[TheForge] Stempeling info needed

[Jay Hayes]

Bob,
Another term I have seen used is "stippling."

Jay

Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> While doing some repair work on my power hammer yesterday I was concerned 
> about the loose fit of a couple parts that I needed to weld.  Being that the 
> positioning of these parts is critical to the opperation of the hammer I 
> didn't want to leave the alignment to chance.  So I stempeled the inner part 
> to tighten up the fit. It worked very well and the parts had to be driven 
> together which removed any doubt about the positioning.
>
> I was talking to friend about the project later and was surprised to find 
> out that he had never heard of stempeling. So last night I spent quite a bit 
> of time searching the web for more information on stempeling.  To my 
> surprise I didn't find anything on it.  The closest I came was a site in the 
> Neatherlands where they were doing decorative stamping. It thurns out that 
> stempel is the Duch word for stamp and almost every link took me to a sites 
> in the Netherlands.
>
> So do any of you know of a site that talks about using a series of punch 
> marks to tighten up the fit on parts?  I was under the impression that it 
> was a common practice in gunsmithing.  Do I have the right word for the 
> process?  Maybe it is known by something else.
>
> My project is done, but I would like more information on the process for 
> future use.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>
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