[TheForge] spring swages for bark texture

[Mike Linn]

Your right about using like diameter stock (or larger) to forge the dished
out are, I was mainly speaking of the chiseling of the 2 in round. It would
take VERY large gouges to transfer to the swedge then on to the work.

mike


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> You may be right- but remember he is talking about 2" od round here -
> that is a lot of grinding. I have had good success with using the
> actual bar I want the swage to fit, and heating the swage up. I do use
> a power hammer to hit the swage- maybe you were thinking of hand
> hammering- because to me, it is a lot easier to hit something once with
> the power hammer than to grind for a half hour or so-
> Oh well- different strokes for different folks.
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