The carriage is coming along nicely

[Titus]

I finally started working on my carriage for my scale 12pndr napoleon. The wood is Rosewood and it looks awesome.

In so far as the woodwork goes I am doen with the rough sanding of the trail, cheeks and axle tree. Now its the wheels and lots of steel work for the furniture.

Took a pic last night on my phone but I am struggling to get it downloaded on my pc. will post it as soon as I get it done. otherwise I'll use the camera tonight and get a proper pic uploaded tomorrow. :grin:

 

[Mulebrain]

I look forward to the seeing progress :thumbsup:

The cannon category needs a shot in the arm!

 

[Titus]

Indeedy-I-Ody :wink:

I believe my progress pics might do it. :grin:

 

[Titus]

Well, As promised. Some pics of where I am at now. Thanks again to DD for those plans he sent me. :bow: :hatsoff:

The two cheeks.

The trail

The above two on the axle tree and the barrel in its final resting place. :grin:

And for scale with my Dachshund

Still a whole lot of work to be done. Havent started on the wheels yet. Time is a commodity as you all know. And no steel work has been taken on yet. But you guys will be kept up to date on the progress. :wink:

 

[Mulebrain]

Thanks for the pics! I like it! How can i get a set of those plans????

Mule

 

[Titus]

Thanks Mule. :hatsoff:

 

[TheDoubleD]

Your Welcome Titus!

 

[Titus]

Well, this is where I am at after a full Saturday spent on the one rim. :grin:

 

[Mulebrain]

Nice to see you building yours, so I can see how hard it is gonna be :grin: Looking great so far! What type of hardwood are you using?

 

[Titus]

Mule, its African Rosewood.

Its really awesome wood. Darn hard but it works nicely.

The wheels are the part thats really difficult.

Here they are getting born.

First of all, I am building this cannon on my Cooler.. :youcrazy: :youcrazy: No Really, I am. :haha:

Heres my Workbench :hmm:

Heres Pics as the base for a rim developed.

 

[50cal.cliff]

Titus, looks like it's coming along well. Time is the easy part.
There's alot to that ole saying, "anything worth doing, is worth doing right the first time". Great going especially under the conditions you are working! :grin:
That low down bench looks like it might be bad on the back! :grin:
Hey but, with a trusty assistant like you got there, you can't miss!!!

 

[Titus]

Cliff, too true. He covers the floor pretty easily and yep, Saturday I had to pop 'n number of Voltarens for a sore back, but I just couldnt let up working on it. The pleasure I get from working on it outweighs the discomfort of an aching back. :haha: I do work extra slow though. :wink:

I like to call it my "Coolerbox Cannon" :blah: :rotf: :youcrazy:

 

[TheDoubleD]

Work is much easier when you are wearing the proper Jersey also. Love those Springboks!!!

Did you find the wheelmaking instructions on that disk?

 

[Mulebrain]

As long as that cooler is full of Brew, it will work :grin: Doing the spokes aught to be a real treat!

 

[Titus]

Work is much easier when you are wearing the proper Jersey also. Love those Springboks!!!
Did you find the wheelmaking instructions on that disk?

I did DD Thanks. Yep they made us very very proud. :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

Mule, The brew wasnt on the inside, but they werent too far out of reach either... :wink: :grin: :rotf:

 

[Titus]

DD, I had to improvise a bit as you can see as I dont have a router and dont have R500 right now to buy one. The Jigsaw with the proper blade is slow, but it works very very well. :thumbsup:

This project taught me about the old chinese proverb, measure a thousand times and cut once :surrender: :rotf: :haha: