Handmade Screw for a Flintlock Frizzen: Swallow Forge 

I have a video on making the main spring and a video on re facing the frizzen in the muskets and cannons playlist.

Thank you 😊

That is a flintlock,he most probably didn't make it himself

I show the making of a trigger in my 2” bore musket video.

Forged or cast?

very good.

And that is a bolt. Not a screw. Lmao.

Sorry Jon but you are wrong. It is a screw, often referred to as a machine screw. Here is the easy way to define between the two. Bolt: A bolt is an externally threaded fastener designed for insertion through the holes in assembled parts, and is normally intended to be tightened or released by torquing a nut. Screw: A screw is an externally threaded fastener capable of being inserted into holes in assembled parts, of mating with a preformed internal thread or forming its own thread, and of being tightened or released by torquing the head. Most machine screws are slot or ph headed. Hope that helps.

I have done that. I have also made hand made taps and dies. Other than being able to be smug and say you did it, its a pretty pointless exercise 🤣

@@SwallowForge , it's an exersise for your spirit! 🤣

My spirit exercise usually involves Rum 😊

Hand cut threads will be on another video. This was for a modern daily shooter. Antique gun restoration is a whole different kettle of fish. :)

Whitworth threads have been around since the 1850s, so quite possibly antique.