Handle (adjustable) for interchangeable forging tools, ie swages

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Nov 4, 2021, 06:13 AM
Philip Davies

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Handle (adjustable) for interchangeable forging tools, ie swages

I keep the swages I made recently in cutlery trays under my bench, since I haven’t room for racks of tools like you might see in smiths’ shops, besides, why go to all that trouble of making and fitting wooden handles, when a single one will do?
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I forged the holder yesterday, and this morning searched through my collection of collars and tubes and luckily found one already tapered, and a collar that fitted it, which runs along the bar, spreading it to grip the eye of the swage. When I hammered it back, to put on another, it was obvies it needed a lug to strike, so I welded the two tubes and a cut down M12 bolt. That should last a while.
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This handle fits through the eyes of 8 out of 10 swages I have got which are unhandled.
Nov 5, 2021, 07:53 AM
Toolmaker51

Of all the switchable handles I recall, they depend on expanding internally, threaded collars, detents, etc. Generally not replicated easily; this is kind of revolutionary. With swage not being a hammer-like 'swung' tool, why not?
Nov 5, 2021, 10:02 AM
WmRMeyers

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Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Of all the switchable handles I recall, they depend on expanding internally, threaded collars, detents, etc. Generally not replicated easily; this is kind of revolutionary. With swage not being a hammer-like 'swung' tool, why not?

That is pretty cool!

Bill
Nov 6, 2021, 04:14 AM
DIYer


Thanks Philip Davies! We've added your Adjustable Swage Handles to our Forging and Casting category,
as well as to your builder page: Philip Davies's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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