https://gunlab.net/japanese-99-magazine-update/ Adventures in gun building! Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://gunlab.net/japanese-99-magazine-update/#comment-2933 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 03:15:28 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=1264#comment-2933 We have just finished the rest of the Die set. The metal we will be stamping is generic sheet metal not anything with a high carbon content like 1050.

]]> https://gunlab.net/japanese-99-magazine-update/#comment-2930 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 02:01:14 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=1264#comment-2930 Are you using a plate to hold the blank flat on the female with the male die going down through it?
What material are you using? Mild steel sheet or some sort of deep drawing sheet metal?
Pete

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