[TheForge] Interchangeable LG dies

[Schade]

Walt,

I don't think you're missing anything. The die pads aren't going
to make a hammer anything but a hammer. But they still look
like an easier way to make matching tops and bottoms to me.

Bob
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On Oct 8, 2004, at 7:15 AM, Walter L. Mullett wrote:

> 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
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