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Jim Martin

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6 pound canisters I made
« on: March 12, 2011, 01:43:49 PM »
 soldered them up anf the sabot is turned from a 150 year old timber.  There are cast iron ball and saw dust from the old timbers packed inside.  I found a way to age the tin.
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Jim Martin

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Re: 6 pound canisters I made
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 01:47:00 PM »
more pictures
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Jim Martin

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Re: 6 pound canisters I made
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 01:47:43 PM »
one more
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John D. Bartleson Jr.

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Re: 6 pound canisters I made
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 02:48:16 PM »
Nice piece of Work Jim.  Are they also loaded with balls and sawdust?
Regardds,
John
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Jim Martin

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yes
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2011, 03:54:21 PM »
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emike123

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Re: 6 pound canisters I made
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2011, 04:54:32 PM »
We have some serious craftsmen posting here.  Nice work.  

I reconstructed this 6pdr one entirely from original parts found in the Oconee River dump.

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Dave the plumber

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Re: 6 pound canisters I made
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2011, 04:58:20 PM »
 Jim,        They look good, too good. I hope you are marking them as reproductions. They would fool me.......
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uscs digger

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Re: 6 pound canisters I made
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2011, 07:28:18 PM »
Nice canister Jim.
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