[TheForge] Holdfast

[Woolley]

Great question, thought provoking.  What immediately comes to mind is a 
bent bar holdfast used in a platten.  I would find out what size tubing 
fits into what size hole in a standard platten.  See Acorn Iron works, 
Philadelphia or Weld Sale brand sold by Cunningham Equipment in Phila 
and York PA.  My guess is the tubing or stock used to hold down is too 
small for the hardy hole thus not wedged into the hole enough.  Guessing.

Bill Woolley

Noah Morris wrote:
> I have been trying to make a holdfast for doing hot cutting. I have the shape right (I think) but I am having trouble. The darn thing won't stay in the the hardie hole. I have tried several different tempers, everything from spring purple to just hardened. I can get it to clinch in the hole, but not on the piece I am working on. Once I got it to clinch down the piece of flat bar stock I was cutting and the Holdfast EJECTED itself up a good two feet in the air. 
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> Help me, please?
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