TasDom Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 2 hours ago, tigerwoodKhorns said: Balls usually come in sets of two. 🤣 🤔🧐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Coytee said: There is a SECOND ball behind it argggggh! (Who does that??) can you reach it with the Drill extension ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rplace Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Coytee said: got the ball out. There is a SECOND ball behind it argggggh! (Who does that??) Your relatives 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Bunch of wise non-binary-metro-he/hims/whatevers..... (I'm trying to be socially appropriate and refrain from calling you all a bunch of bozo's) Anyway, as promised. Used a wood boring auger. Drilled it into the ball and the shavings crawled up the extension. Chuck on drill broke (the screw that holds chuck on snapped) Got replacement in, fixed it and went out this morning and the ball came right out. I was feeling pretty good. Auger was BURIED in the ball, was going to cut it off, realized being lead, I can probably get it off faster/easier using my air chisel (I was right) Went back to store to get a hone for the bore. KNEW it was too short, so went to Home Depot thinking I could get a drill bit extension....and again, I was wrong. I was walking through the store when it dawned on me... the hone has two halves. They unscrew. I can take it apart, look for a threaded rod. I did this at Home depot,went over to the threaded rod stuff....found a rod that fit, moved the parts over, added a nut for adjustments and viola, I have an extension. Went back out, put (very bright) flashlight down the ignition hole....and saw NOTHING inside. Hmmmm.... why would it be dark when I KNOW the hole isn't plugged? So I got out my borescope. I see something shiny? What the heck??? and there's the little bugger! Doesn't look as deformed as the first BUT, it's still S.T.U.C.K. I put the hone to the cylinder. Don't think I had the hone spread wide enough so it wasn't scraping as hard as it could and I'm ok with going slower and easy. Washed bore out, took cannon vertical, banged on sides with a block of wood, compressed air.... didn't budge. So I'm debating on pulling the drill back out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Other day, talked with the county Sheriff. He said I was fine with this. Went on to say he's got a neighbor who's a city cop AND "BIG TIME" into this stuff. Turns out he's the "Armorer"??? (sp?) the guy at the police dept who does all the maintaining of the firearms. Has FIVE cannons himself, up to an eight inch bore....says he shoots BOWLING BALLS out of it. Yikes. Anyway he said he'd be happy to visit and help me along if I need any guidance. He said with a 2 1/4: bore I could fit a pool table ball down....said he tried that once and shot the pool ball THROUGH a tree. Went on to say that if my bore is too far gone (I have no idea), that I can have it sleeved and drop it down to a 1 1/2" bore....at which point, I can shoot GOLF BALLS out of it all day. I think Mr. Fancy Pants Carl better watch out when he's out playing Putt Putt. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Coytee said: Went on to say that if my bore is too far gone (I have no idea), that I can have it sleeved and drop it down to a 1 1/2" bore....at which point, I can shoot GOLF BALLS out of it all day. My friend said some of the folks would fill small juice cans with concrete. These are abut 2 1/8th inches in diameter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Coytee said: looks like it's made from a different kind of metal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Coytee said: Has FIVE cannons himself, up to an eight inch bore....says he shoots BOWLING BALLS out of it. Awesome! Why do we mess with speakers when we could be shooting bowling balls out of a cannon? I feel like I have wasted my life. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwjones Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Coytee said: Other day, talked with the county Sheriff. He said I was fine with this. Went on to say he's got a neighbor who's a city cop AND "BIG TIME" into this stuff. Turns out he's the "Armorer"??? (sp?) the guy at the police dept who does all the maintaining of the firearms. Has FIVE cannons himself, up to an eight inch bore....says he shoots BOWLING BALLS out of it. Of course he does; we live in Tennessee where this is standard fare. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 8 hours ago, 001 said: looks like it's made from a different kind of metal Lead as best I can figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 8 hours ago, Marvel said: My friend said some of the folks would fill small juice cans with concrete. These are abut 2 1/8th inches in diameter. Giving a precocious individual ideas can be bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeK Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Lead melts at 621 degrees. Maybe you could use a torch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Coytee said: Giving a precocious individual ideas can be bad... You can have plenty of fun with a charge only, no projectile. Still a bang, big flash a boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezin' Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, GeorgeK said: Lead melts at 621 degrees. Maybe you could use a torch You must operate with the idea there's a charge behind the ball. To do otherwise is foolish and could be disastrous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 48 minutes ago, geezin' said: You must operate with the idea there's a charge behind the ball. To do otherwise is foolish and could be disastrous. Very good point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Might be dangerous and foolish, but let me ask this. If you take a jar of gunpowder, FILL it with water (multiple times like 30 times) and put the lid loosely over the jar where yes, it can breath, BUT, isn't really open to the air.... Wouldn't you feel comfortable that you've neutralized a possible issue? Call me stupid.....but if there IS a charge in there (I'm 99.9999999999999% confident there isn't, but if there IS.....) it is frankly, utterly SOAKED and with the tiny ignition hole and two (for sure, possibly three) balls in front of it, it's not airing out very much. I'm guessing that wet gunpowder is, while wet, pretty useless??? I've soaked this thing so many times AND, soaked it long/slow enough where water has filled the ENTIRE bore to the point that the water was coming OUT the ignition hole so I know the bore has been 100% flooded. An accidental boom, just isn't on my worry list. Now, LEAD poisoning from handling these balls? That's crossed my mind several times. Anyway, today's update: Drilled into second ball.....didn't BUDGE at all. Was trying a couple things, when clouds & thunder rolled in and the rain fell, so I stopped. Game plan is "screw the balls, just drill, baby, drill" Pop a hole down center and then to the sides until they start to wiggle, and go from there. I might look into a long prybar or long chisel so I can maybe use something like the prybar to give them some direct contact/pressure.... or the chisel to section them to maybe take them out in pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 When you buy cannonballs in sizes like this, are they sold as singles, or maybe a 2-pack, 3-pack, or even 6-packs? Could you picture someone saying, “All these cannonballs make the place look untidy. I know, I’ll pop them all into the cannon. Out of sight, out of mind!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Coytee said: Game plan is just drill, baby, drill" Pop a hole down center and then to the sides until they start to wiggle, and go from there. safety 1st , fill it with water , the last thing you want is spontaneous combustion of gun powder residue . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Coytee said: Game plan is "screw the balls, just drill, baby, drill" Pop a hole down center and then to the sides until they start to wiggle, and go from there. I need to hold my crude jokes but you make this too easy. Must resist. 😖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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