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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.

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    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
    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!

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    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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