How to make a Flintlock Mainspring. Swallow Forge

How to make a Mainspring for a flintlock.
This shows the process I use for making new or replacement Mainsprings.

This particular one was for my good friend Jonty who I owe my thanks for the Sparrow footage. He's a top class Sparrow (amongst other things) impersonator and a true gentleman to boot.

[Xarschia]

How fortuitous! The mainspring on my dag pistol broke recently. Now I can make one myself!

Thank you much!

[jckoibra]

This is just what I was wondering when I turned on my computer. I guess YouTube sure does have a good algorithm after all.

[neverlate]

Very helpful and easy to follow demonstration. Thanks.

[FerociousSniper]

you had me at the intro. you got yourself a new subscriber.

[steveinthethumb]

Well done. I subscribed after watching this. I need to make a sear spring as it doesn’t seem to hold sear correctly in tumbler firing position....tight enough.

[ldwithrow]

It never occurred to me to use a carbide saw blade disk for spring material. I've been searching for a good cheap source of spring stock for years. The next time I make a spring I'm going to tap the pile of old saw blades I've got.

[Frogmobile]

Simple, quick and one of the best video I have seen Thanks mate! (I hope the 18th century gentleman got it on time!)

[Renaissance-fwox]

I am myself and attempting to make some lock work from scratch and have made the same spring but I couldn’t find a tempering process to make it a proper spring I guess you can do it just like a knife blade thank you very much.

[Zane-It]

How difficult is it to forge leaf springs?

[tinkeringclaws]

would a car leaf spring be good material for this?

[howarddeheer]

I need a new mainspring for my rifle. I need your help

[matthewmillar]

That is a very cool little anvil! What is it called and what was it made for?

[rcarlmoy]

This is a really interesting video. Thanks for making it. Is that a particular sort of electric hob that you are using to blue the spring, or will ordinary ones get hot enough?

[icanbelieveitisnotdonebyap]

Super cool bet it is allot harder then you make it look the but I'm going to try I no longer have the spring so I'm going to have to make it from scratch thank for the video

[kanionargentina]

Jajajajaja, excellent video Swallong Forge!

[kastone]

I love the body shop hammer! Stake anvil is nice, is it a silversmith's stake?

[daviddicken]

Nice video, but I have to ask why you were using a cordless grinder, its inefficient and wastes cutting blades much faster than using a corded grinder.

[braydannixon]

how much would you charge for a barrel and trigger mechanism??

[chouchbechichfh]

Svp pouvez vous activer les sous- titres on comprend pas bien l'anglais svp.