[TheForge] OT, but I Just have to ask...

[Andrew Vida]

Justin Fellenz wrote:

> But the cannon. Now, that's a cool idea. Anyone tried making one? A big
> one, I mean? My lathe bed is, oh, 9 feet long and I can spin about 14".
> I wonder if the bed would flx under the weight...I guess you'd have to
> rig up some rollers to carry it. And how would you bore something that
> long? Get it close with a long (flexy) boring bar and then clean it up
> with a button?

	I think you really need a gun drill to do the job right.  Drilling deep 
holes is not an easy thing to do, if you want the hole to be straight, 
that is. :)