[TheForge] Platen Table Dogs.

[Leslie Herbert Lorenz]

For hold down dogs I have used 1" or 1 1/4" dia. mild steel rod.  I have used the same ones for years without breaking any of them.  The 1 1/4" rods are usually too heavy for my use, the more flexible they are the better they work.  It maybe that the 1 1/2" rods are so ridged that to make them work you have to hit them pretty hard,eventually breaking them. 
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>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:45:27 -0700
>From: Robert J Hill <wskewinu at mac.com>  
>Subject: [TheForge] Platen Table Dogs.  
>To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
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>What grade of 1 1/2 round bar would you guys recommend for platen  
>table dogs?  I've been told 4140, 1095, and mild steel.  What type of  
>heat treatment would be best for this?  We've broken three since last  
>fall.  They are all more than a year old.  Fortunately there wasn't  
>any kind of velocity.  They just popped and fell apart.  These get  
>used a lot.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Rob 
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