[TheForge] Viking Padlock

Sat Mar 8 09:58:03 2003

Bill,

I don't have the book. Is there a picture of the lock online?

Bob S.

>I'm planning to make one of the padlocks in the Mastermyr Find.  I've
>been looking at the information in the Mastermyr Book on the padlocks.
>Have looked at some other information on locks and talked to several
>people. Still have some questions/decisions to make before I start.
>Hoping someone out there can give me some advice. 
>
>1. Lock Spring(s) - I understand the basic concept of the shackle end
>that extends into the body of the lock has a spring(s) attached to its
>end that compress to slide through the top of the lock and then open to
>capture the shackle inside the lock body. A key inserted from an opening
>in the bottom of the lock has a hole in it that slides up over the
>spring(s) compressing it so the shackle can slide through the top of the
>lock. Also one or more wards are attached to the top of the lock body
>extending into the lock and require a key to have additional holes to
>accommodate them. The text says the padlock has 3 springs and the
>picture seems to show two parts to the shackle extending into the lock
>body. The question is why/how are there 3 springs attached to the
>shackle? Most examples I can find only show the shackle with a "v"
>shaped spring forge welded to it's end.
>
>2.  Text says the lock body is made of plate held together with brass
>solder.  Would all six pieces of the lock body(top, bottom, 4 sides) be
>separate pieces or would some have been cut and folded from a single
>piece with only some edges being brass soldered?
>
>3.  Would the cylinder socket to receive the shackle on the side of the
>lock be a separate piece brass soldered on or be formed by bending the
>middle of that side into a cylinder shape?
>
>Bill Clemens
>Hound and Hare Forge
>New Columbia, Pa    
>
>
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