[TheForge] warped 1" plate table

[Steve Smith]

Rick, I set up three stands for my flypress before I was happy. I 
strongly recommend you build an "immovable object" stand. If you don't, 
the flypress will lose much of its energy wiggling itself around on its 
base.

Steve Smith

Rick & Kims Email wrote:
> Ralph,
> I'll keep you posted on my search for metal plate.  The industrial
> scrap yard out here (Reisners, in Clinton) lets the public in to
> scrounge around on Wednesdays after 3.  I'll be checking there every
> once and awhile.  There also is a flame cutting shop in the Boston
> area that sells cut-to-size pieces.  Lastly, there is the Want
> Advertizer.
> 
> The fly press is something I've been looking for since I saw photos of
> the vessels that Brad Silberberg (I think) did a couple of years ago.
> One of the things I will like about the press is that it is quiet.
> The interesting thing about the one on my trailer is that the top die
> holder is  held to the base plate of the screw with a large dovetail
> key way not unlike the LG die slots.
> 
> The other thing I bought this weekend is 3 5-foot sections of conveyor
> table with 12" long rollers.  I'm looking forward to getting my small
> cold saw set up and off my work bench.
> 
> Rick Korinek
> Emerald City Forge
> Framingham, MA
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