6:27 am
NWBA Member
November 8, 2010
Hi Rob. Combo dies can be hard to make. That said, I have done a set and spent several hours on them with a grinder afterwards. Show us a picture and we'll see if we can get something going for you. Here's a custom Nazel texturing die I made recently (pic shows only the dovetail) The second photo is a fullering die for a 165 lb. Anyang
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3:43 am
NWBA Member
November 8, 2010
That's a fair bit of sway-back you got there. If straightness is your biggest concern I would go with flats. I use flats exclusively and have saddle or clapper tools of all radii for fullering, necking, butchering, etc. I really like having a lot of real estate on the dies for the tools and straightening afterwards. That said, It looks like you could get after it a bit with an angle grinder and do a good job yourself or go having to pay someone to do it for you. I like the former
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11:07 am
April 7, 2011
About a 1/2 hour on a belt grinder or disk grinder with 40 grit ceramic belt then finer to get the finish you want probably up to 120 grit. Working on the flat platten or a disk grinder will get even surfaces better than an angle grinder but use what you have. If you send them off for someone else to fix them they will probably do the same thing.
Wayne Coe
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