Homemade 20 ton hydraulic press

[TOM REED]

The only problem i see with some of these is there is no support for the ram below the jack to keep it straight. see attached pic of my press i got it in a deal some 30 yrs ago it came with a 12 ton jack when that is not enough i use one of my 20 ton air operated jacks. tom

I will take a better pic when i8 get home to show the top of the press but anyway the top of the jack is a 1.75 inch bar across two large threaded rods , the top of the jack pushes on this bar, the ram is below the jack and has a plate the jack sits on + below that the ran is 1.5 inches in dia and is supported in two places so that it can only apply pressure straight down nd cannot jump out to either side no matter what. tom