Wayne Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 These are part of a recent project for Fountains Abbey - Six working Tudor period chest locks. Three plain square locks and three larger pillow shaped locks. All the locks to be forged from pure iron, each to be slightly different and each lock supplied with one key. Each key must be capable of opening any of the locks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Shoot that's an amazing commission! How on earth did you price a job like that? Any pictures of the mechanism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Great work! I have a lot of intrigue in lock smithing. I wish I still had my templates and tooling for making them. I'll make new ones one of these days. Is the mechanism a single latching spring or double with a cam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 They're a tad late ordering these Wayne, it's already been looted.....! Very nice work, do you know where they will be used? I'm wondering how many visitors will view these in the future and think they are original items!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Last time I was in Colonial Williamsburg they were working in some period large locks for doors quite interesting the work going on , certainly wet my whistle to learn more on the subject. nice work here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steevo99 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Great! Any chance of a few"under the hood" photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Thanks for the kind words, I did not think to get shots of the back as I was busy wrapping them for shipping but I have a couple more on the go so I will get shots of them. They are going on chests in an educational area they are setting up, along with a curtain pole and a load of tenter hooks for hanging tapestries. As far as pricing it was a bit of a guess and I probably under charged but the folks who commissioned them are regulars who have put a lot of work my way in the past so...... The mechanism is a simple throw bolt held by a P spring which is easier to set up than an S spring and a single ward to make it easier for matching all the keys. The keys are hollow made from a piece of plate cut out and rolled to fit a pin the same size as the pin on the lock. The bow was formed by flattening the end of the shaft and fire welding closed then drawing out bringing round to form the bow and welding back on itself in the fire. Here is another lock I made for a cupboard on another job, for this the lock and nails had to be tin coated which was a pain - more luck than any thing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan the blacksmith Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 that is really cool! good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I'm happy that you would get commissions of this type. They are most interesting. And yes, please, like others I would like to see the insides of these. Maybe, this would at last get me into attempting lock forging. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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