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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:40 am 
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This was one of my very early cannon carriages. I built it in 1998. It sat in my foyer for more than a decade. I mounted a South Bend Replica "swivel barrel" on it. The barrel was 36" long and weighed 175 lbs. It had a 1.5" bore. It had 36" wheels that I built. After building one pair of wheels, I decided to never do it again!!

I had it on my website for a really long time with a pretty heavy price because I really didn't want to sell it.

Well, a golf course in a Northern state paid my "I don't want to sell it price".


It was going to sit outside. I told them what had to be done to maintain it but that it was wood and would do what ever wood does when left unmaintained.


Her are some before and after pictures.

Crying Zulu


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 3:26 pm 
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Dry rot will take care of anything.
Will you be repairing it?

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:12 pm 
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Clipper wrote:
Dry rot will take care of anything.
Will you be repairing it?

Duan



No I won't. They were pretty hard to work with. I have no respect for them at all.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:28 pm 
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I know how you feel, I have seen some of my work totally destroyed by people who just don't care about maintaining it.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:02 pm 
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Well Buddy, look at the bright side.

You'll always have repeat business.

No one will ever take care of some thing the way you will


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