Finalement, l’acier mystère que je prévoyais utiliser pour les détentes c’est de la schnoutte! Et je m’en suis seulement rendu compte après beaucoup de travail sur la première….
On peu voir comment ça s’émiette sur les photos.
Maintenant on recommence avec une lame de ressort moderne, ça devrait être bon cette fois!
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Enfin un peu de temps pour continuer le Jaeger!
Aujourd'hui j'ai forgé (et surtout limé) la plaquette du système de détente double avec une retaille de fer puddlé. L'acier nécessaire pour le ressort et les détentes sont aussi récupéré. La lame de ressort rouillée provient d'une vieille machine agricole que j'ai trouvé enterré prés de la rivière.
#forgeron #blacksmith #metiersdart #flintlock #muzzleloading #arquebuse
Here is a photo of my second wine stake in use. I ended up giving the first to a friend and haven't gotten an in-use photo. I gave this one to my sister when we were at her place for dinner over the weekend.
The design of this one is a bit better. The angle of the opening makes it easier to get a glass in and out. Also, it doesn't have a decorative leaf, which somewhat gets in the way too. She used this one all afternoon into the evening with what looked like zero effort.
The two people drinking (my partner and my sister) were enjoying a glass of champagne from 2005 in celebration of a significant life event. They tell me it was incredibly good champagne.
I completed the cooper's driver. I'm happy with how it turned out. I only need to oil the handle and it'll be ready to be used.
I only hardened the working end so the struck end will be less likely to chip or damage the hammer that strikes it. I tempered it pretty far back so that it's tough since it doesn't need to be super hard since it will only be used on mild (softer) steel hoops.
I wasn't sure how much to file the groove on the working end (the peen-like end), so I left it how it is now figuring I could adjust it later.
I'm going to the smithy with the intent of finishing the cooper's driver this afternoon. With any luck, I'll have a completed driver hung on a handle this evening.
I started forging a cooper's driver today. I got the eye punched and drifted, the working end forged out, the struck end forged and shaped, and some rough filing on it.
Next time I'm there, I'll do some more filing to get the ears symmetrical, and I'll need to flatten the working end and start filing in a groove because it'll be too difficult when it's hardened. I need to harden and temper it too. I can likely get all that done next time in addition to hanging a handle.