05-10-2014, 05:51 PM
(05-10-2014, 05:47 PM)Highpower Wrote: Looks good Ed. I'm really tempted to get one of those air/over jacks for my press, but I'm going to wait and see what you have to say about them after you've used yours for awhile.
One of the first things I did on my press was to tack weld a couple of large washers onto the ends of the table support bars. It keeps the bars from sliding all the way through. Once I had unknowingly bumped into one of them and pushed it through the frame, leaving the front channel sitting on about 1/8" of the support bar. Thankfully I caught it before getting too much pressure on the part I was pressing on.
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Good idea Willie. I'll have to do the same.
Based on how much I had to pump the hydraulic press to press a 1/2" long aluminum piece into a hole, I'm already thinking the air over hydraulic is going to be worth it. There's very little downward movement per stroke with the hydraulic press, but you already know that.
Ed