[TheForge] die for a small hinge barrel

[James Binnion]

In the old books I have on die design they show putting a loose rod  
slightly smaller in diameter than the hinge pin into the die cavity  
to act as a guide to the metal as it is pushed into the die.

Jim

On May 18, 2007, at 5:28 AM, Steven Smith wrote:

> I'm pretty sure Streeter has it. If you are interested, I can dig  
> that out and send you the pages. I tried it once with a flypress  
> and had zero luck. When I complained that I thought it was someone  
> dreaming to George Dixon, he said that it worked great.
>
> Steve