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    Attaching brass to a colonial patch box

    Thanks, I left out that I always left the plate a tad oversize, a few thousandths, then once the epoxy was well cured I CAREFULLY/GENTLY used files to make it all evenly fitted. At least as best as I could. Time consuming but worth the result.
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    Attaching brass to a colonial patch box

    Epoxy to keep it in place while fitting to the dovetail, then drill and counter sink for screws. Go slow and keep side loads and heat to a minimum.
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    Thoughts on my Frizzen?

    Depends on the blade. Many today have cobalt steel, or high carbon edges bonded to a low carbon main body. If the blade is made all of high carbon, yes.
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    Thoughts on my Frizzen?

    I do not believe any car fender from any time period was made from high carbon steel. It would make no sense.
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    Thoughts on my Frizzen?

    I do not believe car fenders from any time frame would have been made of high carbon steel.
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    Making springs

    The Curie point and non-magnetic point with simple steels is 1414°f and far too low for a good austenic solution. Especially, with hyper-eutectic, those above .8% carbon simple steels, such as 10xx types, your target heat should be in the range of 1475°f, but not much over. Hypo-eutectic steels...
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    Antique set pistols "dark bores?"

    If the set is valuable, you probably won't be using them very much if at all, so clean the bores as best you can, grease them for protection, and just enjoy owning such.
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    brass springs?

    No sir! Not in steel spring making. Strong steel springs are made by heat treating alone. Any hammering beyond the required shaping, while red hot, would only add unwanted stress to the spring. Non-ferrous metals perhaps, but not steel of high carbon where strength and power is needed.
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    brass springs?

    As best I know, most all metals, even non-ferrous metals, have a natural elastic quality. In some it can be enhanced by work hardening. Others by heat treatment. This elasticity has limits before taking a set, work hardening, or breaking and would depend on flexibility being confined within...
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    Frizzen Shoe

    May be low carbon and was casehardened too shallow to last long. Rehardening would be the first thing to try, but if it doesn't take, resoling is another option.
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    Frizzen Shoe

    If you would form a shoe of a piece of file steel or 1095 and harden it, you can solder it to the frizzen and temper it at the same time using 60/40 solder which melts and flows at around 360°/370°F.
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    The "Unbreakable Ram Rod"

    Maybe. As bad as my hand may look, it only hurt for a few minutes but had much swelling. Happened afternoon on a Sunday. I spent the entire day Monday watching movies and soaking the hand in warm Epson's salt water. Epson's salt is near a miracle cure for punctures. Tuesday, I was back to...
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    The "Unbreakable Ram Rod"

    I broke my hickory RR on a hunting trip and had no replacement. The dowel I bought lasted 4 years of use before it broke and skewered my hand. I was just giving the history of why I had a common dowel as a ramrod and why such rods are not recommended to be used as such.
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    candle lantern

    It is not so much about the use of a candle, but more about how it is used and managed. You will find very few original wood candle lanterns. Most were of tinned sheet iron for a reason. Wood lanterns are relatively safe even inside a tent, BUT, they must be used with common sense precautions...
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    candle lantern

    My lantern caught fire because the candle had burned down to make a puddle with a wick in it. I caught it in time to save it. Charred some but still usable.
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    candle lantern

    My wood lantern caught fire twice before I learned, but I never used them inside the tent. I had tin lanterns for inside.
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    Darrenger

    The maker is Deringer while the gun is a derringer. Henry Deringer made pistols and rifles. His trade rifles were very popular and well made.
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    Darrenger

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    How are/were brass barrel bands made?

    Iron bands would have been forged.
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    White lightning replacement

    Now!
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