Swaging Tools (3D Illustration)

[.30harris]

I don't have a lathe or mill, but I do have a burning desire to make swaging tools one day. I got bored one evening and I thought it might be good to start 3D modeling some to get practice measuring in decimal inches to tight tolerances, etc. What I've made so far is a Sterling mallet type ejection die - pretty sure it's based of the more common Herter's type.



I plan to update the thread with more parts as I model them. A lot of this is just getting materials to render correct. I hope this is useful - mostly it's just an outlet for me since I have no house/machine shop. I figure it would be a way to still contribute with the tools available to me.

[.30harris]

I realized I modified the knurling a little bit from the original design - I'll need to shrink that and have a little more space for the 7/8x14 threads on the die body.

[plus1hdcp]

Great illustration. I look forward to further updates to your thread

[.30harris]

Thanks! I'll get some more stuff up soon!

[R.Ph. 380]

Send me three sets and I will test them for you😂


Sent from here to there by me using smoke signals

[Omega]

Send me three sets and I will test them for you


Sent from here to there by me using smoke signals

I think he can send us all one seeing as they are just 3d drawings
But they look real good, I like how the steel shading came out.