Cannon Barrel Construction

• 1). Place the 3-foot-long 6-by-6 board on its side in the vise clamp on the sawhorses.
  
  
• 2). Drill a 3-inch diameter hole through the center of the narrow front end of the 3-foot-long 6-by-6 board using the 3-inch wide boring bit with 4-foot extension. This hole should come out of the narrow back end of the board. This will create the initial bore for the cannon.
  
  
• 3). Rotate the 3-foot-long 6-by-6 board to where one of its corners is above the top of the vise clamp. Using the saw, cut the corner off from the front end of the 6-by-6 down its side to the rear end. Repeat this step until all four corners have been cut down to create an octagonal 3-foot-long 6-by-6 board with a 3-inch bore down the center of it. This will create the barrel of the cannon.
  
  
• 4). Place epoxy glue onto each side of the 3-foot-long 3-inch diameter PVC Pipe with screw closing end cap.
  
  
• 5). Push the 3-foot-long 3-inch diameter PVC Pipe into the 3-inch bore hole on the octagonal 6-by-6 with the open end going in first. When finished pushing this in, the screw closing end cap should be closing one end of the 3-inch bore hole of the octagonal 6-by-6 and the other end of the 3-inch bore hole should be open. This has given the cannon a PVC liner to prevent any cracking of the wood barrel when firing the cannon.
  
  
• 6). Drill a half-inch hole into the center of the end cap using the drill and half-inch drill bit on the barrel that was just created in the previous step. This will create the hole for the barbecue lighter, which will act as the cannon's firing mechanism, to fit through.
  
  
• 7). Drill holes in 1½ inches deep by 1-inch in diameter, using the drill and 1-inch drill bit on two opposite sides of the octagonal wooden barrel.
  
  
• 8). Glue into each of the 1½-inch deep by 1-inch holes one of the 4-inch long by 1-inch diameter steel rods using the epoxy glue. This will create the trunnions on which the cannon will rest on the carriage
  
  

Cannon Carriage Construction

• 1). Place one of the 4-foot-long 4-by-4 boards on its side into the vise clamp on the sawhorses.
  
  
• 2). Drill holes 2 inches deep by 1 inch in diameter using the drill and 1-inch drill bit on the center of the narrow front end and narrow rear end of the 4-by-4 board that is in the vise clamp. This should create a hole on each end.
  
  
• 3). Glue into each of the 2-inch deep by 1-inch diameter holes one of the 4-inch long by 1-inch diameter steel rods using the epoxy glue. This will create the axle for the wheels of the carriage.
  
  
• 4). Drill 1-inch holes using the drill and 1-inch drill bit through the center of each of the 2-inch thick 4-foot by 4-foot circular table tops. This creates the holes in the center of the wheels for the cannon.
  
  
• 5). Place the wheels created in step 4 onto the rods sticking out of the ends of the axle created in steps 1 through 3. This should be done by placing the rods sticking out of the 4-by-4 into the holes in the center of the table-top wheels that were drilled in Step 4. Now you should have a 4-by-4 axle sitting in between two wheels.
  
  

Continuing the Cannon Carriage

• 1). Glue one of the 1-inch steel end caps using the epoxy glue onto each of the rods sticking out from the wheels. This will secure the wheels to the axle.
  
  
• 2). Place the remaining 4-foot-long 4-by-4 board on its side into the vise clamp on the sawhorses.
  
  
• 3). Use the protractor and a pencil and draw a 45-degree angle from one end corner on the side that is facing up out to the other side.
  
  
• 4). Use the protractor and a pencil to draw a parallel 45-degree angle from one end corner on the side that is facing up out to the other side on the opposite end of the board where the angle in Step 3 was drawn. This should create a drawing that will show a trapezoidal arrow that will point in one direction when cut.
  
  
• 5). Cut the ends off using the saw along the parallel 45-degree angle lines drawn in steps 8 and 9. This should now create a 4-by-4 board with two parallel angled ends.
  
  

Trail and Carriage Construction and Attaching the Barrel to the Carriage

• 1). Attach the 4-by-4 to the axle of the carriage by placing one of the angled ends flush against one of the sides of the axle and driving screws through the angled 4-by-4 into the axle. The other end of the 4-by-4 should be sitting on the ground creating a level carriage for placing the cannon on. This creates the trail behind the axle for the cannon carriage.
  
  
• 2). Attach the two, 2-foot-long 2-by-6 boards on one of the 2-inch wide sides of each board to the axle. Use the L brackets and screws on the bottom side of these boards to attach them to the axle. Make sure that the boards are about 7 inches apart from each other when attaching them to the axle.
  
  
• 3). Drill a 1-inch hole through the 6-inch side of each 2-by-6 at the top edge of each board. This should create a 1-inch curve on the top of the 6-inch side of each board for the trunnions of the cannon to sit in. At this point the cannon carriage is complete.
  
  
• 4). Place the cannon barrel onto the carriage with the 1-inch rods sticking out to the side, which are the trunnions going into the curves created in Step 3. Make sure that the open end of the cannon barrel is facing away from the trail of the carriage.
  
  
• 5). Attach the two flat steel brackets over each of the trunnion curves on the 2-by-6 side boards that were created in Step 3. Use screws to attach these brackets in place by driving them through the brackets and into the top 2-inch wide side on the 2-by-6 side boards. Glue one of the 1-inch steel end caps using the epoxy glue onto each of the rods sticking out from the sides of the cannon. This will secure the barrel to the carriage.
  
  

Loading the Cannon

• 1). Place the old dishcloth into the bucket of water making the dishcloth completely wet.
  
  
• 2). Place the wet dishcloth into the open front of the barrel of the cannon.
  
  
• 3). Use the 4-foot-long 2-inch diameter dowel to push the dishcloth about 2 feet into the barrel of the cannon.
  
  
• 4). Open the screw closing end cap end of the cannon barrel.
  
  
• 5). Spray hair spray into the opened screw closing end cap end of the cannon barrel for 7 seconds.
  
  Close the screw closing end cap end of the cannon barrel, thus sealing the barrel.
  
  

Firing the Cannon

• 1). Push the flame producing end of the barbecue stick lighter into the half-inch hole in the center of the screw closing end cap.
  
  
• 2). Aim the cannon away from any people, property, animals or other damageable objects in the area.
  
  
• 3). Pull the trigger on the end of the barbecue stick lighter that is sticking out of the screw closing end cap on the barrel.
  
  
• 4). Fire the cannon by exploding the hair spray gas that was in the barrel using the flame from the barbecue stick lighter.
  
  
• 5). Send the wet dishcloth flying out of the front of the cannon and downrange in the direction the cannon was pointing. This is done by the expansion of gasses down the barrel that was done in Step 4.