Mesabi Posted October 21, 2017 Posted October 21, 2017 Location: Mesabi Landing Type: Medium Factory With the Count Away on some half baked adventure, it was up to Agnes to keep the peace in Mesabi Landing. Today, she toured the New Cannon Foundry. The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "So, give me a tour of this place." She said unhappily. It was hot outside, and hotter in the Foundry. "Yes of course, countess." Said the foreman, John Slader. The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "First, we make a mold of a cannon with a sand clay mixture. We usually use a MAESTRO cannon for the mold, and engrave 'WTC' On it." Said John "Good to hear you're using the WTC's business model." Replied Agnes. The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "Next, we burn wood to melt the iron." The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "We melt down iron for the cannons. Usually we use iron pellets, but any old iron will work." The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "The melted iron is poured into the mould, which is mounted on these rails." The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "We move the mold out of the the way, and let it cool." The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "Once the mould has cooled, we remove it from the cart, and take it outside. Afterwards, another mould is attached to the cart, and iron poured in." The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "The Cannon is chipped out of the mould." The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "Finally, the Cannon is mounted, and it is slowly turned into a chisel, hollowing out the inside. Once that's finished, it's brought to another factory for the mounting." The Foundry by North White, on Flickr "Impressive set up!" Said Agnes, unusually impressed. "Thank you!" Said John. FIN Thanks for viewing my build for a factory in Mesabi Landing! I took everything from a "How it's made" video. It is a medium build, it might not look it, but it has 1024 studs total, which equals 32x32. C&C appreciated! Spoiler The Foundry by North White, on Flickr The Foundry by North White, on Flickr The Foundry by North White, on Flickr The Foundry by North White, on Flickr Quote
Lord Buckethead Posted October 21, 2017 Posted October 21, 2017 I like how you've taken the time to understand how a cannon is actually made and then you've recreated that in Lego. Also don't forget to use the free build form. Quote
Darnok Posted October 21, 2017 Posted October 21, 2017 The build is not overly complicated, but shows all the essential stages of cannon production. I really like that the process depicted is close to its historical counterpart - well done! That resting scene at the end (Lego City mugs!) is also funny. An overall great effort. Quote
Bodi Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 A very instructive build, I like how you depicted the process of molding. Nice minifigs. Quote
Captain Dee Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 Interesting. I like your depiction of the process, and I'd love to see the source video. Any chance of a link? A little more detail overall would be nice, but you're away from your full collection, right? The boring mill in particular is nice, though they should invest in some powered machinery - turning a gun that big against the mill-head would have been a tremendous chore... I really like the overall concept. Quote
Mesabi Posted October 22, 2017 Author Posted October 22, 2017 5 hours ago, Lord Buckethead said: I like how you've taken the time to understand how a cannon is actually made and then you've recreated that in Lego. Also don't forget to use the free build form. Thanks! And I won't 5 hours ago, Drunknok said: The build is not overly complicated, but shows all the essential stages of cannon production. I really like that the process depicted is close to its historical counterpart - well done! That resting scene at the end (Lego City mugs!) is also funny. An overall great effort. Thanks Drunknok! I really enjoyed building this one. 3 hours ago, Bodi said: A very instructive build, I like how you depicted the process of molding. Nice minifigs. Thank you! Just now, Captain Dee said: Interesting. I like your depiction of the process, and I'd love to see the source video. Any chance of a link? A little more detail overall would be nice, but you're away from your full collection, right? The boring mill in particular is nice, though they should invest in some powered machinery - turning a gun that big against the mill-head would have been a tremendous chore... I really like the overall concept. This was my source. And yeah, full collection is away. Bricklinking has really helped though. I meant to have a dog running in a treadmill or something, but I just didn't have the parts. I do want to do a part two of this, so maybe I will fix that when I get a chance. I also didn't get to show the "cannon holder" being made as I ran out of baseplates, so that's going to be a separate factory. Thanks! Quote
Captain Dee Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) On 10/22/2017 at 12:02 AM, Mesabi said: This was my source. Thanks. Cool video, but their title is a bit misleading. Replica cannons might be constructed that way but period pieces were produced somewhat differently. I look forward to seeing your cannon carriage workshop. Edit: @Mesabi My above comments aren't entirely accurate. Allow me to elaborate. In 1758 the British Quaker Isaac Wilkinson (father of the famed Ironmaster/industrialist John Wilkinson) patented a type of sand molding similar to what you've shown, specifically using multi-piece iron boxes for casting various large iron objects, including cannons. The practice was therefore in limited use during the time BoBS portrays, albeit toward the end. Edited October 29, 2017 by Captain Dee Quote
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