[TheForge] Side-loading question (was: 15Ton Press)

Thu Jan 17 13:17:01 2002

bruce,

you have it right. i will defer answering this to ed fasula since he has seen the video and also seems to know a lot more about presses than i do.

bob s.
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>I've been following this and related thread only intermittantly, since I have no plans to build a press.  I was wondering, however, whether I'm understanding properly this question of side-loading.  
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>If I envision it correctly, you're speaking of a press driven by a single hydraulic cylinder.  If the work being "pressed" is totally flat, no problem.  But if the work is not flat, the cylinder shaft and/or piston can be subjected to a side-load.  Do I have this right?
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>Bruce
>NJ
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>>>> <[email protected]> 01/17 9:52 AM >>>
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>ed,
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>glad you got to see the video. he makes quick work of that bowl doesn't he? also he uses no ram guides but stresses that the cylinder rod be large enough to take the side load. i think keiths rod is 4" dia. if i ever get around to building a press it will be just like keith johnsons. i think he used batsons book for basic info but not build plans.
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>btw i got batsons H frame plans and could not imagine forging upside down. this dog is too old to learn that trick. low center of gravity? isn't everything. what's the point?
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>bob s.
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