[Mike1291]

Perhaps this finding could be useful.

I've taken screenshots of two different jobs of people swaging studs, and I compared them to mine. Notice how the two reference images have completely flat shoulder areas right up to the threads. If you look at mine it appears that only part of the shoulder was caught and the rest was not pressed, and left a ridge. I have read that there are reproduction tools that are oversized that won't compress the whole shoulder of the stud.

Yes I've talked to Randy Gross before, nice guy. Shipping both ways would total ~$300 which is really not ideal.

I have yet another friend with the proper swaging tool (come to find out today), he just doesn't have the alignment fixture to hold the tool