sutlerjon

Hey QM James did you get the pin in the auction?

If ya did thanks fer the recognition!

even if ya didn't, thanks fer the recognition!

That's really nice, something for me to aspire to!

Pirate to the President: "I knew Andrew Jackson and frankly, you're no Andrew Jackson"

Or "We fired our guns and the British kept a' comin',

but there wasn't quite as many,

as there was a while ago ....."

I would love to get a bunch o' these, cut gunports in me porch, and mount them all sides. But I don't have the doubloons for it, me elderly mother might object, and the neighbors would likely give me funny looks and call the ATF goons.

But I'd be interested in at least one "swivel gun" model sometime...

And the photos make me drool *almost* as much as a good spall of obsidian...

Cap'n Bob you said ya wanted a swivel for the liberry? Damn, I'm an evil so & so .....

I have a better swivel in process now.

This pictures almost like an old Guccione shot, ain't it.

Hahahahahaha!

1 more to paint and these'll be ready to go to their new gun deck.

Thanks Pyrate Leather I always appreciate the compliments.

I've always heard that a boat was a hole into which you could pour copius amounts of money into the sea.

Happy B-day Mr Dogge.

It's been raining for 2 days now, they should probably name this storm. It's got squall lines and gusty winds.

Our drought index number in Flagler county has gone from like 750 + to 24.

Not much fire danger today.

Thanks, Jack. The second carriage is under construction ....

Here it is for this incarnation, needs to stained and glued and puttied and sanded.

Silkie, it's become more than a time waster that's for sure!

Nancy says obsession, I say passion

Tomato, Tomahtoe.

Scrapped the last carriage... this ones better! This is the one I'll even do plans for (hint to Mr. Thatcher)

Added copper straps for the trunion caps.

I'll do axles and wheels in a little bit and we'll see how it comes out ...

Trial and error engineering on the fly.

I'm planning on somethin' like that ...

The beginnings of the carriages, I think they're proportionate. Wheels will be 4" diameter should bring them up to about 10" to trunions.

I think that's about right. Thjere will be some trimming and shaping of the top most board.

Happy Birthday Sophia, guess ya won't be diggin' in the dirt fer the next few days, what with this shipwreckin' weather we're havin' here on the peninsula. Enjoy it!!

Which is why I added the strap to my holsters, we do want to keep up with our pistols.

We've got more invested in them.

We're not taking our pick of the ones laying 'round after we've plundered our prize.

The bit mentioned on the Whydah documentary makes a bit more sense, the ribbons tied to pairs. Those you could tuck in your sash and maintain a bit more control. Replacing them when empty.

More legend than fact?

Why Jack did I not add that one of those will specially weighted so she beat you senseless?

Those are your cannons ..... I lay awake half the night designing carriages in me head.

Now my head hurts ..... not as much as yours will.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I didn't like the 1st one, so I'm reworkin' it, I'm tryin' fer the swivel gun in a pic Dorian Lassiter posted in the Me needs a gun thread that Dutch started.

These are waiting to be sanded ...

We did our flag for PiP with black canvas and I traced my cutlass on white canvas and we then sewed the resulting appliques on.

Flew great in the wind at the fort.

I have to agree with Billy Bones .... in the wind the material doesn't matter and I also have to believe that the impromptu flag would've been made from whatever came to hand.

My naval cutlass actual size seemed to be perfect for a 3' X 5' flag, I had to get the skull enlarged at my local Staples store.

Notice the nylon flags in the background fluttering in any breeze, I had to hold it up because, (admits sheepishly) until just a few minutes ago I had no idea about cutting out the other side ...... I'm goin' ta get me scissors!

Dang it, I hate being handed straight lines like this .....

I'm not even going to ......

The last time I cooked a chunk o' beef on a spit over a fire, some damn large critter carried it off while we were at the battle, all we found later was the durned spit in the woods a few feet from the fire pit. Always stayed around the cook job after that.

Like Blackjohn .... miss the old days.

Saw you mentioning being a navy brat, and the more I thought about it the more I thought of my childhood best friend and his dad. I probably started going to airshows (not sure when the first Armed Forces day was) in the late 70s. My best friend's dad was in the navy reserves (on a P-3 Orion subhunter) so he would take us to Andrews and PAX (Patuxent River Naval Air Station) to see the sights.

Saw a bunch of cool planes in those days. Got to walk through a B-17! What fun!

NAS Keflavik, Iceland, Constellations early '60's

NAS Pensacola, FL, The Blue Angels, Dad was across the hangar from 'em ..... enjoyed goin' to work him on summer break late '60's ear'y '70's

NAS Albany, GA RA5C Vigilante Cold War surveillance .... them was the days 'eh

NAS Key West, FL watchin' Castro and the early days of the F-14, Boca Chica

what kinda prices are you thinking ???

those are pretty cool, jim !! a fairly cheap alternative to the real thing, and looks fairly real at a small distance...

what about a gun carriage?? designed one yet ?? mebbe offer an unfinished version and plans for a carriage for those who can do ??

Hi Silas,

I'm always thinking high prices but somehow that just don't fly,

At the moment PM me for price.

BUT WAIT THERE"S MORE,

sorry, too many infomercials ....

I haven't built a carriage yet, ideas still wanderin' round lost in me skull. I do like your idea for the unfinished and the plans for the DIY type, and you'd be able to pick your own lumber for the carriage.

Lady B. thanks for the compliments ... see I'm not as Evil as ye 1st thought .... or am I?

Jack the Galleon was headin' South down the coast from Charletown .....

A script changed on us and I'm going to need a little more fire power on board the Explorer this year. I want to beef up with a second swivel. Sutlerjon, how much powder ya think that quaker will hold?? I'm kidding folks!

Actually, the quaker is going to be a static display ashore for CSF.

Well Dutchie,

WHY DON'T WE LET ROBBIE LOAD AND FIRE IT I BET HE'D REALLY LIKE TO DO THAT FOR YOU BECAUSE HE REALLY LIKES TO DO THINGS FOR YOU AND OF COURSE LOADING AND FIRING A WOODEN CANNON IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE OF HIS MENTAL CAPACITY WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO DO FOR YOU I CAN JUST HEAR HIM NOW ......

"COUSIN DUTCH CAN I PROOF THE CANNON YOU JUST GOT FROM SUTLER JOHN? YOU AND COUSIN JOHNNY SHOWED ME HOW TO LOAD AND FIRE A CANNON THE LAST WE WENT FISHING AND I KNOW I CAN DO IT BY MYSELF"

So yeah Dutch you stand off a safe distance and let Robbie test the fire the danged thing.

To answer your original question 3/4 of a lb.

I'm a Navy Brat myself and sometimes I too kinda fergit or take all the old stuff fer granted.

I miss having virtual free run o' the bases Dad was stationed at.

It sure has gotten inconvenient to go and see the new stuff.

Like Blackjohn .... miss the old days.

Know it's not Vet's Day, but, Thanks to all who Serve(d)

Jack, that be one of you're guns on the lathe.

I've got some good thick paint.

Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty ...... Bondo fer wood!

Dutch, the (wooden) cannon you're getting looks almost exactly like the 2nd picture in Dorian Lassiter's post.

The swivel on the rail.

Coincidence?

Yeah, blind outhouse luck.