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I think it deserves a little bit of care since this comes from your childhood, spend a couple of hours and it will be fine.

What i have in mind is to penetrate a beer can in a distance of 3-5 meters. What you are describing here is far more from what i want to build and far more from other small size cannons i have seen in videos and there are of a greatest calibre. My gun will be .25 calibre able to shoot 1/4...

So you mean something like this: http://huntingpa.info/2010/04/making-pre-lubricated-patches-for-shooting-round-balls/ Unfortunately Crisco is not available in Greece either (as many other stuff i need for my crazy ideas) but i am sure i can find a food alternative. Maybe bore butter is not that...

Do you know where i can find those patches and if they are available for such a small caliber? Also i am not sure if i can order this lube so is there any alternative, is it something like a grease or something?

I want to build a naval cannon that will use 6.5mm steel balls, question is how bigger than 6.5 my barrel should be? Thank you

I am planning to build Elmer's #24 but the problem is that i have a very small Unimat SL1000 lathe, so turning the 2.5 in flywheel will be a problem for me. Any ideas if ready flywheels are available on the market? Thomas

Thank you guys i am glad you like it. Building a steam engine was a child dream and now here it is even at 37. I think Elmers #24 will be the next one with some modifications, thinking to combine brass and wood. This is my first one, came from a kit but had some soldering to do so it was a...

Just finished this. My 2nd engine and my first 100% scratch build. A nice and easy project for beginners. Hope you like it. Thomas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecWt3jqZbIg http://www.thomasworkbench.com

Thank you, plans allready here.

I am looking for this particular loco drawing... For what i read comes from an old issue of ''Live Steam Magazine'' A company called ''Elderberry steam engines LCC'' http://elderberrysteamengines.com/ produce it as a kit in .027 scale, kit comes with very detailed set of plans but i quess...