[TheForge] warped 1" plate table

[Steve Smith]

I still think you'll be surprised at how much the machine tends to walk 
around the room. You may have enough power in your strikes without tying 
it down, but I bet you get a lot more if it is rigid.

Let me know how it turns out,
Steve

Rick & Kims Email wrote:
> Steve,
> The fly press I purchased is rather large.  It weighs about 1200
> pounds and has masive cast iron legs that bolt to the bottom of the
> base.  (You could say it's "im-press-ive")  My plan is to set it up as
> originally designed.  The steel plate is for a welding/layout table--a
> separate project all together.
> 
> I was thinking about putting some 6" cast iron castors & a frame under
> the press to move it about.  It sounds like this may be a bad idea
> unless I can lock the castors so they won't turn and roll, or to use
> screw-down legs to lift the press off the castors.  I could do this
> with some leveling feet from the bottom of scaffolding.
> 
> Rick Korinek
> Emerald City Forge
> Framingham, MA
> 
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