Great posts!
Greetings,Great posts!
Greetings,That worked! That is all that counts in the end! Keep up the good work, love watching this take shape!
Greetings,Oh my … LOVE the cam on the tumbler!
Greetings,It is mindbogglingly to me how you can create by hand such precision work in metal the way you do. These will be some amazing wheel locks, I am sure.
Thanks for posting your work.
Greetings,Greetings,
I'm glad you are enjoying the process. The next pieces are the Primary Sear and the Top and Bottom Posts for the Secondary Sear. There is what I call the Safty Spur. It goes through the Lockplate and a "Safty Dog" engages it. The Secondary Posts are held to the Lockplate like the Forward Internal Bridle Post and the Primary Sear Post by a "Riveting" process. There may be a better terminology. If anyone has a more correct terminology I would appreciate it.
Thanks, Hank
Greetings Commodore,Beautiful work, I have not built their 629 but have done the 623, 535, and 786 (not a fan of that safety sear!). The puffers have been cool and its great to see someone building a pair. I've always loved those early relatively flat pistols in the graz book with the diamond lockplate. They are in my mind long and sexy, like an e-type jag . . . Too bad the closest you get to casting is incomplete castings from blackley if memory serves. Perhaps one day when my son is grown Ill be able to take the time to sit down and build one from scratch.
I Thank you very much for your kind words. I truly mean this, when your work is recognized by someone with your background that's really something. Both in terms of being a machinist but alsi your knowledge and share it on the Forum.Wow, wow ... just WOWZA !
Just so you know ... when I graduated my 3-1/2 year long apprentice machinist schooling at GE Aircraft Engines (graduating 1st in my class BTW) ... to be real machinists ... and not just "place the tool & work, set the offset & push the CNC tool start button" operators ... they would show us videos of German machinists trainees/apprentices who spent their 1st entire year on the bench with dykem, vice, vernier, hacksaw and files! I don't think they even touched a power tool or modern digital caliper or micrometer!
Your work reminds me of them, THE highest compliment that I could ever give you!
The thought never occurred to me. . .Keep building, for my 2 cents bring your son into the shop and have him help file, great learning and bonding experience.
Your son is very lucky. When I was growing up my Dad was into HAM Radio, CW/code only and collecting Telegraph Keys. My brothers and I were not allowed in his radio room. Sounds like you've got a good handle on it. I feel a little silly about keep working on projects. I see you are working on a Spanish Pistol. I really like Spanish firearms. I made this one from photo in Ricard Marti's Book, Catalan especially after Philip took the crown and brought in a French influence. Unfortunately at class in '16 at WKU one was stolen. Keep up your good work, your son is lucky. HankThe thought never occurred to me. . .
5 years ago I was getting him into it, currently we are building a 1640's french flintlock rifle for him.
Great advice. When I was growing up, my dad would let us hangout in his wood shop with him and I found it very formative and gave me a life long appreciation for the craft.Keep building, for my 2 cents bring your son into the shop and have him help file, great learning and bonding experience.
Commodore: How old was your son in this photo ? He reminds me, well....of me at that age. How old is ne now ?The thought never occurred to me. . .
5 years ago I was getting him into it, currently we are building a 1640's french flintlock rifle for him.
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