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    Spring fullers

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    These fullers, which are used to forge simultaneously an equal shoulder on stock, are only remarkable in that I have used wood for the shanks instead of steel.
    The hardy hole is not square to the anvil’s face, so I would have had to draw down,taper and bend 30mm square bar, before cutting and welding, and then, probably, take another heat to adjust. This would consume quite a lot of energy. Besides, I don’t have 30mm square, so I should have to use round, which would be more work.
    You see in the picture, on the left,that I have flattened some tube and selected two surplus pieces of medium carbon steel to insert in the ends -0ne a surplus punch- prior to a tack weld.
    Then I shall take a low heat, and bend it around a tube, trying to make sure that the holes drilled are aligned, so that afterwards, I can screw into the shank.
    These are, I realize, very crude tools, but I hope they are of interest to some.
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    This is just to show what it looks like in the anvil: the shed is very dark, sorry. This is the first I did, flattening a piece of solid bar, which is a stiffer spring.
    None of them is tempered: they won’t have a lot of use.
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    Last edited by Philip Davies; Jan 29, 2021 at 07:47 AM. Reason: Clarify text

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    I wish I had one and when I get the raw materials to make one I will. Wood ought to work for shanks because all it has to do is keep the Fuller in roughly the same place on the anvil top.

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    If you can't make it precise make it adjustable.

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    Thanks. They are easy to make from scrap.

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    Thanks Philip Davies! We've added your Spring Fuller to our Anvils category,
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