[TheForge] Sow blocks. Why?

[schade at acegroup.cc]

On Jan 15, 2006, at 8:56 AM, Rick Korinek wrote:

> Rodger and Andy,
>
> Thanks for your responses.  So you are saying there are at least 2 good
> reasons for not exceeding the die spacing:  Wrecking the hammer the
> possibility of serious bodily harm.  Points well taken.
>



I don't see how it could be dangerous. The hammer is still going to 
stay in the guides. The place your top die hits will still be at the 
same point it was with the sow block in place... except that the top 
die will be hitting a tool instead of the material.

That said I don't think it will be controllable enough to really give 
you any advantage.

But I don't see any danger here either. If you can get the key out of 
your sowblock give it a try at slow speeds. See what happens.

Bob