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Leonredbeard
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Yep,
That small! And it is tedious. I have to be in the right frame of mind to go out there and do it.
Usually I have to think about it for a while as I am doing other things and then do it.
volatpluvia
That small! And it is tedious. I have to be in the right frame of mind to go out there and do it.
Usually I have to think about it for a while as I am doing other things and then do it.
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Excellent work, I am very impressed.
Leonredbeard
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I decided to keep with the traditional lock here so I made a pan that locks into place like the originals. This nice pan started out yesterday morning as a rough hacksawed hunk of steel. I don't have the pan hollowed out yet so I am not showing that angle. I know now why the old masters put a flange around the pan/plate juncture, it hides the seam. Sorry I did not think of this in time and it is now made.
You know how it is, sometimes you can't do this without doing that? I fitted the wheel to the shaft so I could be sure of the pan placement. I am not shifting the pan and then the wheel forward this time. The flashole is not yet drilled. And if I can remember to do it, I will angle it forward into the chamber so as to direct the blast back and away from the pyrite.
volatpluvia
You know how it is, sometimes you can't do this without doing that? I fitted the wheel to the shaft so I could be sure of the pan placement. I am not shifting the pan and then the wheel forward this time. The flashole is not yet drilled. And if I can remember to do it, I will angle it forward into the chamber so as to direct the blast back and away from the pyrite.
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Looks nice, where is the serpentine go?
Does it go in front and if so where does it go, doesn`t look like much room for it.
She`s going to be a dandy. :thumbsup:
Does it go in front and if so where does it go, doesn`t look like much room for it.
She`s going to be a dandy. :thumbsup:
Leonredbeard
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Pitchy,
The dog, Pitchy, the dog! Of Course now, I have seen gonnes with both attachments. The owner was not confident in the new scratchie thing, so he wanted a matchie thing on there, Haw! Snicker! Did you know that once I lit the redhairedgal with a cigar? Hee, Hee!
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The dog, Pitchy, the dog! Of Course now, I have seen gonnes with both attachments. The owner was not confident in the new scratchie thing, so he wanted a matchie thing on there, Haw! Snicker! Did you know that once I lit the redhairedgal with a cigar? Hee, Hee!
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PitchyPine
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Sure glad you guys are here to keep me in line about the names of these contraptions. :redface: :haha:
Merry Christmas. :hatsoff:
Merry Christmas. :hatsoff:
Leonredbeard
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Another installment.
I should have another pic by the end of the week.
volatpluvia
I should have another pic by the end of the week.
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PitchyPine
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It`s gonna leak :shocked2: :haha:
Leonredbeard
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Pitchy,
The wheel will plug it, at least mostly, hee hee!
Mckutzy,
I ran across a cherry at the hardware store. It is half inch in diameter by an inch long. It has maybe fifteen cutting edges. I chucked it up in my Black and Decker eighteen volt drill/driver and it took a half hour. I was very pleased. I did the last steel pan with a quarter inch ball end mill. It took forever and made a rough job. I had to smooth it with little dremel type wheels.
But this is how smooth the cherry made it.
volatpluvia
The wheel will plug it, at least mostly, hee hee!
Mckutzy,
I ran across a cherry at the hardware store. It is half inch in diameter by an inch long. It has maybe fifteen cutting edges. I chucked it up in my Black and Decker eighteen volt drill/driver and it took a half hour. I was very pleased. I did the last steel pan with a quarter inch ball end mill. It took forever and made a rough job. I had to smooth it with little dremel type wheels.
But this is how smooth the cherry made it.
volatpluvia
PitchyPine
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Just kidding with ya, :grin: but how will a wheel plug a round hole unless it lays on its side. :hmm: that`ll be a small wheel bud. :blah: :haha:
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Pitchy,
The hole is now square and I am preparing to file the hole so the ridges of the wheel will mate with it and fit on the axle. I hope to have this done Saturday and pics posted by Sunday.
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The hole is now square and I am preparing to file the hole so the ridges of the wheel will mate with it and fit on the axle. I hope to have this done Saturday and pics posted by Sunday.
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Sounds good, you`ll be lighting powder before we know it. :thumbsup:
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Here are two pics of wheel running thru the pan. I did not get as nice a fit as I would have liked.
But it will do, it is not a hunting gonne and the powder will stay in the pan long enough to prime and fire at the range.
volatpluvia
But it will do, it is not a hunting gonne and the powder will stay in the pan long enough to prime and fire at the range.
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Here then is a picture of the lump that indexes the crook of the mainspring. The trigger sear is also mounted on the lower part. I got tired of tapping a screwing parts to the plate that never need to be removed, so I am riveting them on. That is a 7d common nail, nice and maleable and oh so available. I will put another through the lower part as soon as I get this one done. Then I will put the lump on there for the stationary end of the mainspring and it will hold the pivot of the mainsear.
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Very good, :bow: I`m sure enjoying your build. :thumbsup:
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Mckutzy,
I will just rivet the pieces onto the lock plate, no glue, no solder. Since the part receives no real torque or stress it should stay forever.
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I will just rivet the pieces onto the lock plate, no glue, no solder. Since the part receives no real torque or stress it should stay forever.
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Here is a pic of the two lumps riveted onto the lock plate, one rivet each.
The nice thing about rivets is they disappear on the front side of the plate. One of them I didn't quite get the countersink filled in so a sliver shows.
Yesterday afternoon I got out a piece of springstock and my mapp gas torch and forged this spring.
Anyone who wants to give me advice on how to taper the active end of this spring is invited to do so.
volatpluvia
The nice thing about rivets is they disappear on the front side of the plate. One of them I didn't quite get the countersink filled in so a sliver shows.
Yesterday afternoon I got out a piece of springstock and my mapp gas torch and forged this spring.
Anyone who wants to give me advice on how to taper the active end of this spring is invited to do so.
volatpluvia
