Making a Domed Patchbox for an Isaac Haines Inspired Flintlock Muzzleloader

As Mike continues this build, we share some of the process he went through to develop a domed Patchbox lid, as seen on early muzzleloaders. To do this, we make a form tool out of hard maple, first carving the negative half of the form, and then the positive half.
Using thin brass sheet, we press and form the lid in an arbor press. Traditionally, forming this box may have been done with a hammer. By forming the box lid like this, we remove the need to clean up the hammer marks from he lid. Less filing and sanding is required as well.

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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.

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