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IN A MACHINE FOR FORMING AN ARTICLE FROM ROD-LIKE METAL STOCK HEATED TO A PLASTIC STATE, MEANS FOR GRIPPING SAID STOCK AND HOLDING THE SAME IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION, A PLUNGER MOUNTED FOR HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID GRIPPING MEANS BETWEEN TWO ALTERNATIVE POSITIONS WITH THE END THEREOF IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID GRIPPING MEANS, SAID PLUNGER HAVING A FLAT WALL EXTENDING COMPLETELY ACROSS THE END FACE THEREOF AND PROVIDING AN ABUTMENT, MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY OPENING AND CLOSING SAID GRIPPING MEANS, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID STOCK LENGTHWISE HORIZONTALLY THROUGH SAID OPEN GRIPPING MEANS WITH THE END THEREOF INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ABUTMENT WHILE SAID PLUNGER IS IN ITS POSITION AWAY FROM SAID GRIPPING MEANS, MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID GRIPPING MEANS TO HOLD SAID STOCK FROM ENDWISE MOVEMENT AFTER ENGAGEMET OF SAID STOCK WITH SAID ABUTMENT, TH EPORTION OF SAID STOCK BETWEEN SAID END WALL OF SAID PLUNGER AND SAID GRIPPING MEANS HAVING ITS SIDE PERIPHERYL FREE, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PLUNGER ENDWISE TOWARD SAID GRIPPING MEANS TO ITS ALTERNATE POSITION WHILE SAID GRIPPING MEANS IS HELD CLOSED, THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID PLUNGER IN SAID ALTERNATE POSITION AND SAID GRIPPING MEANS BEING SUCH AS TO UPSET THE PORTION OF SAID STOCK MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENT AND SAID GRIPPING MEANS ONLY SUFFICIENTLY TO BULGE SAID FREE SIDE PERIPHERY AND CRACK THE SCALE FORMED BY THE FORGOING HEAT, MEANS FOR RETURNING SAID PLUNGER TO ITS FIRST POSITION, SAID PLUNGER MOVING MEANS PROVIDING FOR HOLDING SAID PLUNGER IN SAID ALTERNATE POSITION FOR A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL, A STATIONARY SHEAR BLADE MOUNTED ON SAID GRIPPING MEANS, A MOVABLE SHEAR BLADE COOPERATING THEREWITH AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOVALBE SHEAR BLADE ACROSS SAID STATIONARY SHEAR BLADE WITH SAID PLUNGER IN ITS ALTERNATE POSITION AND SAID ABUTMENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID UPSET STOCK.