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[David E. Smucker]

I don't like to put any thing as hard as a file between my power hammer dies 
even if mostly you are forcing the "file" into the hot and soft block 
sitting on the bottom die.  The other day I picked up a round to do some 
fullering under the hammer.  It was hardened (dumb me) and left some 
indentations in my top die.  Nothing a little grinding will not remove, but 
I like to do as little dressing as possible on my power hammer dies -- just 
to extend their lives.

Dave
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From: "Jim Beard" <regionalchaos at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 6:44 PM
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> Why anneal the file first?  Will it be too brittle and break otherwise?
>
> On 10/2/07, paul <forge at wi.rr.com> wrote:
>> One way to make dies is to forge a pattern and drive that into a block
>> or to form a die.
>> In the case of a 60 angle cross section you might try annealing a
>> triangular file, hopefully a dull one, and then driving that into a hot
>> block of steel with your treadle hammer to form the die.
>> 'Three corner' files are available in many sizes and the natural taper
>> on some of them might suit you.
>> Paul
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