Idle thoughts of an Idle fellow

[mooncoon]

I was working on a reproduction flint lock (lock only) yesterday and contemplating that the #### (hammer) did not strike the frizzen particularly well and would have done better with a longer arc to position the flint better when it strikes the frizzen

that got me to speculating about the gun makers guild in the good old days; they usually seemed to get the arc about right. It then occurred to me that just as we have building covenants today governing how you can build your house and so forth, perhaps there were covenants in the good old days, governing how you built and designed a gun lock.

in other words, the lock geometry would have been correct because of the arc of the covenant :>) :>)

Must sign off for now; my wife is saying something about taking my medications

cheers mooncoon

 

[lyman54]

Cialis or ######? Ah too personal. I would imagine you are right about that. These guns had to fire the 1st time, or you'd go hungry or maybe dead. I'm sure the military of the times had some pretty strict rules on how the locks would function.

 

[rodagra]

I was working on a reproduction flint lock (lock only) yesterday and contemplating that the #### (hammer) did not strike the frizzen particularly well and would have done better with a longer arc to position the flint better when it strikes the frizzen

that got me to speculating about the gun makers guild in the good old days; they usually seemed to get the arc about right. It then occurred to me that just as we have building covenants today governing how you can build your house and so forth, perhaps there were covenants in the good old days, governing how you built and designed a gun lock.

in other words, the lock geometry would have been correct because of the arc of the covenant :>) :>)

Must sign off for now; my wife is saying something about taking my medications

cheers mooncoon

Good one mooncoon, Harrison Ford from Raiders of...etc. would be pleased with the association, as am I.

 

[p53Enfield]

Droll, very droll Mooncoon..... You have too much time on your hands if you are thinking up things like that..........

 

[mooncoon]

Rodagra and few others may remember the atrocious puns of Himie Koschevoy in the Vancouver Sun. They served as an inspiration in my formative years :>) :>)

cheers mooncoon

 

[rodagra]

Rodagra and few others may remember the atrocious puns of Himie Koschevoy in the Vancouver Sun. They served as an inspiration in my formative years :>) :>)

cheers mooncoon

You learned well at the feet of a master!

 

[smellie]

...... but it might have to do with your doppelganger's boat....... you know: the ark of the co-venant.........











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[josquin]

Rodagra and few others may remember the atrocious puns of Himie Koschevoy in the Vancouver Sun. They served as an inspiration in my formative years :>) :>)

cheers mooncoon

Wow... that brings back memories. Also Len Norris' wonderful cartoons, Bob Fortune's weather forecasts...

Stuart