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Recommend tool to shape stock
John Stalker and George Parker, in A treatise of Japaning and Varnishing (1688) recommended the use of "glass-paper" for smoothing wood, which was crushed glass or quartz bonded to paper or cloth. John Nicholson, in The Operative Mechanic And British Machinist (1825) page 641: "[t]he...- toadboy65
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Making a 1770s British Rifled Officer's Fusil
That is very nice work indeed. I have been struggling with making a butt plate of approximately the same design. Struggling, because I have been trying to make it out of flat bronze plate. But there is a lot to like about your rifle. The engraving particularly looks "period".- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
Getting the dog to fetch is not an issue. In the early morning, when he sees that I am awake, he brings me a toy or ball to throw from my bed. When I am working in the shop, he will "hide" a ball near me when I am not looking, and watch me expectantly until I stop what I am doing, find the...- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
By "casting", I meant casting out of urethane, probably. I have looked at some sources for how the original projectiles were constructed, and I would not attempt to fire anything heavier than that. I have a bunch of cans of colored laser toner powder. I stored them away, with no specific plan...- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
I spent the last day or so inletting the stock. I am using walnut, because that is what I have that fits. I had assumed that cutting the wood to fit the lathe work in the barrel would be fairly simple, but I was mistaken. The first time, I figured the centerline too high, so I had to go back and...- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
I had heard of using tennis balls filled with sand, but foam is a good idea. I bet in the end I will end up casting custom projectiles.- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
That is exactly what happened to me. But it happens over and over, with all sorts of different stuff. I have found, however, that if I make it myself, I don't have to explain to my wife why I need such things. In this case, I sort of had the idea in the back of my mind for a long time. But this...- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
I used the rawhide primarily to keep the ball from being burnt. It was just a disk, a few thousandths larger than the bore. I used a regular lubed patch to hold the powder near the breech. The thing about using racquetballs is even though I have to really squish it in there, it pops right out...- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
Another question for those with more experience- I was fiddling with the geometry of the barrel and lock today, and I started to wonder about the priming pan. This sort of gun would always be fired while significantly elevated. I wonder if I should reshape the priming pan? I was thinking that if...- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
I do not expect to load the full capacity of powder. I wanted to bore the smaller diameter to accommodate somewhat more than the maximum theoretical powder load. I have been testing with 30gr of 2fg. As a side note, I tried using a rawhide wadding disk between the ball and the charge, and also...- toadboy65
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Hand cannon project
So I have started a project I have been thinking about for a long while. The point of it is to gun train bird dogs. So it shoots a racquet ball. First, an admission. I have never built a flintlock before, although I have built several percussion guns, and lots of cartridge guns. So that is...- toadboy65
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