12/31/2022 0 Comments Build your own hydraulic forging press![]() A return spring speeded up the process and made working with the weight of a 7kg jack much easier.Bench presses were limited in their use due to small size and large floor standing ones were heavy and had wasted space.Most presses in the 10 ton range had fixed hydraulic rams, no side to side movement, so everything had to be centered for it to work.Some presses had winches to raise the lower work table and had never used that function.Some research on the topic of presses soon revealed some aspects of design and usage functionality: I needed to straighten a bent bike axle, and after pricing one in a machinery shop ( I've bought a car for less, admittedly that was in 1984 though), I figured I could make one, I mean how hard could it be? Pretty easy it turns out, all you need is some big bolts, heavy duty steel and a hydraulic jack, after some labour in the shape of welding, drilling, cutting and grinding, a 10 ton press appears. It operates as a standard.A press is something you dont use often in the home garage, but when you need one, nothing else will do. 0 Comments This thing is ugly no doubt about it but it sure does work well. ![]()
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