Looling for a 1" cannonball mould

[sanzalonemd]

Does anyone have knowledge of where I can have a 0.98 inch lead ball mould made? I have a cannon which will shoot 1 inch (0.98) balls. I thought to make one out of plaster but a nice brass, alum, or steel would be nice. Email me a t drsja@yahoo.com
Scott

[waksupi]

Do a search for Jeff Tanner molds.

[Arnie]

Dixie Gun Works or try moulds for deep sea fishing weights .Arnie

[Longwood]

I contacted a friend yesterday that has a CNC shop.
He told me he would be glad to make up some molds.
I will have some made if anyone is interested.

[thehouseproduct]

I contacted a friend yesterday that has a CNC shop.
He told me he would be glad to make up some molds.
I will have some made if anyone is interested.

Would the shop be interested in mkaing lead hammer molds?

[Longwood]

Would the shop be interested in mkaing lead hammer molds?

You can buy them off of ebay.
MSCdirect or McMaster Carr probably sells them also.

[JIMinPHX]

You can get a lead ball swage kit from Corbin - http://www.corbins.com/bsk-1.htm

They are not cheap though.

[Longwood]

You can get a lead ball swage kit from Corbin - http://www.corbins.com/bsk-1.htm

They are not cheap though.

I suspect a ball mold would not only be much simpler for most people to use, it should be a lot cheaper.
If I do it, I will not raise the price for my small amount of effort unless I do a lot of the work on them myself. All I need actually is the cavity machined. I can do the rest.
I may just get a few molds made and sell balls.
Zinc is easy to get and free or at least real cheap now so I may cast only zinc for cannons.
I could loan out molds so people could cast the mill balls they need.

[Chicken Thief]

http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/moulds.htm

[Longwood]

http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/moulds.htm

Thanks,,, I will show him just how much, some people, are willing to get ripped.

[JIMinPHX]

40 British pounds for a 1" diameter brass mold sounded pretty reasonable to me. Brass bar stock is over $5/lb these days. Who did you think was getting ripped?

[Longwood]

40 British pounds for a 1" diameter brass mold sounded pretty reasonable to me. Brass bar stock is over $5/lb these days. Who did you think was getting ripped?

Could be, because I have no idea what a pound is worth.

[Chicken Thief]

1 british pound = 1.56 US dollar

So a mould costing £30 + £5 shipping is equal to $54.60

Please make me proud and supply any round ball mould at days notice for less.
Then you'll have all my buisness!

Untill then STFU Longwood!!!

[Longwood]

1 british pound = 1.56 US dollar

So a mould costing £30 + £5 shipping is equal to $54.60

Please make me proud and supply any round ball mould at days notice for less.
Then you'll have all my buisness!

Untill then STFU Longwood!!!

Thanks for the information Chicken thief. Sorry I accidentely rattled your cage.
Last time I recall the pound was way up there.
My not knowing what it is now worth, is probably because, I could give a rats patootie about ANYTHING British.

But hey,,, we are all friends here,,,, right?
Stop by Monday afternoon and I will have a mold for you.
What size would you prefer?

[Fredx10sen]

http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/moulds.htm

+1 On Jeff's Molds. Had him make me two molds for my 20mm cannon.

[40Super]

I made one quite a few years ago for a neighbor,I made it 1.00 dia and after shrinkage the balls came out right sized for a flannel patch . That cannon was pretty hard on cars. He wanted to take it deer hunting ,but was afraid of fines.
I was going to speak up about making some but at $56, not worth the time I'd have in setting up and doing the programming .

[Longwood]

I made one quite a few years ago for a neighbor,I made it 1.00 dia and after shrinkage the balls came out right sized for a flannel patch . That cannon was pretty hard on cars. He wanted to take it deer hunting ,but was afraid of fines.
I was going to speak up about making some but at $56, not worth the time I'd have in setting up and doing the programming .

The thing is,,,, I already have the brass and my friend said he would do them as a payback for some welding I did for him. He said he can do it in about an hour and can make ten nearly as fast as he can make two. I do the programming myself and it sure does not take very long to program half of a round hole.
I DID NOT SAY I WAS GOING TO CHARGE FOR THEM. I am retired with a good income so my intentions were to help members, not make money off of them.
I will have two molds of two different sizes this monday.
I am getting tired of people jumping on me for no reason,,, so now because of one rude person, everyone else, that was asking about them earlier, can forget about my offer.

[ClassicCannons]

Hello
I make mold cannon and mortars check out the diffrent mods on my site one is below thanks

http://scaleartillery.com/Carriage_parts.html

Does anyone have knowledge of where I can have a 0.98 inch lead ball mould made? I have a cannon which will shoot 1 inch (0.98) balls. I thought to make one out of plaster but a nice brass, alum, or steel would be nice. Email me a t drsja@yahoo.com
Scott

[44man]

I don't like you guys!
You have more stinking fun then I do!

[Chicken Thief]

So Longwood what is the asking price for your moulds?