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    Some silver wire inlay on an English rifle

    Dave, did you cast that sideplate, and if so was it in one piece, and did you use Delft clay, lost wax, or other? Beautiful work! Gregg (Hemo on the "other" site)
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    wheel lock suppliers?

    I just looked at Blackley's website. They have a couple of wheellock casting sets. Their German wheellock set, with the brass wheel cover, appears to be identical to the one sold by The Rifle Shoppe. I bought this lock from TRS a little over a year ago, assembled, for a little over $700. (I...
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    Bluing vs. Browning

    If I'm not mistaken, the Birchwood Casey browning solution (not their bluing solution) uses a hot brown process, requiring the metal part to be heated up prior to application. It also contains mercury. I'm not sure how much ferric or ferrous oxide comes into play with the BC product, as the...
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    Birchwood Casey Colonial Red

    Laurel Mountain Forge makes several colors of stock stain. Their cherry stain is very red. Their Lancaster maple is browner, and their honey maple has a light golden tone. These are non-grain-raising stains that come in small plastic bottles and can be easily mixed. I would think some...
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    25 year project done! Pre-rev flinter

    Since .54Cal Cliff informed me how to directly post my photobucket images properly, I'll do that now, to save anyone else from having to click all those links! Hemo [/URL][/img][/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img]...
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    25 year project done! Pre-rev flinter

    Just when I thought this thread had gone to sleep, I got all these replies! Thanks to all of you for your kind words. Dixie Cat, the finish on the rifle is Laurel Mountain Forge Honey Maple stock stain, followed by several applications of Laurel Mountain sealer, then Laurel Mountain finish...
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    25 year project done! Pre-rev flinter

    Thanks, J.D.! I appreciate your praise! For some reason, my Photobucket linked pictures only came up as URL's, not as actual pictures. I must be doing something wrong. I've done this before on this site, but don't remember exactly how. Anyway, once you get on my Photobucket site, I think you...
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    25 year project done! Pre-rev flinter

    Greetings, all, I thought I would share with everyone a build that I finished about a year ago. Back in about 1987, or thereabouts, I was inspired to build an early pre-Revolutionary American flint rifle. No particular "school", just an early, iron-mounted wide-butt, relatively short-barreled...
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    My wheellock finished!

    No, no gold plating. The round wheel cover on the lock is yellow brass. The greenish-yellow coloring on some of the photos is coming from an overhead fluorescent light. Thanks to all for your comments! Hemo
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    My wheellock finished!

    Actually, the rear trigger cleared the big main spring without a problem. Tricky part was getting the set trigger to strike backward onto the sear instead of upward, like on a flintlock. Solved by soldering an upright piece of steel onto the top of the rear trigger striker bar. Thanks to all...
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    My wheellock finished!

    After twelve months, my first (maybe only)wheellock is finished! Stats: European walnut stock blank from Dunlap. Assembled unpolished wheel lock from The Rifle Shoppe. Original cast-in engraving on main lock plate was draw-filed flat and re-engraved with my own design. Barrel is a 31" .58...
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    " wheellock"

    Looks like more of a "fanlock" than a "wheellock"! Very cool! Hemo
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    wheellock -rekonstrukcja 1630

    Beautiful lock! How do you determine where to cut the teeth on the wheel? The position of the teeth looks random. Hemo
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    wheellock -sprig- rekonstrukcja

    Beautiful work, as always, Raszpla! Are all your wheellock parts made by hand, with files, saws, etc., or do you use any power machines? Hemo
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    Tweaking a TRS wheellock

    I have found some good pyrites (bright square crystals) and have tried them in my lock. I haven't yet bent the arm of the dog to center the pyrite on the wheel, but I can make the pyrite contact the wheel fairly well. When test sparking, I get very few sparks. Should I cut some transverse...
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    Tweaking a TRS wheellock

    Thanks, Bill, I saw some on E-bay, but haven't checked Amazon yet. I'll give them a try. Hemo
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    Tweaking a TRS wheellock

    I agree a long pyrite might bring the nose of the jaws into proper alignment, but finding long pyrites might be a bit of a problem. If you look at Raszpla's locks, with pyrite in place, they are very short pieces of cube crystal pyrite. I don't have any pyrites yet, and unfortunately my local...
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    Tweaking a TRS wheellock

    Hello, all, This is a continuation of a thread that I started under the title "Source for European walnut?". From there, the thread got sidetracked into discussions about the assembled wheellock I just received from The Rifle Shoppe. I will repost some pictures of the lock here. It appears that...
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    Source for european walnut?

    Hi, Raszpla, In regard to the structure you indicated with a question mark, this is a heavy metal bolster which is an integral part of the lockplate casting, not an add-on. Here is another close-up picture of that area. I agree this topic is getting too far away from its title. Any more posts...
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    Source for european walnut?

    Hi, Raszpla, A search of the internet didn't show any plum wood blanks in the USA, although some lumber was available. I think I'd rather go with European walut, anyway. I'm attaching some pictures of my new wheellock from The Rifle Shoppe. (I should probably be posting these under the...
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