05-04-2014, 04:13 PM
VERY !!!!!!!!
If it isn't you're not in line with the ram so you'll be pressing bearings in askew, and if you need to use a spacer it can kick out real easy.
On a lighter note. Goofing around one day I tried the phone book in the press on a flat plate, about an inch thick rural one. As the force went up the book started curling slightly then at about 40 tons it sounded like a rifle going off. Punched perfect cycles the size of the end of the ram through every page. Got everyones attention.
If it isn't you're not in line with the ram so you'll be pressing bearings in askew, and if you need to use a spacer it can kick out real easy.
On a lighter note. Goofing around one day I tried the phone book in the press on a flat plate, about an inch thick rural one. As the force went up the book started curling slightly then at about 40 tons it sounded like a rifle going off. Punched perfect cycles the size of the end of the ram through every page. Got everyones attention.
Free advice is worth exactly what you payed for it.
Greg
Greg