Shop Press

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(05-26-2014, 08:47 AM)tackit Wrote:

(05-25-2014, 11:06 PM)starlight_tools Wrote:

(05-25-2014, 01:42 PM)tackit Wrote: Thank you Ed. It doesn't get moved much.. it takes a come along and the tractor to move it.

tackit, nicely made press.

I put my 50 Ton press on footmaster castors and that makes it easliy moved and then I can level it once in place for ease of use. I have not found any stability issues whatsoever with the extra height of the press with the castors under it.

Walter

Walter thanks for brining that to my attention, I'll have to check out footmasters, what size caster did you use? I like the idea a lot. Walter I just checked them out, very nice, where did you buy yours and what style did you buy? Thanks

http://www.gilmorekramer.com/more_info/g...ters.shtml

tackit.

We are set up as a distributor for Footmaster Castors in Canada. They can be very pricey up here, mostly due to the shipping costs of them.

I used the GD-100F castors for most of my tools and machines, but would probably have used the GD-120's if I had them in at the time. The 100 has a 10 mm jack screw and NBR pads, while the 120 has a 16 mm jack screw and diecast aluminium pads so the lifting mechanism is that much stronger for heavy loads. The NBR is about the same durometer as hockey pucks, about 92 on the Shore C scale and have a good vibration dampening feature.

As there are spots on my floor that are sloped I used hockey pucks under some of the castor pads to add extra lift to them.

You can see that under the castor on the press.

   

Walter