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Mild Steel Hex Bar Forged in the Swage Block
A swage block has shapes round its edge, each with a matching top swage. Lay a hot round bar in the block's half-hexagon, set the top swage with the other half on it, and strike: turning the bar between blows forges it to a hexagon, the stock for nuts and bolt heads. First forge the top swage itself.
The picture: a smith's swage block, with holes through it and shaped notches round its edge.
Intermediate
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Instructions
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1
Forge the top swage
Forge the top swage
Forge a short block of tool steel, fuller and file a half-hexagon groove in its face matching the block's notch, and punch an eye for a handle. Shave an ash handle and fit it.
Materials for this step:
Octagonal Tool Steel Bar1 piece
Ash Billet1 piece
Charcoal2 as requiredTools needed:
Blacksmith Forge
Anvil
Cross Peen Hammer
Fuller
Hot Punch
Metal File
Blacksmith Tongs
Welding Gloves
Safety Glasses2
2
Choose the rod
Choose the rod
Take round rod a little larger than the hex across the flats (step 5 gives the size that holds the same metal).
Materials for this step:
Mild Steel Rod1 m3
3
Swage to a hexagon
Swage to a hexagon
At a bright orange, lay the rod in the half-hexagon notch, set the top swage on it and have a striker hit it. Turn the bar a sixth of a turn between blows and work along it a little at a time.
Materials for this step:
Charcoal4 as requiredTools needed:
Blacksmith Forge
Swage Block
Top Swage
SledgehammerBlacksmith TongsWelding GlovesSafety Glasses4
4
True it
True it
Straighten the bar on the anvil at a dull red, and file the flats where they are uneven.
Tools needed:
AnvilCross Peen HammerMetal File5
5
Round rod for a hex bar
Round rod for a hex bar
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