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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Gaeckle on December 09, 2015, 09:03:54 AM

Title: I engraved a lock!
Post by: Gaeckle on December 09, 2015, 09:03:54 AM: well, sorta......

(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv640%2Foneeyedfatguy%2Flock%2520engraving_zps08n6mthv.jpg&hash=d02eff9476c3ed0cc3abb5cc9d8cc51b08ae5a65) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/oneeyedfatguy/media/lock%20engraving_zps08n6mthv.jpg.html)
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Post by: JCurtiss on December 09, 2015, 02:59:02 PM: Looks great!

Which engravers did you use?
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Post by: Tim Crosby on December 09, 2015, 04:00:31 PM: Pretty neat John. I would think that stuff would be hard to work, no?

Tim C.
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Post by: smart dog on December 09, 2015, 05:14:46 PM: Well done, John!

dave
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Post by: David R. Pennington on December 09, 2015, 05:30:27 PM: That is really neat, but where does the flint go?
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Post by: Acer Saccharum on December 09, 2015, 05:42:42 PM: Arrrgghhh!

I'm sorry I looked. ;D
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Post by: jimc2 on December 09, 2015, 06:03:13 PM: That must be for a California gun ( lock)

;D
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Post by: Gaeckle on December 09, 2015, 06:08:18 PM: I forget that brand of lock, it's on my toolbox at work. It's easy to work on, just lock it into the vise and tap away. The gravers are allen wrenches that I modify: heat them up, straighten out the bend, then I use a die grinder with a sanding disk on it and grind a square on the end, cut a 45 degree angle on it. I heat it up to a bright red and quench in motor oil, then use a wetstone and sharpen it up and there's an engraver.

I find a virtual ton of allen wrenches on the washfloor at work, pick up about 5 a day and what else does one do with free stuff besides using them as allen wrenches? Make stuff out of them....the make great tiny little chissels too.

Maybe I should do a step-by-step process on how make them.....who knows.
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Post by: Clark Badgett on December 10, 2015, 03:02:24 AM: I am actually glad I opened this posting. I have lots of old brass locks that the keys have vanished from long ago, and like you I have lots of old worn out Allen wrenches I can modify.

Practice materials.
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Post by: oldtravler61 on December 10, 2015, 04:38:40 AM: LOL I Like it an the Allen wrench idea. Neat.
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Post by: Bill Ladd on December 10, 2015, 04:48:58 AM: Funny. Nice work, too.
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Post by: Willbarq on December 19, 2015, 09:44:23 AM: Quote from: Gaeckle on December 09, 2015, 06:08:18 PM
I forget that brand of lock, it's on my toolbox at work. It's easy to work on, just lock it into the vise and tap away. The gravers are allen wrenches that I modify: heat them up, straighten out the bend, then I use a die grinder with a sanding disk on it and grind a square on the end, cut a 45 degree angle on it. I heat it up to a bright red and quench in motor oil, then use a wetstone and sharpen it up and there's an engraver.

I find a virtual ton of allen wrenches on the washfloor at work, pick up about 5 a day and what else does one do with free stuff besides using them as allen wrenches? Make stuff out of them....the make great tiny little chissels too.

Maybe I should do a step-by-step process on how make them.....who knows.
You should!