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    Wheellock Project

    I don't think I would be coordinated enough for that either. Hank
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    Wheellock Project

    Excellent thought about the left pistol being holstered Backwards and reaching for it with your right hand. My Dad who passed about 5 years ago at 96 loved to tell the story of an older friend of his who was in the Cavalry and when he was first in, they were practicing shooting from their...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, That is interesting with the plate sitting proud of the stock. When I made the Wheellock Jaeger I used Jesse's Lock and altered it to have a beveled Plate and sat Proud but that was during the Renisaunce of Wheellocks about 1690+. I've never fired one with this style of grip. Di...
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    Wheellock Project

    Yes Sir, I've always wondered about the gun on the left side of the saddle, having the lock to the inside. Don't know if that would give them any problems. Hank
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, I really enjoy seeing you guys post photos of originals. Yes they are very large. My thought about that sort of thing is that they first of most things are over built then they get slimmed as they progress. Mine are heavy I wouldn't want to hold it out there for too long to get...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings Swab, That does look interesting. My guess is that those locks look about as big as the ones I made. But looking at them, no external Safty Dog, External Bridle, no Pushbutton Pan Closure, no Wheel Cover just the Arm/"Paw" to the ~8 O'clock position, and the Dog Spring looks more...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings Swab, Not sure exactly you mean? The Plate is one thing but are you meaning everything that's also attached to the Plate. I'm a little concrete in my thinking. But I like working with folks that are serious about the Art. I'm not sure how to do a regular type email conversation...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings Flint, I think neighbors would be fun. Lots of good conversation and ideas. Probably won't have more photos for awhile. I've started the stocking and it's moving along nicely. The fun part is going to be figuring out how to work the Bone Plates. These are Camel bones. I...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings Tob, Actually, it was kind of a thought. I by no means wanted to have folks think of what I presented was a "How to" and "the Way" to do this. I have looked at it as more of a dairy of what I did in Hope's that others might follow it and then say, oh that's nice but if you do it...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, I thank you for your kind thoughts. The only thing I kinda kept track of were the x2 Girardonis, 4 years. The x3 Lukens Air Rifles took x5 years. My Dad was always asking. I would tell him as I made the pieces. When you're trying just to figure out how it was done you just don't...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, This is the Pack Hardening for the rest of the Parts. Something I had forgotten about when doing small parts is to Wire some of them together. Because when you drop them in the Brine with the Carbon it's a pain to retrieve them after they've cooled. Note, this is something...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, Thanks for your thoughts. It's nice to think it will cycle that many times. I saw another post that was talking about Black Powder but after I closed down to look for this book I couldn't figure out where I was to get back. So, this is the book. It is excellent it was published...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, This is my Pack Hardening. I used Misquite charcoal. This is charcoal I made in the BarBQ cooking burgers and steaks over time. I put Misquite into a smoker box and at the end of say an hour or hour and fifteen it's Charcoal and I kept it. Then I ground it smaller with a...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, Thanks for the thoughts. Absolutely correct. Thanks,Hank
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings Larry, The Vulcan Anvils were made from 1875 to 1969 the Face was added to the Anvils and this one was worn out. The Fellow the welded the Face did it like you were frosting a cake. I don't know how long it took him to do it and then to surface it???? Finding Blacksmithing...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, This was an interesting part. I thought it worked one way and then realized it was much simpler. The thing that was driving me crazy was, the original Augsburg Lockplates were Blued with the edges brought back to the white. And, the other parts on the Plate were in the White...
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    One HIGHLY chiseled Petronel!

    Greetings, Hope it's OK to chime in here, I like this very much but if you do, do it, you want to check with your barrel maker. I did a Barrel a couple years back and the Maker used 8620 Steal Alloy " Not Fun" if you're going to try this kinda work find a Barrel Maker that will make it out...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings, Continuing with the Dog Spring. The Finial on the Dog Spring will be similar to the Safty Cover. Trimming the Dog Spring. After Filing out the Finial on the Dog Spring and making the bend it was Quinched and Drawn. The last x2 pics are of the External Bridle. The...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings XVIIc, This is a Vulcan Anvil. I picked it up in an Iron Antique Yard in Barstow California. The owner was a Commercial Welder he rewelded the whole surface and then ground it absolutely flat. He said it was hard enough to Smith on but when I started using it I could see some...
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    Wheellock Project

    Greetings Flint, This is a Commercial Forge. I got it from Centaur Forge they are a good company to do buisness with. I have a Whisper Daddy and Baby. And they are relatively quiet. The Daddy has x3 Burners and I got that to Work an Anchor Link from scratch and they are Big, to me. I...
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