HarborMaster

you bet the MEDIA is keepin quite on Africa....., and just exacly who is doing the killing in Africa?..., Thats right......, MUSLIMS. Wheres Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton when the brothers in Africa are dying....,? Oh yea thats right...., theyre atfer reparations from you and me.... No one is helping Africa. We should send the UN home., and rent out the building as xondos as a way to try to recoop some tax dollars....., I miss the days when our word ment something., to our friends.., our foes.., and our selves.

Please let me clarify before my rant., I look up to and admire many here., I am tying to offend no-one....., but this topic I am sure is a hottie for many., and opinions I am sure vary widely. So please take no offense. I tried to stay out of this one too...., but here it goes. Ever heard of the great crusades ? This is an ideallogical believe that if you arent Islamic ., your an infidel. Its been going on for 1000 years. Islam was started in Iraq and Saudi is the home to Mecca , Now Islam spans 1/2 the globe....., its like siphillis......., and its not going away...., no-one actually has the balls to tell it like it is...., then go kill it. Our guys are dying you bet. and they are dying at an exetremely slow rate., even at this point its pure success. Tell me of a war with less death at anytime in history. How many did die in WWII ., shoot everyone talks about Hitler killing Jews., are you folks aware the Russian death toll was much much higher than that. I am sorry but 3000+ is nothing for a war., The Iraq war is nothing in terms of US deaths for a war...., 3000 + isnt even an engagement on a south pacific island somewhere fighting Hirohitos Imperial troops.. And who ever came up with these stupid rules about precision bombing and being careful......, we did..., how dumb........, we tied our own hands., we kicked arse in WWII ., today we gotta be careful., geez. Its a joke. And another thing if the media was bad mouthing D-Day do you think Pelosi and Reid would be crying "I give up" you bet they would...., does anyone think the media would have help or hurt WWII Tarawa . Guadalcanal or Berlin ? No. They would have lost that war., Imbedding a bleeding heart really isnt helping. The Generals should run this., the media should stay home and our Military should get free rein to do the job......., then get out....., what ever it takes...., I dont want another US ., Vietnam embarrassment., when the commies chased us off the rooftop of our Embassy in Saigon........, Now John Murtha is gonna let Iraq fold fo Iran., and Al Quida? Shoot Man.., kick ass and take names., what the sam hell am I buying F-22 Raptors for., and secret shit no one ever heard about at bases that dont exist....., if we arent going to let the Military do its job....., why are we tying there hands.? This is 1973 and its BULLSH@T. *Sigh* you know we are winners.., but due to Politics we are losers....., and the World Knows It ..., I am embarrassed We abanoned the Cubans., we went on to abandon Vietnam., and if push comes to shove we will abandon Taiwan., and So. Korea too............, Why ? I know our force is Kick ass., Geezus we got some neat sh%t ., ever seen a carrier group? green berets? Seals..., Marines......, our politicians should quit lettein these guys down........., I am waiting for the military to voice its opinion.., but it wont dissent........., after all there the good guys....., and they are 2.., and everyone knows it. I 'm upset now..., got me all worked up here..., I need to go fire a 1" bore signal cannon to let off some steam. On with the mission !

Irwindale ? Damn !! I am old., the last time I did anything at Irwindale it was on the back wheel of an XR-75 in 1974 for Whittier Honda at the Friday night Moto-Cross ................, Long before the "Miller" Beer plant went in.

Thank you for sharing ., The story and the photos brightened up my dreary sunday., hopefully Sir Patrick will add to it when he gets back.., follow up on the rest of the event. There is a Black Powder Rendezvous in our area in September I may have to look into ....., Cool ! ! !

Aye.., I am looking forward to this thread Captain Jim.

Damn that is some DEEP snow . This years storm season sure has taken the steam out of Gores personal agenda. I am going with Global cooling and those march photos in Iowa as well as the recent April storms are giving me the chuckles when I hear the gobal warminng hysteria

Excellant Tutorial. Still considering the best place to get the shoes. The buckles came out great GoF.

I will go with that.,it is an awesome ring.,One of the best rings I have ever seen. Here are the pics of the 2 I had made.,Like I say a buffed shank it important to me.,thats why the funny looking bar at the bottom of the rings.

Actually I believe its the same idiot it always is. The constant Porno Spam and the pub hijacking seem to run a parellel with my email., both times the Pub went down I did not get any BOGUS STOCK MARKET email...., any of you getting this kind of email? as soon as the Pub is back online.,my Stock market email returns? this is more than once., and its almost exacting to time . I believe this is one andthe same. Is anyone else getting this email?

My favorite bird is this one. This is a picture of him playing with us in the bathroom a few weeks ago. He really likes his new friends ( a 3-way bathroom mirror)

Eye.., before 50 is the goal..,48 will be a key year., 49 I should be there and 50 running the place...., Eye hope. The more Eye save the more inflation goes up with it. Right now I am still just chasing the dream. Here is some work which was done to make chips.., no chips yet., still preparing. Wes had to make a drill in order to Bore the cannons out., and he likes boring first because it lightens the load on the lathe first thing. Also with drilling stainless he knew the bit would get hot and dull ., so he drilled a hole thru the bit to run coolant thru his bit..., pretty smart guy ! From this last pic I am sure you can see the bit is stationary and the cannon turns., this way he can get the coolant down the bit. Sorry no cannon pics yet..., but the next photos will be cannons in the making.

Iron Bess that is such an awesome ring.,it looks like 2 ounces of solid silver back hand jack slappin' ring ! thats quite a sea going statement ya got there.,have ya got it yet? I got one kind of like it., mine is very heavily re-enfored across the bottom ., kind of a bar i had welded across the bottom., so it will take banging around concrete.,coral and scuba tanks., that stuff gives my rings a beating., so I get them buffed up when I have them made. I will try to post a pic when I can. Anyway WOW I really like your ring !!! Mine isnt wearing a tricorn .

Eye think thats a right fine cannon Eye for the cove project., and also it is about pleasing oneself.., Amen to that brother. I have been following along and its a cool hang out for sure., there is time and money in there.,I would be pleased as punch to attend an event there. That has 2 trails and could be like the single horse range hoppers called "The Galloper" from Rev War days..., or it could have been designed from something much earlier just a few years after the English Bombard of 1450. About ours ., they will be carriage mounted. The Scuba unit is not like you are currently seeing on the website. Those are Banca's they jam right along but those arent what we are doing...., those are just some pics of us diving and having fun. Actually those Bancas are a mere 2000 U.S. for a 40 footer with a diesel.

"Jason"

Size wise thats about what we are doing. But how accurate is really in the wind. About every ship yard made their own carriage suitable to whatever cannon it was for., and then where it would be placed., then the next ship was differant., then the next yard over did theirs differant., then the next town., colony., country...., Probably the only ones that had consistency were aboard the same vessel. Any carriage you do I am sure would work out well. Wild Imports clearly has the wrong cap-squares (Trunnion caps) ., But they work well . I dont believe the steel axels are period ., I could keep going but for myself I would be happy with it as I am sure many would be, The Red is true. Beautiful furniture like carriages we not the norm, painted was. I believe Red wasnt as demoralizing to the crew when blood ran the decks.

I am excited about this to be sure Eye. As soon as Wes posts me a pic or two I will surely post them here. Those first chips will be coming out of the bore so he can lighten up the work load right from the beggining. These will be Carriage mounted . The barrel size and carriage size will be very close to this 1/2 scale Wild Imports .

I gotta stick with the material I have purchased Capt. Thighbiter. Here is what we are dealing with. ., and the project is just now begining Welcome aboard this thread The Chapman . Follow along and let us know your there. That is a beer can mortar with a beer in the mortar on the floor to the left of the first bronze round bar., its set there for size refrence. These arent very big but theyll work. I will be proud of them when they are finished I am sure. These cannons were chosen for there size due to shipping....., any more cannon than this hurts to ship over-seas and then at 6 times . Ouch.

It is looking good Eye. Definitely a fun place for a gathering of the dressed to kill Its sure come a long way since the beginning of thrad. Congrats sir

Its been a long time since I posted anything in this thread. It should be changed now to" 6 newly commissioned Cannons " . We are putting 3 cannons per side on our Scuba boat. I have been in line waiting my turn as the manufactor had a list ahead of me. Needless to say my time has come Wes has begun building 6 new cannons for me. Moderators stop me or tell me this stuff is ok to post here. To continue would be build photos following this post. Or should I start a new thread? We will be referring to these custom guns as " Boat Howitzers"

"That" Mr. Silent is for my bar.., HA --- HA. I am wanting to put a large oak keg that says Rhum in the corner with a small XXX powder keg ..,a few lightly built wooden crate boxes., then toss a burlap sac .,"SUGAR" and of course this bag of Jamaican grass. Sort of build a pile of "Cargo " in the corner. Either way .,back to this thread., maybe too much of THIS can cause Dread-Locks :angry:

:angry: Dread Pirate..,the game is fun ., this much I know

"Every bit as good" ? then your saying I.E. is good.., so why switch?.., I tried them all..., I find less glitches with I.E. and have stayed with it now quite a while..., My findings are.., Microsoft makes my operating system (Unless you are a MAC user) there fore who would know Microsofts platform better than microsoft to make programs that would better run in there enviroment?.., the answer really is no-one......, Heres to the richest Pirate of all time LONG LIVE CAPTAIN BILL If I.E. is not working right for whatever reason., a person can usually go "Tools" .., "Internet Options" ..., then " Advanced" and trigger whatever switches are necessary for Java or whatever is the issue.

OK here it is I knew I would find it some where. "The North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA)" Rule book This will lay out Rules and codes for cannoneering., and of course a list of requirments for the construction of your cannon. Artillerey pages begin on pg. 69 . Page 69 pertains to cannons. Lots of fine reading here. NSA This will talk about how the Breach should be built. Ballistics with respect to podwer quantity to bore ratio. projo weights for given bores........., thickness of steel liners for cast iron cannons......., many points of interest to provide years of service and safety for us people to blow-up stuff and for others to be safe after we are long gone.

Actually thats pretty awesome. Many products we all know have been identified with by their logo for decades and longer. Congratulations Sir William.,that is really cool.