[TheForge] Air cylinders

[Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer]

At 02:32 AM 7/13/00, you wrote:

I've got a collection of parts from different eras and mfg all cobbled 
together to make a porta-power using an assortment of reducers and rude 
weldments. I even lucked out and found an original porta-power cart  ( in 
5' of poison oak at an old mercury mine) with a drawer and table for the 
fittings and a little press frame that accepts the ram. I set it up to take 
anvil stakes and so on...I sure use the heck out of it...must have had some 
of those parts 15 years before I finally had enough stuff to make it work.
They are a very handy and versatile tool.
Even the cheapy Tiwaneese versions are a lot of tool for the money. For the 
cost of the valving  you can buy a cheapy. If you are gonna make your own, 
try to get a pump/valving setup that both pushes and pulls and get at least 
1 ,2 way cylinder.  Mine came abused and broken. I fixed it and abused it 
some more. Recently, even my wife has been abusing it ( bending 7/16 
plate)...fun.....PF


>Speaking of portapowers, Ive been wondering if these are something you can
>build yourself. Ive only seen one in use once, years ago. Is the valving
>something you can buy off the shelf? or make?  whats the usual cyl size ,
>seemed to me about 2.5" or so.
>
>
> >         Another question for you would be:  Are these the folks that make
> > the Blackhawk porta powers for body work?
>
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