Frankljs

1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said:

Are the dies perfectly parallel?  If so the way you hold it  may be the issue.

It’s possible its not perfect, but not off by much. I think its more likely not haveng good grip on the material. I use round stock often which may rotate in the jaws of my tongs. I will focus more on keeping things stable. I will look at the dies too. 

Thank yall for the feedback everyone, all suggestions heeded. 

Hey guys I was wondering if someone could help me figure out why some of my material is twisting in the power hammer. I finished building a power hammer tire hammer recently and have been making sets of tongs but when drawing out, sometimes the tapers will twist on me. any ideas?