[TheForge] die for a small hinge barrel
Steven Smith
sos at alum.mit.edu
Fri May 18 08:44:08 EDT 2007
Now I definitely have to go visit Ed soon.
Steve
Roger R Degner wrote:
> Also in video RD20 Ed Grove did the same but without the arbor press
> This and other video available at www.umbaonline.org for $5
>
> Roger R Degner
>
>
>> Dave,
>> Try Donald Streeter's "Professional Smithing". Page 87: Die for
>> Rolled Hinge eyes. Jeff
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Mudge
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:22 PM
>> To: theforge mailist
>> Subject: [TheForge] die for a small hinge barrel
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
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>
>> other info about this process? Any help would be appreciated.
>> thanks, dave mudge dave at magichammer.net
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