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Old 07-17-2008, 07:52 AM
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A size recommendation would be good. The only comparison information I have so far is at Old World Anvils. I would be making tall skinny funnel-like sockets for socket chisels. The sockets are about 2 1/4" to 2 3/4" tall. I guess I am thinking that it would take the bigger types to do the sockets based on stroke; the dies would eat up too much of that vertical dimension-I think? And, what length die will work- if looking at the front of the press and thinking the length of the die set is perpendicular to the press body, how far side to side can the force be reliably expected to transfer? Thanks, mike
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