Method of forming a cold-headed standoff

1. The method of head trimming a fastener blank in a cold-forging process, comprising:

placing a fastener blank into a bore of a punch having an end face;

supporting an underside of a head portion of said fastener blank with said punch end face;

moving a die having an internal passage and a trim plate with a cutting edge toward said fastener blank;

shearing the head of said fastener blank with the cutting edge of the trim plate;

stopping movement of said die at an extended trim position where said cutting edge lies beyond an underside of the head portion of said fastener blank; and

ejecting said fastener blank from said punch bore and through said die passage to an opposite side of the die.

2. The method of claim 1 further including the added steps of:

retracting said die; and

removing a scrap ring from around the punch by moving a stripper sleeve slidably mounted to the outside surface of said punch until said scrap ring is pushed off the end face of the punch by said sleeve.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said blank is ejected from said punch bore by reciprocating a knock-out pin within said punch bore.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said die is movable in a substantially horizontal plane and said scrap ring falls away from the end face of said punch by the force of gravity upon retraction of said punch from said die.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the die is moved toward said fastener blank coaxially relative to said punch from a retracted position toward a top side of the fastener blank to an extended trim position where said cutting edge lies beyond the punch end face.