<div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">I like the sonotube idea to make the barrel of a gun, but I think that I would cut 3 or 4 plywood ribs. Then use 1x2 battens that are tight at the small diameter and spaced apart at the large diameter. I would then wrap the barrel in muslin and glue/paint the hell out of it to get it smooth.</span><br clear="all"></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Wiggle wood would be alot of money and would fight you along the taper.</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">I love all these ideas being put forth for a fairly common technical challenge.</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Mike</span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM Joe via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">I need to construct a cannon for a human cannonball effect. Note that I am not actually shooting anyone out of it. Rather, we will load the actor into the front of the cannon, and then he will exit from the cannon unseen.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I first looked at trying to adapt some plastic garbage cans, but the diameter at the bottom of them, which would become the end of the cannon, is too small to permit me to load with the actor.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">So, it looks like I will need to construct it from scratch. I have never made anything using wiggle-wood (i.e. bendable ply) that had a conical shape. Though, perhaps I could cut wedge-shaped pieces and form it that way. However, I know that getting the edges of the ply to lay flat can be a challenge. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Attached is an image of what I am considering. Though, I could take the easy way out, and create a purely cylindrical barrel.<img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:ii_1953a1038586203ad5c1" style="max-width: 800px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">-Joe Dunfee<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> 717-203-8670 Cell<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>____________________________________________________________<br>
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