[TheForge] die for a small hinge barrel

[Dave Mudge]

Thanks Jeff, that is what I was looking for.
dm

On 5/18/07, The Wilsons <kc7pme at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dave,
> Try Donald Streeter's "Professional Smithing".  Page 87: Die for Rolled
> Hinge eyes.
> Jeff
>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:22 PM
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> Subject: [TheForge] die for a small hinge barrel
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>
> Somewhere in the past I saw a die used with an arbor press.  This was for
> making the barrel part of a small hinge.  As I remember it, the die was a
> piece of solid stock that had a vertical slit for the flat hinge material to
> slide into.  At the bottom (and off-set) of the vertical slit was a drilled
> hole whose diameter would be the diameter of the hinge barrel.  The flat
> stock was slid into the vertical slot and when pressed with the arbor press,
> the flat metal would go down the slit and curl in the round hole at the
> bottom thus forming the hinge barrel.
>
>  Question: Is anyone familiar with this hinge die set-up? Was it in a book
> or perhaps a video?  Can anyone tell me where to find a sketch or other info
> about this process?  Any help would be appreciated.  thanks,  dave mudge
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