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swage block

noun

  1. an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.


swage block

noun

  1. an iron block cut with holes, recesses, and grooves to assist in the cold-working of metal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swage block1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

An anvil sits in the center of the space near a grooved swage block for shaping metal and a power hammer for pounding it.

For large hand-made forgings the swage block, such as in Fig.

We may check it to some extent, however, by employing a bottom swage block, as in Fig.

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