[TheForge] Interchangeable LG dies

[Walter L. Mullett]

I looked again at the hammer blow article to see if there was anything I
missed in it.  I can see how a pair of interchangeable dies would work for
flat and drawing dies but I would think it would be hard to align them for
more complicated operations.  I just don't see how you can align them
properly.  Matt's article suggests that he uses them for many operations but
the only examples shown are fullering dies.

The interchangeable bottom die looks to be a great idea.   But if you need a
complicated, two part die, I would think a clapper bolted in the bottom
would be better.

Am I missing something?

Walt

-----Original Message-----
From: Schade <schade at acegroup.cc>
To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] ABANA Election Results


>
>On Oct 7, 2004, at 8:39 AM, Ralph Sproul wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob,  At first Sid didn't offer the top dies as they were to small.
>>  I
>> think the top die is the fellow who wrote the articles doing?
>> ...........or
>> did you find the top dies from Sid also listed?
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>
>Ralph,
>
>According to the Hammers Blow article, Matt Waldrop had  the bottom
>dovetail (from Sid)
>and asked Sid to make him a matching top. As you said the top dovetail
>is smaller than
>the bottom but Sid made the top base the same size as the bottom
>(except for the
>dovetail of course). Hole spacing is the same. It must have worked for
>Matt. He is
>very enthusiastic about being able to make matching dies easily.
>
>Sid must have decided that if it worked for Matt he would offer it in
>his sheet.
>
>By the way the price I mentioned is for a LG 25lb.
>
>If I misread any of this I hope someone who has the Hammers Blow will
>correct this.
>
>Bob
>
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