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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Benedict on December 17, 2009, 07:39:10 PM

Title: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: Benedict on December 17, 2009, 07:39:10 PM: Recently, I purchased some frizzen spring tools from Dannybb55. They are hand forged. I thought you might like to see one in action. They work better than any other clamp that I have ever tried. Quick and simple to use.

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Bruce
Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: D. Taylor Sapergia on December 17, 2009, 08:17:43 PM: I'd be afraid of breaking off the little tit on the lower leaf. I'll stick with my screw clamps.
Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: Benedict on December 17, 2009, 09:58:57 PM: Well, I can understand your concern but it actually puts very little pressure on the "little tit". The pressure is on the upper leaf and on the lower leaf near the screw boss. I do know that Jim Chambers uses a similar tool.

Bruce
Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: roundball on December 17, 2009, 10:08:42 PM: The design and material does look like what an original might have looked like, which might even be the biggest element of the attraction to it.

Just as an aside, another alternative is a tiny little 1.5" C-clamp...simple, quick, and only puts a tiny footprint on the top and bottom leaves of the spring, right behind the tail and away from the tit and bowed end.
Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: Jim Kibler on December 17, 2009, 10:17:09 PM: Quote from: D. Taylor Sapergia on December 17, 2009, 08:17:43 PM
I'd be afraid of breaking off the little tit on the lower leaf. I'll stick with my screw clamps.

Think about it this way Taylor... All it really does is pivot on the spring stud. As it pivots pressure is applied to the upper leaf by the frizzen. When it's sufficiently compressed the screw will enter.
Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: Acer Saccharum on December 17, 2009, 10:42:48 PM: I get it at last. ;D

The spring pivots on the stud until the hole lines up. Less force on the tit than when the spring is in operation. Not a problem for me now. It was until I understood how this gizzie worked.

Tom
Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: Birddog6 on December 17, 2009, 10:55:11 PM: I have been using one similar to that for ? 10-12 years. Dave Moto used to sell them at Friendship for $ 5 each. Mine looks like a bent spike with the head cut off. They work good & never have broken a frizzen spring or a tit on one. Only problem is you need about 4-5 dif sizes as one size does not fit all.

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Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: Acer Saccharum on December 17, 2009, 11:06:38 PM: Make a different size at each end, and you only need half as many tools.

@!*%, I'm startin' to cook now! (it has taken me all day to get this far)
Title: Re: Frizzen Spring Tool
Post by: D. Taylor Sapergia on December 18, 2009, 12:40:45 AM: OK, I've got it too. Now I can relax. I'll make one up and give it a whorl. Thanks Jim.