it really isn't that hard anyone with basic machining skills can make one i just needed something to keep me busy