[TheForge] little giant die alignment

Wed Oct 22 01:17:00 2003

Andy:  I would suggest filing the wedge/key.  First, check to see if there
is a high spot in the wedge anywhere; if so, file that part down.  I would
recommend against changing the face of the die or die slot/dovetail.  Check
these faces for burrs, however.

I have a 25# LG whose upper die worked loose when worked hard or rapidly.  I
placed a mild steel shim on the top of the die, which tightened the die to
the point where the wedge would not go in all the way, and contacted the ram
guide.  I shortened the wedge and it has worked well so far.

You can shim the lower die, but you need to make the shim from steel.  When
trying my upper-die fix, I first used brass shims, which did not last

Grant

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gladish" <[email protected]>
To: "Theforge@Mailman. Qth. Net" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 7:21 PM
Subject: [TheForge] little giant die alignment

> Sooo...just got my new upper die from Sudemeiers, and the wedge only goes
> about halfway in.
> Cleaned out the burrs from the hammer head with a file, not much
> improvement.
> Now, there's a lot of stuff that I could take a file to, and probably
> eventually get it right, but would anyone like to suggest a sensible
> approach? Seems my options are:
> 1) sand the wedge (no sander, but I can find one)
> 2) file the dovetail (sounds like a terrible idea)
> 3) grind the die (I don't like that one, either)
>
> The lower die is also tilted a bit forward relative to the upper- does it
> make sense to shim under it? I'm guessing that whatever I put under is
going
> to get squashed pretty quick, but what other approach is there?
>
> Sure wish I had a step-by-step on this one...
> Andy G.
>
>
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