Matchlock / mace

[PitchyPine]

I looked at those cut off wheels for die grinders today, they`er pretty thin but could stack them up maybe two or three. They are about an inch or so in diameter and have a steel center that is kind of oblong that a person could make a hub too fit. :hmm:

 

[Leonredbeard]

Pitchy,
I hadn't thought of those. You might be on to something here. Now I have a lock languishig in the cabinet called 'the reinvented wheellock" I don't know if you recall the thread. It is several years ago. It is a mechanical success but won't light powder because the sparks are made too far from the powder. The right wheel and sparker could spell success with that lock.
volatpluvia

 

[Leonredbeard]

Wheellockhunter,
I am not sure about what you want plans for. Could you elaborate?
volatpluvia

 

[laffingman67]

Pitchy, check your local tool and die shop. They should have a few worn out surface grinder wheels laying around. They generally have about a 1/2" hole for the arbor.

 

[PitchyPine]

Pitchy, check your local tool and die shop. They should have a few worn out surface grinder wheels laying around. They generally have about a 1/2" hole for the arbor.

Way too big bro, has to be small like those die grinder wheels.
volatpluvia, i may have to go back to a more traditional lock approach too try out the wheel design and spark ability first.
Maybe we should drill a hole the size of a die griner through the stock and mount that in there, push a button and whizzzzzz, spark, pow. Bad thing is it will need a very long extension cord. :grin:

 

[davy]

Just don't mount a 1 horse motor to drive it Pitchy, or .. haul around an air compressor! :shocked2: :surrender:

Davy

 

[PitchyPine]

Just don't mount a 1 horse motor to drive it Pitchy, or .. haul around an air compressor! :shocked2: :surrender:

Davy

Well how do ya think we got to the tank period. :haha: :blah:

 

[wheelockhunter]

Wheellockhunter,
I am not sure about what you want plans for. Could you elaborate?
volatpluvia

I do not have the finacial means to purchase a wheelock or something more unique like pitchy just made. I am alway's looking for plans to hold onto so in the future I could attempt something myself or maybe have someone build something for me.

 

[PitchyPine]

Added a little bluing here and there, looks better i think.

 

[davy]

I wanna kill! :hmm: All dressed up & nowhwere to go! :cursing: :grin:

Davy

 

[FPDoc]

Better and better! Looks really nice.

 

[FPDoc]

I found a G-bay listing for some 3/8" center hole abrasive wheels.

LOT OF 8 NEW NORTON ALUNDUM GRINDING WHEELS.

1.345 dia X 1" width X 3/8" arbor

32A46-KVFL.

They are 1" wide. Are they in the general size range of what you were thinking about for that wheelie?

SteveB

 

[PitchyPine]

I`m not positive about the inside hole diameter of the ones i looked at at Home Depot. They were for die grinders, 1 1/4 outside and had a metal insert in the center that had a oblong hole in it.
They were thin maybe a 1/16th thick.
I`m not sure if i`m going to build one for a while, fuel oil is so high now and that`s what i heat my garage with. I can`t bring myself to spending 600-700 bucks to fill my tank.
I want to build another matchlock also, i`d like to find a cheap used flinter long rifle and convert it to a matchlock. I like the matchlock so much that if i had a light slim one i`d probably hunt with it all the time.

 

[FPDoc]

You're sure right about the fuel cost. I used to heat my shop with kero, now it's just too expensive to heat. I've just powered everything down and winterized the equipment and moved smaller tools into the basement reloading area. With your Flint-to-Matchlock conversion, would you just change the cock to hold a match and modify the pan cover? or what? Is it feasible to make your own slow-match?

 

[PitchyPine]

I think i would make a new lock plate and scale down the linkage like on my rifle i built.
I make all my own match, bought 100% cotton cloths line at Fleet Farm and soaked it in a salt peter water mix. It burns real good at a foot an hour.

 

[PitchyPine]

Been eye balling my Blue Ridge 50 as a candidate for the conversion. I converted it too a percussion from flinter last year. I still have the flintlock lock so if i made a new matchlock lock i could switch back and forth very easily.
This is the type lock i think i would make, looks to me it would fit right in the existing recess in the stock.
I would use one of the blue ridge lock plates as a pattern.

Link

 

[FPDoc]

That looks pretty good. Might be a lot of fun.

 

[jeepwj992002]

:hmm: Looks feasible to me.

 

[Bubba45]

Cool :thumbsup: I like the looks of that lock.