[TheForge] Holdfast

[Ben Barrett]

I'd guess that you want this hold-down, at least the hardy shank part
of it, to be moderately soft (in part, so as not to modify your
anvil's dimension).  Maybe if you bandsaw cut up the hardy shank, it
would take up the vibration a bit... if I'm wrong you could put a soft
solder in the cut which might also help just take up a bit without
keeping tolerances too tight.  Is the shank very tapered?

Ben


On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Noah Morris <madhattermo at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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