July 7, 201016 yr I acquired a cone mandrel and swage block and thought I would share. Mandrel is the largest I have seen 4' long and 18" diameter at base and weights (at least by the scale I used) 495lbs.
July 7, 201016 yr I have seen several cones that size but never one with the tong groove. It looks very nice, all of the ones I have seen are hollow and have had a very visible casting seam on them.Is it solid? Good score. Swage looks nice also. How big is it? Rob
July 7, 201016 yr Author I have seen several cones that size but never one with the tong groove. It looks very nice, all of the ones I have seen are hollow and have had a very visible casting seam on them.Is it solid? Good score. Swage looks nice also. How big is it? Rob The cone is hollow about 1"-1/2" thick. The swage block is about 100lbs (12x12x4) (I did not weight it when I had the chance). I bought it because it came with a nice cast stand. The block itself appears to be for making bolt heads and is not hugely useful to me but one can never have too many tools. The guy I bought it from also has a swage block which looks to be about 400lbs also with a nice cast base. He has asked me to make him a resonable offer for the swage block and an 8.5 in post vice. The vice looks like a Peter Wright but I was in a hurry and he was in a hurry so I did not get a chance to get a great look at it. Any idea what a 400lb swage block would be worth ? brad
July 7, 201016 yr a 400lb swage block would most likely go to a collector, Its to big for most of us to turn over by hand and thus not easy to use in a small shop.. depending on condition I would say $450-$650 retail..... The 8.5" vise if its in good shape could be worth $600-$1000 retail
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