You have one hit to do it in, so make it good, and make your design appropriate. Lyle, Urnstbeast, and I came up with this in a class a few years ago and have made several with others over the years. Heat up the pointed end, brush once, drop it down the tubing, hit it once with a sledge hammer, and then harden and temper the stamp end. Leave the point on the end that will be your stamp and clean up any burrs if there are any. Prepare a 3 inch long piece of the same coil spring to use as your stamp by cutting it to the center with a hot cut hardy on both ends. Drop it down the tubing where it rests on the anvil with your chiseled design up. Now cut a 3/8 inch long disc off the coil spring and chisel your stamp design into the disc. Then get some coil spring that fits inside the square tubing snugly with a little slop so it will move up and down. Cut a piece of 1 inch square tubing 2 3/4 inches long and weld it to a piece of metal that fits in your hardy hole, where the square tubing stands up straight on your anvil.
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