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Advantage of extra sow block
July 3, 2010
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In another post I showed how I added a taller sow block to my 4-B Nazel. That made it possible to use shorter dies. Here's a swage die made to go in place of the bottom die. I machined long pieces of dovetail bar and just cut what I needed. This is actually the swage to make the oval pins for the oval-pin shackles shown earlier. The hole in the center allowed for a healthy plug weld.

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July 11, 2010
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Its hard to tell the scale?

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July 12, 2010
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Good point! Well I'm pretty sure the plug weld hole is around 1-1/2". This is a fairly large-ish swage, the pin that it forged was 2-3/4 X 3-1/4. It's probably around 6 X 8 and 6 inches tall. The dovetail is 1-3/4 deep and about 3-1/2 wide.

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July 12, 2010
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Thanks Grant,

Did you ever have a problem with the dovetail being broken off?

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July 12, 2010
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That happened on occasion, but I never had a problem with it!:wavespin::wavespin:

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