[TheForge] Fly Press stand

[Steve Smith]

I went through three stands for mine. I have dirt floors.

1. Very well cross braced, 4x4 wood, mortise and tenon stand. The 
flypress walked it all over the room.

2. Two pieces of telephone pole set in the ground 2' with cross bracing. 
Rock and roll.

3. I got irritated at having made such poor attempts. I poured a yard of 
concrete, four corner posts of 4" pipe, welded a table on top out of 
heavy wall tubing and plate, put a slab of 3" plate under the flypress 
to add inertia. Really fine, slam the flypress and nothing on the table 
moves (except the work). The flypress is a LOT more effective.

The message here is that if your flypress moves at all, you are wasting 
a lot of your blow's energy. Build something solid to resist twisting blows.

Steve Smith

John Switzer wrote:
> Following the previous discussion about the Fly Press I have ordered a 
> number 6 press from Old World Anvils.  I was wondering if anyone had any 
> good advise for building the stand for this machine.  The weight of the 
> press is about 700 lbs.  Ron Reils web site shows a stand with splayed 
> out legs, is the a good idea, or would the same foot print with straight 
> legs be just as good.  Any other good advise is also welcome.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John
> 
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