[TheForge] Re: The Mother Load/Swage blocks

[Mike Spencer]

ries> But really - what the heck do you do with all those holes in the
ries> old ones?

I've used swage block holes of different sizes numerous times for
driving pins/shafts/bearings/whatever out of hubs/sleeves/whatever is
holding them.  Same for the sow with even bigger holes.  (I don't have
a press.)  Also for drifting holes in hot work when the punch or drift
is too big for the hardy hole.

Also for bending, although way less often.  The only place where it
really saved the day, it was the sow -- way heavier and more stable
than my little swage block -- and a 3" hole, used to bend down the
claws on big (ca. 100#) 5-claw graplins all in one heat.  By the same
toke, I can imagine that those narrow rectangular holes in the eBay
swage block might be handy for bending biggish flat bar.


- Mike

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