11-05-2012, 09:21 AM
Arvid,
A small arbor press is a very useful tool for the home shop. As already mentioned, it can be used to broach keyways and press bearings, as well as press in tapered mandrels for lathe work, do light forming and simple bending jobs, and for pressing in dowel pins. Ideally you should have at least a one ton manual press like the one Willie posted for that sort of thing and a hydraulic press as large as you can afford for the occasional big job. I have a 12 ton hydraulic press and wish I had invested in a larger 20 ton, or even a 40 ton model.
Tom
A small arbor press is a very useful tool for the home shop. As already mentioned, it can be used to broach keyways and press bearings, as well as press in tapered mandrels for lathe work, do light forming and simple bending jobs, and for pressing in dowel pins. Ideally you should have at least a one ton manual press like the one Willie posted for that sort of thing and a hydraulic press as large as you can afford for the occasional big job. I have a 12 ton hydraulic press and wish I had invested in a larger 20 ton, or even a 40 ton model.
Tom
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