[TheForge] Re: mis-aligned dies

Wed Apr 16 22:55:00 2003

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: mis-aligned dies


> 
> > I am having a little trouble with alignment of my power hammer
> > dies....the space between the dies is a bit wedge shaped everything
> > curves off to the left when forged.
> 
> First thing I'd do would be to remove both dies and check to see if
> the two faces the dies sit on are parallel.  If they're not and if the
> deviation from parallel is the same as the one you're seeing in the
> dies, I'd try to fix that first rather than jiggering the dies to
> match misaligned ram/anvil.
> 
> And I'll just stop there because others know more about this than I
> do.
> 
> - Mike
> 
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> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 
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