Things you can do with a cannon ball

A Senefelder · 13th January 2010, 02:43 AM

Fernando, I think thats pretty neat! The quality of the ironwork is quite good at the forge weld. The smithing to make the cradle for it is interesting in its own right. It must have been a bit of a pain to make as it had to be made to a certain extent with the ball in place. There would have been a fair amount of movement of the parts for the second half of the forging as the cradle couldn't lap past half the height of the ball and still get the ball inside so it must have been in the frame for that second half of the making of it. I would think three men would have been involved in making it for that part of it.

13th January 2010, 02:43 AM	#5
A Senefelder Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 214	Fernando, I think thats pretty neat! The quality of the ironwork is quite good at the forge weld. The smithing to make the cradle for it is interesting in its own right. It must have been a bit of a pain to make as it had to be made to a certain extent with the ball in place. There would have been a fair amount of movement of the parts for the second half of the forging as the cradle couldn't lap past half the height of the ball and still get the ball inside so it must have been in the frame for that second half of the making of it. I would think three men would have been involved in making it for that part of it.