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Old 09-22-2005, 02:20 PM
Larrin Larrin is offline
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Originally Posted by Matt Walker
Hey Ed.... Having the stop blocks on small chains is a great idea. I have them everywhere. But I"ll put them on chains soon. It's real nice to understand what causes this to happen. After Ron's post I made a bar that was to be twisted, so I really got in to it deep with the press. Turned out great. Almost all fine lines about 75 degrees to the length of the bar, with almost none of what I think of as the flat areas between the edges showing. It hasn't been ground yet. I see control of this thing as another tool that can be used to affect the look of the end result. Is there a name for what we are talking about? I really like being able to make it happen or not, at will. I believe that it would take a really big hammer to make this happen the way the press does.

Thanks.....Matt
Yeah, hammers (and power hammers) do it very little. If you're good at a hammer, you can beat away keeping it square and not get any distortion.
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