[TheForge] hardie hole tools and swages

[Justin Fisher]

How did you make the cone?   That sounds like a difficult project (I'm 
trying to visualize how you'd use the 50# LG)

Justin
Northborough, MA

At 02:58 PM 10/19/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>     The 3 I use most often are a cut off (by far the most used), a bending
>fork, and a small 2" diameter by 7" high cone.  All fit in the hardy hole.
>I made them with hammer and anvil (sometimes the 50lb. Little Giant) out of
>old big truck axels (probably 4140).  The bending fork and cone are not heat
>treated, just forged and used.  The cut off is heat treated with water even
>though oil is suggested for hardening.  There are a hundred ideas for bottom
>tools for the hardy hole (many which are quite useful depending on the
>project) shown in Otto Schmirler's book Werk und Werkzeug des Kunstschmieds
>ISBN # 3 8030 5040 5.
>
>Dick
>Grand Island, NE