1" Cannon Ball mold custom made

[ClassicCannons]

Here's a neat mold i had made would this be better in ductile cast iron since most molds are cast iron thanks the specs are below the bottom link is to more pictures on my webpage

[docone31]

HEY! That is a dang cool looking mold!
Heavy.
I wonder, if an alignment pin near the handles might make it not wear in time.
Great job.
I like aluminum molds personally. All mine are Lee.
Good job on that one.

[Buckshot]

...............The cavity looks like a mirror! SUperb work.

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[wonderwolf]

I'll keep that in mind if I ever get a 4 bore muzzle loader

[shotman]

you will need pins when it gets hot will be hard to keep lined up check out-- jeff tanner --he makes the best round ball mold out there shotman

[45&30-30]

Very nice work. I like the way you set up your hinge point for that mould.

[IcerUSA]

I would put 2 alinement pins in it with a bushing on the other half . Just to keep things lined up as the screws might loosen up with the heating and cooling a mould takes .

Keith

[ClassicCannons]

HEY! That is a dang cool looking mold!
Heavy.
I wonder, if an alignment pin near the handles might make it not wear in time.
Great job.
I like aluminum molds personally. All mine are Lee.
Good job on that one.

The mold really isn't that heavy

[ClassicCannons]

I would put 2 alinement pins in it with a bushing on the other half . Just to keep things lined up as the screws might loosen up with the heating and cooling a mould takes .

Keith

Hi Keith
I had had that problem before on this one the 1/4-28 allen screws tread into the handle and their is a roll pin in the hinge which i had changed to a stainless steel.After i did that they were fine but later i had just stoped making them with hinges & handles and just gave the mold cavity for free when people bought the 1" mortars and in those i did have the piolet pins which were also roll pin their was just to much work in milling out the hinge socket Thanks for the input Austin

[ClassicCannons]

...............The cavity looks like a mirror! SUperb work.

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Thanks buck shot i had used 1600 grit wet dry and then polished them and then faced off the face of the mold to the correct depth Thanks

[ClassicCannons]

I would put 2 alinement pins in it with a bushing on the other half . Just to keep things lined up as the screws might loosen up with the heating and cooling a mould takes .

Keith

I had had that problem before on this one the 1/4-28 allen screws tread into the handle and their is a roll pin in the hinge which i had changed to a stainless steel.After i did that they were fine but later i had just stoped making them with hinges & handles and just gave the mold cavity for free when people bought the 1" mortars and in those i did have the piolet pins which were also roll pin their was just to much work in milling out the hinge socket Thanks for the input Austin

[ClassicCannons]

Very nice work. I like the way you set up your hinge point for that mould.

After a few diffrent styles i had tried this one worked the best because the wide openining on the off set hinge pin and the play in the joint was none I had later milled a key slot in the cavity for the hinge and tat worked out great Thanks Austin

[ddeaton]

What do the balls measure at after casting? I have a 1" bore rifled British Wall Gun and a Jeff Tanner mold. The balls from it drop at 1.040". Can you tweak the cavity size a little and what do you get for them?

[ClassicCannons]

What do the balls measure at after casting? I have a 1" bore rifled British Wall Gun and a Jeff Tanner mold. The balls from it drop at 1.040". Can you tweak the cavity size a little and what do you get for them?

Hello I can make the mold cavity to the size you need this mold cast out the ball at 1.002 because its aluminum and i had machined at .500 radius and when its heated it expands i can reduce the radius to .499 for a .998 ball spherically thats why i had wanted to change them to cast iron I had also added the set pin

Plaster cast was 1.000

lead cast was 1.002

mic out at .500 radius

[ClassicCannons]

What do the balls measure at after casting? I have a 1" bore rifled British Wall Gun and a Jeff Tanner mold. The balls from it drop at 1.040". Can you tweak the cavity size a little and what do you get for them?

Hello I can make the mold cavity to the size you need this mold cast out the ball at 1.002 because its aluminum and i had machined at .500 radius and when its heated it expands i can reduce the radius to .499 for a .998 ball spericaly thats why i had wanted to change them to cast iron I had also added the set pin
Plaster cast was 1.000

lead cast was 1.002

mic out at .500 radius

[ddeaton]

I will keep in touch, I would rather wait for the iron. How close are you on them?

[ClassicCannons]

Hi again i can make a steel one what size do you need .998 1.000 or more under size just let me know and i'll start one and email the results on the finished ball size thanks Austin

[Morgan Astorbilt]

I'm looking for a 2.5" mold for my 3/4 scale six pounder. The 3lb salmon sinker molds (Dixie), I'm now using are casting about 1/8" small. Can you make a mold this size?
Morgan

[MaxHeadSpace]

I use a cannonball fish sinker mold. 3 oz. is just under 1" and 4 oz. is just over 1". I'm not casting for accuracy, and mostly I just shoot "blanks" in this pup.







1" drawn over mandrel steam tube, improvised a jig for the trunnions, everything else is out of the hardware store, odds/ends.

The neighbors refer to me affectionately as, "The nut up on the ridge with the cannon."

July 4th, Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day . . . And when I have guests.

[deltaenterprizes]

That is nice work, but making the hinge as part of the mold adds both material and labor that is needed every time you make a mold and a point of wear that is your only alignment method.
What will keep the halves aligned when the hinge wears?

From the amount of work and materials I see, you must be working for minimum wage.