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  1. 12-01-2011, 11:33 AM #1
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    Automatic taper die

    Here's a taper die I made for Tim Miller in New York.


    My "no axle" design:



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    Cool, wanna bring it over and throw it in my hammer to see how it works?
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    Huh, I was just looking at the thread on the other blacksmithing site and thinking similar thoughts. I might follow through now that I know I'm not completely nuts.

    Mine isn't gonna be as pretty.
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  4. 12-01-2011, 02:52 PM #4
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    I don't need to test it to know it will work! Comes with experience. Besides, it's on it's way to New York!
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    OBTW: That's 4340 that I heat treated in my gas forge. Almost no scale, just a nice black finish. Came out 50Rc with 450 draw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Huh, I was just looking at the thread on the other blacksmithing site and thinking similar thoughts. I might follow through now that I know I'm not completely nuts.

    Mine isn't gonna be as pretty.
    Yeah, I do that a lot. The goals of the NWBA are different from a private site. Our goal is to "spread the gospel" as it were, not to keep information to ourselves or to compete with other sites.
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    For us guys new to power hammers how does it wok?
    It does have a nice, professional finish
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    You rough out the taper "by eye" on the drawing die portion then use the rocker die to finish the taper. The rocker automatically adjusts to the taper.

    Sorta like this one:

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  9. 12-01-2011, 08:51 PM #9
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    Mine is a little different than this. Works the same and use it all the time. Great tools
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  10. 12-01-2011, 08:53 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grant View Post
    Here's a taper die I made for Tim Miller in New York.

    My "no axle" design:




    Thanks Grant. A little beyond my expertise right now. Good looking tool
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