[TheForge] Power Hammer Dies

[Ries Niemi]

Grant makes one- his is just a bottom tool, handled. 36 bucks.
If you go to http://www.blacksmithsdepot.com
then click on texturing hand tools in the product menu, he calls it a 
two groove tool.
You can see how his looks, and decide if you want to copy it or build 
your own.
Grants tools are, I believe, 4340, hardened and heat treated, and they 
last a good long time.
I have some that have run thousands of feet of stainless, and they 
still work great.
He does the design in a 3d cad program, then uses CNC mills and EDM to 
make the masters, then forges the actual tool on a 100ton fly press- he 
makes it look easy, but he has years of experience and tens of 
thousands in tools to make em just right.

ries


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> On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Ron Swisher wrote:
>
>> I need to make some dies for my power hammer that will make the 
>> traditional 2 parallel lines on hot collars used in attaching gate 
>> elements.  My die making skills are nonexistent and the thought of 
>> using dies to make these lines is somewhat abhorrent to my 
>> sensibilities...but I need to get over it and work smarter and 
>> faster.  Sound familiar?
>>
>> Any suggestions welcome.
>>
>> Ron
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Ries Niemi
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