[TheForge] Hydraulic Press Question

Wed Aug 13 21:38:04 2003

Dan,

Do they sell die sets for this or did you make it?

Dan Tull wrote:

>Whitney 20 rotary punch will do 1/2" hole in 1/2 " plate cold.
>I have 9/16" sq.   in one of mine.
> 
>dan tull
>georgia
>abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
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>From: "Woolley" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:27 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Hydraulic Press Question
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>>Greetings,
>>
>>I don't have room nor need for an ironworker in my shop(or the 
>>pocketbook).  What I would like to do from time to time is punch square 
>>and rectangular holes through 1/4 maybe 3/8 flats and plate.  Does 
>>anyone know how powerful a cylinder I might need to do this?  Metal for 
>>tooling?  I was considering making a chanel frame  to back up the 
>>cylinder and hold the tooling.  Anyone have any ideas for this set up 
>>without breaking the bank?  Thanks.
>> 
>>Regards,
>>Bill Woolley
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