Deck cannons for pirate ship

Rich Waugh - Monday, December 31, 2007 - 11:24pm

Blueprints

visitor - Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 6:00pm

These is a great looking replica. Does anyone know where I can find plans for this cannon and cart? If you do please email me at marsolek84@yahoo.com

Thanks

Matt

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Thanks for the compliment,

Rich Waugh - Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 8:49pm

Thanks for the compliment, Matt. I made these cannons working from some antique naval architect's blueprints for the actual cannon, but modified them to suit th eclient's requirements. I did not make any blueprints of the replicas, sorry. You can do a search online, as I did, and possibly locate some reproductions of old naval blueprints as I did and scale them down yourself.

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Love it!

topps35 - Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 3:33am

Will it fire? There is an old guy in Dorset who restores and fires cannons in his retirement! What a wonderful life. We had to do a job on Larlhill army camp, in front of the officers mess were a pair of beautiful cannons. Turns out they were 12th centuary spoils of war from India. Wonderful cast jumping fish handles on the barrel.
Regards
Michelle and Andy

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Thank you for that question,

Rich Waugh - Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 7:52pm

Thank you for that question, I consider it a testament to my success at faux painting. The barrel is turned wood, not iron. I did not want the liability of anyone ever trying to fire the pieces, so the barrels are wood and the bore only extends about 3" deep.

While the customer is fairly well off, I don't think he'd have been willing to foot the bill for me to cast or turn iron or bronze barrels for four cannon that are really nothing more than set pieces for a fake pirate ship that is, in the final analysis, a seagoing playhouse for his two daughters. In any event, I wouldn't make an operable field piece for children, no matter the price.

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KaBoom

Chucky Boy - Monday, June 30, 2008 - 12:53am

Rich,
Very Nice cannon!
I've made two cannons for a guy I used to work with out of Oklahoma City. One was a 3/4 ball and the other an 1 1/4. Both Fired. It was a fun job to turn out on the lathe. He did the wood work. This was pre take pictures of things that technicaly were not produced from the shop I worked at.
I love the realism you acheived here. Very nice!
Chuck

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