I had a friend do a massive spearpoint out of D2. He had the socket EDM'd.
(started as a 32# block of D2, ended as 8# as I recall---what the customer wanted!)
I am still not quite sure how this die and drift are going to be used---are you trying to drift a solid rod held captive in the die to fit between the mandrel and the die?
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Thomas
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