Posted by Ultradog MN on July 16, 2016 at 19:32:48 from (172.58.137.8):
There is a whole genre of stuff that soldiers and sailors made while waiting around for battle or movements or whatever to occur. The 98% waiting and 2% action has been a fact of life for military men forever. Look at ebay some time. My dad talked about while he was in the Phillipines during the war all the guys were taking 50 cent pieces (they were real silver then) and pounding on them with spoons. They made silver rings and some of them were nicely done. I guess my dad tried it too but since he was a carpenter over there he decided to save his blistered thumb and forefinger for his job and not get them from making jewlery like everyone else did. Anyway, trench art has been around for a long time. So I was doing some dusting today. All you fellows do the dusting, right? And got around to doing the cannon, which needed it badly. A little Pledge helped. Then when i got it half fast cleaned up I thougt I'd photograph it and share it here. I made this while I was on my second ship in 1975. Not much to do in the evenings so I'd go down to the machine shop where I worked and putter with this thing. There's no rhyme or reason to it. But it's a rendition of a camnon as concieved by a 21 yo kid. I had access to a lathe and mill, swiped the brass and traded for a little bit of walnut. It's quite fragile. I'm surprised it's lasted these 40+ years. Funny story about while i was building it. The captain used to go cruising around the ship in the evenings. Just snooping around as was his right and probably duty. It was a time the he would let you relax around him and talk to you man to man. So he came upon me making this thing and of course I was terrified to be caught red handed misappropriating government property. But he told me to relax, that he liked the cannon and asked me if I would make one for him. But I told him I was getting out in about a week and wouldn't have time. Then he asked what I would do and where I would go and he wished me good luck in the future. Anyway, that's my trench art and cleaning it is a pia. For scale, it's about 12" long and the wheels are 6". And no it wouldn't fire. I purposely didn't drill it all the way through. I wonder if others here made things while they were waiting around. Maybe share some photos or a story if you have them.
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