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Now phone WOnt post pics ....great day !
Looking forward to learning a trick or two about tuning a lock. Sorry for your trouble though.Biggest POS I ever made or messed with ... Sometimes 10 cha clacks or more to get the f$#@er to go off once . I guess this thread will stretch on forever now as I fix it ....lordy
Looking forward to learning a trick or two about tuning a lock. Sorry for your trouble though.
Rob, what lock is that?Yep , gonna have to modify her a bit . I would tell anyone to stear clear of these locks . It has no fly and it catches on the half **** notch badly , the half **** notch is not far enough back so the flint either touches the frizzen of holds it open a bit . The jaw is a bit too small esp. length wise and really isn't suffient to hold the flint secure enough , not fond of the frizzen spring , and , of course , the frizzen blows ... I'll fix it all and make her right but ....great ...
An old Curly lock ...for his NW trade guns . I'll get it working but ...d@mn ...so.many things . I didn't see that coming . I've only had two of them and knew they were far from perfect but never had this much trouble with them .Rob, what lock is that?
Well Rob if we didn’t have bad days we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the good ones.Like they say tomorrow is another day.waltAn old Curly lock ...for his NW trade guns . I'll get it working but ...d@mn ...so.many things . I didn't see that coming . I've only had two of them before this but never had this much trouble with them .
I am struggling with the phone ! LOL ... Now , no pictures anymore for this forum .... Always something ....blah .... I'm disabling apps now ...maybe thatll work . A teenager had to tell me to try that and see if it works ! LOL ..... I want to be able to post the target pic for you guys . Nothing fantastic but interesting to the process ..... We'll seeWell Rob if we didn’t have bad days we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the good ones.Like they say tomorrow is another day.walt
Ps at least you know how to work those new phones ,your one up on me.and have a good day.
Will be just as interesting to see what or how you now go about “fixing” itBiggest POS I ever made or messed with ...
your problem child is beautiful! and re engineering a lock is not any fun, bad geometry is bad geometry. rehardening the frizzen is doable, but remaking the tumbler is tuff going. deepening the pan could be problematic if there is not enough metal. adding a fly is possible, but a mill would be helpful. Good Luck, keep us up to date, this is interesting stuff.... The problem child ! LOL ....
The biggest thing is the frizzen . I'll have to half sole it with high carbon steel . I made the pan deeper and ground the half **** on the tumbler for the sear to pass over it . After I get work done on a couple customers guns I'll come back and fix the frizzen up .Will be just as interesting to see what or how you now go about “fixing” it
your problem child is beautiful! and re engineering a lock is not any fun, bad geometry is bad geometry. rehardening the frizzen is doable, but remaking the tumbler is tuff going. deepening the pan could be problematic if there is not enough metal. adding a fly is possible, but a mill would be helpful. Good Luck, keep us up to date, this is interesting stuff.,
Thanks bud . She is pretty ! Hey ! I should name her Elyse after my ex wife ! Pretty as all get out but a pain in the @$$ ! LOL ! I'll get her all fixed up and working tight but its draggin out ...need to get back on customers guns .... Gonna be an even more interesting post / thread though !your problem child is beautiful! and re engineering a lock is not any fun, bad geometry is bad geometry. rehardening the frizzen is doable, but remaking the tumbler is tuff going. deepening the pan could be problematic if there is not enough metal. adding a fly is possible, but a mill would be helpful. Good Luck, keep us up to date, this is interesting stuff.
So many questions! What kind of steel do you use for the half sole? Do you harden the piece then soft solder it in place trying to keep the temperature in the tempering zone for the hard insert? Too bade the good case hardening compound from Brownells (Kasenit) isn’t available, you could just case harden the existing frizzen.The biggest thing is the frizzen . I'll have to half sole it with high carbon steel . I made the pan deeper and ground the half **** on the tumbler for the sear to pass over it . After I get work done on a couple customers guns I'll come back and fix the frizzen up .
Still in the " which way to go " stage . I want to half sole the frizzen as it traditional and works the best . But ...I have this darn Cherry Red , can't remember why I bought it , what project it was about , but I'm so darn curious if it works as I've never used the stuff . Casenite worked ok but it always seemed like a temporary fix to me esp. as much as I shoot . I can't mess up the frizzen as it sucks but if the compound works I can see me just being fine with the whole project and back to work ...I'd really like it half soled . Here is my " soleing " material ....old chisel , piece of file and some spring steel ....we'll see . Gotta get this barrel bedded today ....So many questions! What kind of steel do you use for the half sole? Do you harden the piece then soft solder it in place trying to keep the temperature in the tempering zone for the hard insert? Too bade the good case hardening compound from Brownells (Kasenit) isn’t available, you could just case harden the existing frizzen.
Pics of the name sake " Elyse " , LOL .... one when she was a blonde , other when , uhmmm....black hair .Thanks bud . She is pretty ! Hey ! I should name her Elyse after my ex wife ! Pretty as all get out but a pain in the @$$ ! LOL ! I'll get her all fixed up and working tight but its draggin out ...need to get back on customers guns .... Gonna be an even more interesting post / thread though !
Bet them cost more than the problem child.lolPics of the name sake " Elyse " , LOL .... one when she was a blonde , other when , uhmmm....black hair .
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