Talk:Wheellock

message: Merge'm.  Definitely a duplicate article where a REDIRECT would suffice.
-- Randall Bart 10:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: Delete entire Wheel lock article and page, say I. The article on Wheellock is now very complete, and there is really nothing in Wheel lock that is worth adding - in fact, there is much that is untrue or faulty in it (although I have tried to correct a lot of it). Nick Michael 18:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete all... 

message: This article was written by me in response to a feature request.  I will not sumbit that there where that many errors in it (sprial springs will be one however) there would not be enough in the article to require a separate page.  I would support a simple redirect to Wheellock and be done with this. Tirronan 19:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wheel lock]]

message: This discussion has been open for nearly six weeks now (the 'normal' delay is one week). Can an admin please do the necessary (or is it down to editors?? Nick Michael 21:56, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Any editor can do a merge and redirect. The content should be checked and added, but I'll dump it on the talk page for now, and the regular editors of this article can decide what to do with it. Carcharoth 11:18, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  When will [[Wheel lock]] get its [[redirect]]? 

message: Here is the material from wheel lock to be merged here:
:For the term in steering, see Wheel lock (steering).
The wheel lock was a component of early firearms, and was used before the invention of the flintlock. The wheel lock was an improvement to the existing matchlock firearm, which had previously been in use.  The matchlock firearm relied upon a slow match (i.e.: a piece of cord soaked in some form of nitrate that burned slowly), and it had several problems.  First, that having any form of fire around black powder is undesirable. Second, that the smoke and smell given off by the match could give away the operator's presence and position.  Third, the match could be next to impossible to light in fog or rain.  
The wheel lock worked by using a V-spring.  A roughened steel wheel was attached to the spring.  The spring was tensioned with a spanner that fitted a square shaft in the center of the wheel lock.  When the spring was tensioned, pulling the trigger caused the wheel to rotate at speed.  A shower of sparks would then be sprayed into the priming pan from a flint or pyrites held strongly against the rim of the wheel, and ignite the black powder.  Ignition of the powder in the barrel of the firearm was via the small hole or "vent" drilled into the barrel next to the priming pan.
While a major advance on the match lock, wheel locks were expensive and fragile. The wheel lock was the precursor to the more robust flint lock firearm, which would dominate battlefields for the next two hundred years.
Sources:
1 and 2
Moved here by Carcharoth 11:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material from [[wheel lock]] 

message: I'm going to merge the picture for now. The disambiguation hatnote can also be added. The rest of it needs more care to double-check whether the material is already there or not. Carcharoth 11:32, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging of the above material

message: Article duplicates Wheellock and should be merged.  Should never have reached the "featured requests" slot.
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I authored this article as a response to a featured request.  I happen to agree with the thought however looking at the Wheellock article there are more than a few things to be fixed in that article 1st.  The history section is complete crap 
Tirronan 16:53, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Talk page discussion from [[Talk:Wheel lock]]

message: I can tell how carefully someone went through and explained the workings of this firearm, but a diagram would make it MUCH easier to follow.  Any volunteers?  Jouster  (whisper) 17:23, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am happy to have contributed the description of the wheellock mechanism - and I couldn't agree more with you: a diagram is very much called for. Unfortunately I am quite incapable of producing such a thing and remain frustrated! Let's hope some knowledgable enthusiast answers your call... Nick Michael 20:35, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Illustration Request

message: Wait, who got assassinated?  Henry I, Duke of Guise, or Francis, Duke of Guise?    Can someone find a copy of Ms. Jardine's reference work?  Jouster  (whisper) 23:22, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assassination 

message: This site: [Source] has the source of parts of this article. This other site [Thomas F. Arnold] talks about the impact of this gun. Agre22 (talk) 01:35, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: History source and impact

message: I have the Foley paper on PDF about Leonardo and the manufacture of the wheel and pan of a wheellock as an implementation of turning and milling - its excellent. Also just acquired the Brookner book on Landeszeughaus Graz, Austria: Wheellock Collection. Excellent!  Graeme Rimer, Wheellock Firearms of the Royal Armouries, Royal Armouries, 2001, 64p. is very valuable particularly for its detailed sketches of the lock mechanism.
Haven't found the Blair or Marco papers yet, they are referred to in Foley.
ChrisPer (talk) 05:39, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added references 

message: The mechanic's name is Martin Loffelholz, and he displayed his invention in the Kodex Loffelholz of 1505. On page 59 of the codex (found here: https://jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl/dlibra/publication/270705/edition/258834) it shows a wheel-lock mechanism incorporated into a tinder lighter. Shouldn't he get the credit he rightfully deserves? 195.195.244.42 (talk) 12:34, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The inventor of the Wheel-Lock is not an "unknown german mechanic".