Ed Steinkirchner Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 made this over the weekend, a "Nordic" padlock. i saw a very nice one in the gallery a while ago but cant remember whos it was. if anyone cold tell me i would like to know. anyway, this is a very simple mechanism but can throw a coupl curveballs in fitting the key. the springs are old carbon steel hack saw blad tempered purple-blue and rivetted on. probabl would have been fine just brazed on and left un tempered, but oh well. the tube was an old spent CO2 cartridge and i would have put another tube in the long "arm" of the bale but had no tubing that size. i will make another of these someday, alot better aesthetically and more rods to hold it together, but it works! Ed Steinkirchner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 WOW! Okay, so give out with the technical info, already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piglet_74 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Nice job! Here are some similar designs. http://www.historicallocks.com/en/site/hl/Articles/The-history-of-padlocks/Viking-Era-800-1050/ WOW! Okay, so give out with the technical info, already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 So that's why I've been saving the CO2 cartridges!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquamanlr Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Great site, thanks My son is into locks. I am going to send this site to him. LeeRoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Cool lock! Photos just the right size. Looks like a fun project to add to my ever growing list. Interesting website about this type of lock. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 That's a nice looking lock. How long was construction time? That's also a nice link, thanks. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Thanks Piglet. I've printed the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Steinkirchner Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 the long srm of the bsil goes into the top holes until the spring wings click into the bottom slot, thus keeping the lock...uh...locked. the key is inserted through the other end of the tube and pushes the wings back together and allows them to come apart. it took about 5 hours and that counts breaks and lunch. this lock was more for fun than anything, and the next one will have a tube around the bail leg, about 8 bars, and a better overall appearence. but this one works and the fit is very tight, no jiggle when locked. oh, and those old cartridges are good sources for short pieces of extruded tubing, like ferrules for chisels, and anything that should resist splitting the tube, they also make good file handles for the small triangle files. that site is a very good site thank you for posting! i will make some of those in the future. the enginuity and creativity in those mechanisms is amazing. thank you all for posting Ed Steinkirchner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 That's a darned nice job of a Nordic padlock Ed. Thanks for posting. Thanks for the site too Piglet! Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Nice work. I have always wanted to make a lock, I was thinking of making a pipe lock soon. I have an antique pipe lock that's probably 300 years old at least, perhaps older but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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