Building a Fusil de Chasse

[Rob M.]

Take off clamps and check lugs and holes .... They are good ...start breathing again.... Deburn lugs ....

 

[Rob M.]

Get your lock out . Measure then mark on the barrel the face of your breech .... Lock inletting is coming up soon ....

 

[TDM]

I wouldn’t be finished with the rough out from page 1 at this time.

 

[Rob M.]

I wouldn’t be finished with the rough out from page 1 at this time.

The barrel ? They are a bear !! The first 40 are the worst ! LOL....

 

[Rob M.]

Really enjoying watch this one come along!

Ah ! Cool bud . Glad ta have ya aboard . Hope I dont bore ya too badly.

 

[WALT53]

Still bit wet ....

Does that come with a recipe by chance

 

[Rob M.]

Does that come with a recipe by chance

For you it does ...

 

[Rob M.]

Measure the thickness of bolster and plate , scribe line at lock location , slab off that extra thickness at the lock mortice ....with touch hole location marked ... Eye ball pan into position and mark wood , where bolster is .... Startvinletting bolster down to barrel

 

[Rob M.]

Once I get the bolster started I like to check the position of T.H. and front screw , etc. and then holding where I want it to stay trace around the lock plate then start inletting it down ....

 

[WALT53]

Once I get the bolster started I like to check the position of T.H. and front screw , etc. and then holding where I want it to stay trace around the lock plate then start inletting it down ....

You make it look so easy .

 

[Rob M.]

One the bolster is inlet , make sure the plate is positioned so you can get a front bolt through the web and ahead of the mainspring ... Then trace the plate and start in letting the plate ... Take an undersize drill bit and run it through the holes in the plate , marking positions of the various parts .... Trace said parts then inlet the parts .

 

[Rob M.]

First thing I do when inletting the guts of the lock is to find the trigger position on the bottom then get an undersize drill bit and tape the depth from inside lock mortice to just past the trigger position . Then drill with a large size for sear movement . Then main spring ....then rest .... Blacken inside of lock and start checking for things that inhibit the movements of the lock ...you'll have to notch above the lock where the cock is so the lock will start setting in the mortice , and round off near the tang too a bit .

 

[Rob M.]

Mark the thickness of the lock and bolster , like on lock side , then mark it on sideplate mortice side ... Make sure to mark beginning and end of mortices too .... Then , mark a line along barrel full length up to mortice line you just made .... Then slab all that off with the saw ...she's gettin slimmer and lighter finally !

 

[Rob M.]

...aw shoot ...before tli slabbed this side off I drilled the middle lock screw . I drilled through the bolster , through the Breech bolster and out through the S.P. mortice ., then clearance drill ....then tap the lock plate . Then I slabbed the extra off the S.P. Side ....

 

[Rob M.]

I had taken the lock side of the tang wood down, roughly , to facilitate the fitting of the the lock ...now I took down both sides a bit . Not to done but I st down and cleaned up a bit . Lots of edges were up there , dont want to knock a chip out by accident .... Just kinda cleaned it up a bit but not to final ....

 

[Rob M.]

... Tomorrow , cut the trigger slot , forge a trigger , make a trigger plate , start the tang screw procedure .... blah blah blah ...

 

[TDM]

Excellent tutorial @Rob M. !!!

 

[Rob M.]

You make it look so easy .

Ahw !! I try and leave out the bad stuff that happens !

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

You make me tired! And to think I used to do this every day for decades. Seems like all I do now is mow the grass.

 

[sportster73hp]

I have only done one from a board using the Bill Raby technique and have enjoyed watching yours. They are similar his having video.