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Old 05-16-2021, 11:06 AM
KenH KenH is offline
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It wasn't my dies didn't index, the problem was when I put the rectangle to press into a square it wasn't sitting exactly even in the dies. "IF" I had made sure to sit the rectangle square in die so the bottom was sitting equally in the "V" of the die, so the top would have matched the same it would have been just fine. For some dumb reason I was thinking I'll sit rectangle at an angle so it will press a shape I can more easy work toward a round shape. This put a sideways pressure on the die and with not much room to move it put the pressure on the left "L" bracket when broke. Agreed I didn't have a solid weld, more of a "good tack" to hold everything in place while I did some pressing to make sure this quick change idea worked.

Well, it works. MUCH better than those darn bolts they Coal Iron has holding the dies in place.

Later
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