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n. - A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering

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  • The striker brings down the hammer on the swage-once, twice.
  • Rounding may also be performed over bending dies on swage blocks.
  • They want a bore that looks like a hollow log or a sewing needle swage.
  • He heats the first rivet, then drives it through the brace until it flattens against the round-bottomed swage.
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