[TheForge] fullers and swages

[Dan Tull]

Wondering,

As in any open face die, one would get thedie( read hammer kit) hot and
drive the master down into it. If one wanted to make a 1"top swedge, he
could heat a 2"x2"
bar~ 3" long , and drive  a 1"round cold bar down into it. Slit,and drift
the eye, and fuller down appropriate corners. One might want to draw down
some on the head behind the swedge face before slitting.  Sense?









----- Original Message -----
From: "Gladish Family" <gladish@cnw.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:40 PM
Subject: [TheForge] fullers and swages


> Having made a few various wood-handled top tools, there are two that I
can't
> puzzle out how to make "the old way."
> It's fairly easy to make a useable fuller or swage with a hammer, a piece
of
> bar or heavy pipe, and an arc welder, but I'd really like to learn the
steps
> to forging one. It's not clear to me by inspecting them.
> Signed,
> Wondering in Washington.
>
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