Making checks on the swag-o-matic?

[Outdoors]

The Swag-o-matic seems like it would be a perfect press for making gas checks. Starting with a pre-cut metal blank, form the check on the upstroke, and eject on the downstroke.

For the die set, you could cut a nose punch to the interior check dimension, and cut the forming die at the outside dia, with a step in the top to hold the metal disk, and bevel the transition. The standard bottom punch should work fine.

I know the swag-o-matics are getting pretty rare and there are other gas check makers out there, but it seems pretty workable. Wish I had access to a lathe, I could test out my theory!

Pat

[deltaenterprizes]

It takes more than a lathe, it takes a lot of tooling and years of experience!
I have all three , do you have drawings? You can buy access to a lathe!

[Outdoors]

A fine point, it's been nearly 30 years since I ran a lathe!
If I get serious about it, I could produce drawings. I was a draftsman for about 10 years, most of that time at Civil engineering companies. Still have AutoCAD on my work pc.

Pat