Cannonball

What a fun little puzzle!

The object of Cannonball is to remove the cannonball from the brass cannon.

There is no simple, single move, straightforward solution. You need to find the steps, and sometimes the discovery of tools, to enable you to execute them. These tools may not necessarily be obvious and the deduction of what is a tool and what is not is an important part of the puzzle. This is a bit of a challenge for puzzlers who’ve never done this type of puzzle before but makes a great introduction to this very popular genre of mechanical puzzles.

Cannonball is based on a wooden version called "Cannon and Ball" puzzle made from wood circa 1881-1884 that was published in Hoffmann’s Puzzles Old and New by Professor Hoffman in 1893. 

The muzzle of the cannon is made from solid turned brass. The red cannon base is made from a cast alloy metal. 

Solution included

Size: 70mm x 32mm x 30mm / 2.75 in x 1.26 in x 1.18 in