[TheForge] ABANA Election Results

[Larry Brown]

Ralph
could you give a little more info on Sid's bolt on lower dies?
Larry Brown


>         When I found Sid's bolt on lower dies so bolt on dies could be made
>for 1/10th the cost, and Bob's keyed inserts for the Kick Ass, I then
>realized the sky was the limit for power hammer tool design and ease.  What
>a difference when you dont' have to make a dovetail on $80 worth of tool
>steel to achieve a run of elements for a project.  You just take $10 (if
>that) worth of flat bar, 4140, or make what you need for a shape and bolt it
>to the dies.......... Wow. sure makes your life easier.  The same things
>came true with slide in press dies and I have a whole new outlook on making
>tools.  In fact I make tools for several guys who don't want to be bothered
>with it - and they have me do it for them.  That's starting a whole new way
>to keep busy in the winter time, and around here you got three months of
>heavy weather to stay out of - and I'm dam glad to make tools instead of
>fixing snow plows, front end loaders, and old rusty sand spreaders!!!  I
>hope I put enough emphasis on that!!!
>
>         After the trip to Bob's shop and Lacrosse - I then said to myself,
>"there is no way in hell I'd have ever come up with all of this on my own,
>and I'm never going to miss another one of these educational opportunities".
>
>
>Ralph