stuball48
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2006
- Location
- Dickson, TN
Just bought two vintage sets of dies -- Greenfield Little Giant Dies and Wells Bros. dies. Is there a specifice "wrench" to tighten and loosen the screw plate which holds the "inserts" in place?
The Greenfield screw plate has a raised round shoulder that can be tightened by hand but I cannot convince myself that will be tight enough to hold the die when cutting threads and the Wells Bros. screw plate fits flush with the back and has a cross pattern slit with the ends being rounded for - what I thhink - is a tool to tighten and loosen.
I am in the process of cleaning them up and cannot get three of the twenty apart.
If you have experience in these dies thanks for help and suggestions.
The Greenfield screw plate has a raised round shoulder that can be tightened by hand but I cannot convince myself that will be tight enough to hold the die when cutting threads and the Wells Bros. screw plate fits flush with the back and has a cross pattern slit with the ends being rounded for - what I thhink - is a tool to tighten and loosen.
I am in the process of cleaning them up and cannot get three of the twenty apart.
If you have experience in these dies thanks for help and suggestions.