wheel lock

[welafong1]

here are some of the parts for my wheel lock i am makeing. some of  the parts the  plate and wheel where made on a water jet the rest where cut and filed .this type of fileing is new to me but i think i am comeing along just thought you might want to see how i anm doing?
Richard

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[LURCHWV@BJS]

Looks like you're off to a great start.  Thinking about having Razspla make one for me.

  Rich

[Acer Saccharum]

Waterjet, hmmmm. Cool beans. Sideplates, patchboxes, trigger parts, etc. could all be done this way.

[welafong1]

tom
you have got to see the work these water jets do there a Little pricey but if you look around i am thinking of making spring out of a dump truck leaf spring i am going to another place to see what they have to offer if they have the right kind of water jet i would think they could make the whole wheel lock its hard to believe that in the 15 century they made these wheel locks they didn't have drills back then or mills to make the slots in the plate $#*! they didn't have plate iron plates cast iron is  what they had. i wonder if they had files  and chisels it freaks me out some of ivory and gold inlaying they did .well i will keep you guys informed how i am progressing
thanks for your ear
Richardv Westerfield

[blunderbuss]

I really never studied their tools from back then at least in the 1600'I've seen the tools from the 1700's and they had files,  chisels and rasps In fact in the studies I've seen they even know the width of the files and rasps from markings on the guns. In the books "Historical gun making technology" they study the engraver markings too
Their tools were ingenious as were their dies and for the most part fairly simple

[Thom]

I intend to build a wheel lock too. Ain't this forum grand.

Thom

[keweenaw]

You're grossly underestimating the tools and resources available in the 17th century.  Of course one of the big differences between making something then and now is that those guys were really good at the forge.  Pieces came off the forge which basically just needed cleaned up with the file.

Tom