[TheForge] Cannon barrel liner

[Jerry Frost]

Ah, my most basic life philosophy is confirmed once again. If it don't go
get a bigger press. <grin>

Good to see you again Calamity.

Maybe next time drag the brush a bit longer and watch your back trail.
<grin>

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Calamity Jane" <winnonad at yahoo.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Cannon barrel liner


> For them what remember, I was pressing a 2" liner into
> a 4" bronze tube 22" deep. I got it half way in with a
> 6 ton press, all but 6" with my friend's 50 ton
> (before we bent the ram!).
>
> I took it to a machine shop in Winnipeg and they
> pushed it in on their 100 ton press - it took 60 tons.
>
> For some reason, I am not worried about that liner
> moving . . . :-)
>
>