Building the Coffee Mill Gun

[EPPS1919]

You do realize that once you get this going, people will want to buy copies?

I'm going to see how it go's, this is the proto type.

[EPPS1919]

One pix of the original gun and making of the lifter.

[Maillemaker]

Awesome pictures and videos of the Gatling!

Inspires me to get to work modeling it. I'll have to pay someone to machine the parts though.

Steve

[Ron/The Old Reb]

A number of years ago someone built a Coffee Mill Gun and brought it to the fort. Here are some pictures of it.
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[EPPS1919]

That's Cool, it has an extened hooper on it. the one i got pix of dos'nt have the extenion

[EPPS1919]

The wedge and making the cam and cam follower. The first pic is of the alinement rod, dummy barrel and the detent ball on spring steel to hold the carrier in place when firing

[EPPS1919]

[M.Zandarski 5973V]

If you would like to get some input about building a Coffee Mill Gun contact Brian Haack, haackfamily@msn.com . He went down to Westpoint and worked with the curator there. They did a \\\"cleaning\\\" of the gun they have there and he took pictures, made sketches, and took dimensions. Check out youtube, http://youtu.be/P767jNWeryM ,Union Repeating Gun - Brian Haack

[EPPS1919]

I am sending an e-mail to Mr. Haack now. Thanks for the information and I hear he built a Williams gun which I want to make my next project! PS the youtube link wont work.

[M.Zandarski 5973V]

Look up the Youtube video under Union Repeating Gun - Brian Haack
Brian is starting a second Williams Gun. Some of our other projects were 4-Ellsworth Rifles, and 2-Hughs Guns. On a smaller scale we are working on 3 reproductions of a civil war sniper rifle made by LeFever and Ellis and 3 Merrill conversions of the 1841 Misssissippi and 1 Merrill conversion of a 1842 Springfield Rifled Musket.