0 a tool for pressing or hammering (= hitting) metal into a particular shape --
1 to shape or join metal using a swage --
The advantage of this latter set-up was that it simplified assembly and the bearing could be re-set to take up play using a suitable reset tool to re-swage the cup.
Cable clips terminations maintain less load capacity than swage fittings, typically require three clips, and are greatly reduced in load capacity if the installer happened to saddle a dead horse.
Swage blocks are often anvil-like blocks with various shapes forged in them, also for forming metal.
Swage blocks are anvil-like dies with various shapes forged into them, which are also used for forming metal.
A much earlier version of the same operation used a hardened, shaped swage die and a hand held hammer.
Other shapes, such as the half hexagon, can be used with a matching top swage to form a hexagonal cross-section on a bar.
However, it can have a tendency to swage.
Both swage and cable clip terminations permanently crimp (deform) the wire rope.
