Making a Spring Loaded Patch Box Lid for an Isaac Haines inspired Flintlock Muzzleloader

A spring loaded patch box lid is a staple of golden age flintlock architecture, and in this video I show you how to make and inlet the lid spring as well as the lid latch spring. It is fascinating to me how complex the engineering on this mechanism is for being 250 years old. To think the original builders had all of this figured out and did it by window and candle light is amazing to me. If you have any questions about this process, please leave them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them. In the next video, you'll see how I develop the patch box lid latch. Be sure to like and subscribe if you'd like to get more videos from us in the future. Free Carving Patterns- https://mailchi.mp/55a78b585b18/irfsignup Iron Ram Forge is a blacksmith shop run by father and son pair Mike and Ethan Yazel. The duo operates out of their dual story workshop they built together on the family farm. In the basement they work in the hot shop with metal and glass, on the second story they work with wood to make carvings and furniture as well as fine hand engraving for jewelery and historic accoutrements. Follow us online https://anchor.fm/ironramforge http://bit.ly/IRFEtsy http://bit.ly/IRFinsta http://bit.ly/IRFfacebook