Last Saturday, a special work party was called together to start completing the safe-ends on the 50 ton press using a die that was created by Harlan Hoult. The safe ends do two things : they replace the material lost to torch cutting from the end sheets and the swaged end is to fit in the firebox tube sheet. The smaller diameter of the flue is needed to make room for the stayed combustion chamber ( the smokebox end does not have a combustion chamber).