Arbor press -- what is it used for?

[the penguin]

I've always wanted a "good" arbor press like a Dake, with a ratchet mechanism, I have a 3 ton Grizzly unit, but that just a rack and pinion, no ratchet. After about 5 years I cut the pinion down, machined it so it would take a 3/4" ratchet, to drive the pinion. It works much better, but I still would like a Dake.

[EdK]

[DaveH]

Jack,
Nice idea Did you press in a socket ?

DaveH

[sasquatch]

Excellent idea,, welded the socket in???

[the penguin]

(11-17-2012, 06:03 AM)DaveH Wrote: Jack,
Nice idea Did you press in a socket ?

DaveH

It was a piece of a broken SK 3/4" extension, pressed in then welded.

[sasquatch]

You'll have some serious torque cranking on that set up, very nice .

[dalee]

Hi,

Nice mod! Ratchet setups make things so much easier.

dalee

[Wawoodman]

I like that a LOT! I feel another project coming on...

[sasquatch]

Ok, i gotta ask--- Looking at the pics again, where did you weld it?

Was it welded around the end, then the weld turned ? Sure looks nice!!

[starlight_tools]

My Arbor Press is one of the most used tools in my shop.

It is a Famco 25R, 3 Ton Ratchet Handle unit. I picked it up while still in millwright school, it was advertised in the local "Buy and Sell". I had called early on the day that the buy and sell came out and it was still there, and yes he would hold it until I finished school that day, as long as I was there before 5:00 PM. Sure enough, and true to his word it was still there sitting in his wood pile. I asked if he would consider an offer and he showed me a sheet of paper with names and phone numbers on it, with my name on top, "if you don't want it, I'll call the next guy on the list" I paid him what he was asking and we proceeded to load the beast into the trunk of my valiant. Well, I had power steering all the way home. The front wheels were just touching the road.

Pressing bearings on and off, pressing mandrels and arbors into peices to be turned, broaching, bending or straightening items.

I made up a stand for it and realized a few years later that the stand was just too low, so added extensions, and at the same time, extended the front foot so that it was under the ram, this way, if I am pressing long items, I can press against the foot.

I have a 50 Ton Hydraulic press as well, but by the time the guage on the press registers, usually whatever could go wrong, has as there is no feel to a hydraulic like there is with the Manual arbor press.